I have an amazingly visceral reaction to words. I appreciate literature because good writers make me want to catch their snowflake words on my tongue. I want this joy for my students, too: all of us chasing after flurries, head tilted back, and tongues sticking out in perfect glee.
Beyond appreciating words, through reading, I urge my students to write.
Write for discovery, for change, for release. Write from the gut. Write to persuade, to entertain, to inform. Write just because. Write with the rubric in mind. Write as though the grade didn't matter. Write for life. Write to give endings and beginnings, but more importantly, write to jump in the middle, right smack in the thick. Write in the now.
Beyond appreciating words, through reading, I urge my students to write.
Write for discovery, for change, for release. Write from the gut. Write to persuade, to entertain, to inform. Write just because. Write with the rubric in mind. Write as though the grade didn't matter. Write for life. Write to give endings and beginnings, but more importantly, write to jump in the middle, right smack in the thick. Write in the now.