This is a peak at the unit I'm working on shifting from the thought of a final product to the process of creating. Sharing a Story/Narrative Overarching Questions What is a story? What ways can we share a story? What elements do we know that make up

Yes, I am calling myself an old dog, but I'm super proud of this new trick I've learned! In fact, I feel like that old dog, that owners worry about because I seem depressed, so they go get a puppy to liven me up a bit.

While debating which book to choose for our course book club, I played around on the internet researching all of my options. Every time one of the books interested me, I would put it in my Amazon shopping cart. This didn't help much, because I now have quite

I think that conferencing is the most crucial piece in writing. It is also the hardest part for me as a teacher. As you have possibly read in my posts Write, review, revise, write, repeat. Part 1 [https://courtney.shuman.network/write-review-revise-write-repeat-part-1/] and Part 2 [https://courtney.shuman.network/write-review-revise-write-repeat-part-2-2/

One of our earliest reads in the OWP four week course was an except from Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist. He points out that, "Nothing is original." This is followed up by many quotes from artists talking about how they are inspired by other artists.

The Ohio Writing Project motto says it all, "Teachers Teaching Teachers." At the conclusion of this four week course, I have learned so many new ideas to take to my classroom and to my students. I have lists of ideas shared by K-12 teachers, that I can modify