[Lesson Ideas] Magically Delicious

Here is a presentation I made to help me introduce the concept of Magic Realism at Young Writers Camp.  Feel free to use it, and all images and links should either go directly to the source, or have enough information to identify the source. Please also give appropriate credit to sources if you use this–it’s…

I Won!!!

I won a contest that I didn’t even know I signed up for!!!  What did I win?  That’s the best part! Guess… Nope, not that. Nooooo, not that either. Okay, I’ll tell you. Wait for it… Wait for it…. Wait for it… I get to jump off a building!!!! For FREE!!! Yes, jump.  Yes, a…

[Friday Free-Day] Yo! Snaps

I’m puttering around this post trying to figure out how to describe what became, this Spring, a phenomenon in my classroom. It’s quite near indescribable, but it’s also amazing and worth sharing. Where to begin…? On a Tuesday I “threw a snap” to one of my students. It’s something I used to do with my…