Posts by: jonathan

LIST #2 STORIES I CAN TELL

By On September 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment

LIST #2  STORIES I CAN TELL

These are you greatest hits. These are the stories you can tell with the pronoun I. You were there, or were a part of it in some way. These are the stories people keep asking you to tell. These are true stories from your experience. (List #3 is for […]

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LIST #1 APPRECIATIONS

By On September 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment

LIST #1  APPRECIATIONS

This is a list of things things that you like, things that you appreciate, things that you think about, know about, want to know about. This is a list of things you can write or speak about as an author. I once had a teacher assign an AUTHORity list. This was a […]

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THE FOUR LISTS

By On September 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Write 4 Lists. These four:

#1 APPRECIATIONS

#2  STORIES I CAN TELL

#3  STORIES FROM OTHERS

#4  OPINIONS

Why?

Glad you asked. By writing these four lists you have the raw material for many writing and speaking assignments. List #1 relates to expository writing, #2 and #3 are lists of narratives that you can tell, and #4 […]

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Update: Back to School, Blog, Etc.

By On September 16, 2015 · Leave a Comment

My son went to his first day of preschool yesterday. My daughter turns three today. My wife teaches her first Pilates classes today. I am halfway through my third week of school in my ninth year of teaching in my fifth year of being the English Department of Falls City High School.

I just fell […]

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Hello world!

By On August 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Yikes.

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