I finally made it to Teach Write's Wake Up and Write. It actually feels good to put pen to paper this morning with intention. I would consider most of my writing lately as anytime pages , or notebooking (not just though). I plan, or more like a goal, to write everyday. Some days, actually most days, I wait until the end of the day. By that time, I am so mentally exhausted and drained from the events of the day, so I have a hard time finding anything "meaningful" to write about. (If you are a writer, you know the challenge and fears associated with our own notions of the quality of our writing.) But, I try to put something down even if it's only one sentence. Maybe that's the mark of a true writer. She struggles to come up with what she thinks are good/great ideas, but she writes something anyway. She never knows...the words and ideas that she considers random on her anytime pages may just be her next blog post. If you are struggling to write these days, I hope y
Teach Write, LLC. Writing Workshops for Teacher-Writers I am currently taking the workshop in the image above. Cherylann Schmidt is an amazing instructor who is helping me make sense of Practioner Inquiry and the stories that can be gleaned from the work we do with our Scholars. At the beginning of each session, we spend some time in our notebooks responding to a question related to the data we have collected. This past week, she asked two very simple questions. Where did we come from? Where are we going? I'm not sure how much thought I gave to either of the questions before I started writing. Below is what came to mind. We came from a place of questioning...our practice, our effort, our impact, our purpose. We are headed toward understanding and revelation. - toward the ability to identify the stories our Scholars tell. I know what you're thinking. Your responses are as simple as the questions. You might not be wrong. But, when I weigh my responses against the practioner