Learn to Write Sentences from Great Writers
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” ~Ernest Hemingway Writing meaningful, true sentences should always be the place to start, take it from Hemingway. Beginning in the 5th grade, students…
One True Sentence Begins Here
When you learn to write “one true sentence” (in the words of Hemingway) the rest will follow. A sentence is simply a collection of words that convey an idea. When well-crafted sentences are connected wisely, one after another, ideas…
Topic Sentence vs. the Storymaker HOOK
“I have an IDEA!” Putting that idea to paper with pencil is not always a simple process. Great writing begins with an IDEA!. And ideas on paper are always introduced by a first sentence. But sometimes the stress of crafting…
Knock! Knock!
Happy Birthday Shakespeare! Thank you for leavening the world with wonderful words and phrases: Leapfrog and Bedazzled and Swagger All that glitters is not gold. Jealousy is the green eyed…
The BEST Sentences are Poetic!
This poem is a call to ACTION: to see light through the color slide, to listen for the sound of the hive, to watch the mouse wander its way through the maze of the poem, to…
Inspiring Writers: Ideas are Genius!
Writing is an art form. Writing is an art form achieved via a series of steps: 1) It all begins with an IDEA. Without an idea, the writer will simply stare at the blank page. 2) Once there is an…
Learn with Leonardo
Look Imagine Create “Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.” ~Leonardo da Vinci…
Words in Context
To LIBERATE is to be free from a state or situation that limits freedom. The Liberation of Gabriel King is a beautiful story about the power of friendship and the ability of two children who face their fears in…
Read Aloud Recommendation
Happy Birthday Dick King Smith! Born in Gloucestershire, England on this day back in 1922, Dick King-Smith was a soldier during WWII, after that he was a farmer, and later a teacher. But he will go down in history as…
Phrasing Verbs Well
“… I just finished reading a wonderful little novel translated from Korean to English. Along the way I discovered several little jeweled takeaways about life and language. The protagonist, Yeongju, abandons the corporate world to follow her dream of opening…