ramblings

I don't have anything profound to say but... I came home from work today to find my 2 course books and Mockingjay had arrived. If you have any connections with middle school you know that Mockingjay is the final book of The Hunger Games. Needless to say I will be going to bed late tonight.

I did think that I first should thumb through the texts. I am loving The Pocket Muse. There are no pages so I can't share in that manner. One of the 1st ones I found was about naming things. I see naming things to be a lot like making lists which I love.

I just love the style of the book. Snippets you can read in any order. I will read it front to back but I am really enjoying thumbing through it. Love the tip on style regarding avoiding using the verb to be. The book makes me want to start writing. I know this is the point but I am surprised at how powerful the urge (with the ending to The Hunger Games lurking this is quite a feat).

Realizing I am getting a bit to wordy so I will cut myself off. Off to go read in the bedroom where it is air conditioned :)

topics

Will there be sections for different topics or is one continuous page? Meaning does everything go here-multigenre to NCTE related? thanks

Signing in

This is a new learning experience and a big learning curve.  some say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks!"  I say, "Why not?"

Linda

Successful

It's funny how success is measured in multiple ways. For instance, I think of a one year old taking a first step or steps= success! Grade school kids look for an A as a measure of success. Weight Watchers members want a loss to measure a success.
Tonight, for me, success is a post showing on this blog. A new babystep!

Welcome

Welcome to ERL 540!

Our job in this course is to think carefully, critically, and creatively about our own writing and the writing of our students. One way for us to stay connected and thinking together over the weeks is to share our thoughts and questions on this blog. Use this space to think aloud, to question, to ponder. You may decide to share drafts of your work, inspiring pictures, whatever you want to share in our writing process together.