wrong number – one of the characters in your story gets a wrong number – and everything goes wrong/right afterward…

one week until break…

“finishing kick” – great book – about cross country – which actually ended this week – so a nice fit – echoes of once a runner with the book – but from a female POV – i did enjoy it

“up your score” – sat book – i think we’re going to try a secret word of the week starting tomorrow – better than my botched attempt at snazzle back in august – there will be a prize for the person that picks up on the word embedded in a lesson during the week – i think it’ll be a way to work in vocab

j

happy veteran’s day – tell the story of a veteran who survived a very silly, made up, war

yep, i was fourth – and more than four people ran my race – so pretty cool…

“what works” – book on how to be a superteacher by passing national boards – i’m sort of tackling that as my next project – which means i will be keeping work from some of you – so when you find things missing…

“dynasty on the diamond” – story of vestavia hills baseball – at one time, they won the state championship 7 years in a row – their era of dominance was a while back so it was interesting to read about – and sad b/c i knew the coach had passed away years ago

“sidelined” – i’m guessing this book was written to raise money for charity – it really wasn’t that good – i finished it in a day

j

“whether the weather…” – tell a story where nature is the primary conflict – or adversary

hope all survived tricks and treating and rain yesterday…

“rising tide” – story of alabama integration from 1956-70 at the bama campus – really enjoyed reading the book – it was something i could talk about with my dad – i liked the more balanced view of the principle figures – too often, they’re caricatures – really enjoyable reading

“birmingham then and now” – i got this one for my mom – i enjoyed it too – when i run mercedes, i’ll think about the buildings that are there – and the buildings that were there – and that’ll be cool – it’s nice to know the history behind things – buildings don’t just appear – and when we think about what lasts, it’s important to know that buildings come and go – what we do as people remains

“national boards: ELA standards” – i got a good teaching idea from this one

happy writing this week

mafeld

Presented by Victoria as Tiffany, Sarah as the Lay’s Potato Chip Girl, the crowd as themselves, Carrie on the editing and photo shooting, Bella with the cue cards, Emile with the pledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gps4qgU-wwE 

write something involving Halloween candy – what do favorite candies say about yourself – the candy that “saved the day” once upon a time – a secret message in candy wrappers – made up original ingredients for some candies – those are just suggestions…