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Monday, July 25, 2016 3:00:17 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled "Bringing Stories Up From Your Soul" (inspired by Craig Childs):
Jo said, "Recently my friend and colleague Craig Child's posted a beautiful piece on the excellent blog, The Last Word On Nothing" called "A Shooting, A Storyteller". I urge you to go read it before continuing here.When writing, sometimes it's easy to fall..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 3:50:14 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Why freaking out is a good thing :-) And welcome to Teachers Write!!!!:
Jo said, "Hello everyone and welcome to Teachers Write 2016!!!! I'm super excited to be able to take part again this year and cheer you on every Monday with some food for thought and a prompt to warm you up for a week of writing!Recently one of my students..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 3:50:14 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled On Making Characters Real:
Jo said, "Dear Teachers,Happy Monday and Happy Independence Day!I realize many of you might be taking the day off to spend time with loved ones but for those of you looking for a warm-up today, here we go!Today I want to talk a little bit about character...." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 3:50:14 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled I Am Only One Person, But I Can...:
Jo said, "Good morning, everyone and welcome to Monday #3 :) I've been amazed by all the wonderful lessons being posted each week, and by all of your entries here. I hope you're finding Teachers Write as inspiring as I have.Today, I was ready to offer another..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 3:50:14 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled The Secret:
Jo said, "We all have secrets. Some are secret wants. Some a regrets. Some are surprises to share later. Some are an embarrassing memory that you would never tell a soul, not even your best friend. Sometimes our secrets have a huge impact on our daily lives...." more
Monday, August 3, 2015 4:34:55 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Love Big: A Reflection:
Jo said, "Several of you know, I spent a week on a "Mission Trip" with 21 youth and five other adults doing volunteer work for three organizations: Habitat for Humanity (www.habitat.org), New Reach (www.newreach.org), And CCA (ccahelps.org). All three..." more
Monday, July 27, 2015 5:24:41 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled A New Beginning for The End of Teachers Write :):
Jo said, "Hello Teachers and Welcome to our Final Teachers Write Monday Morning Warm-Up! I've had such a great time reading your work and being inspired by your enthusiasm and energy! I hope you've had fun, too.For our last exercise, I thought I'd focus on..." more
Monday, July 20, 2015 4:34:52 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled All the Feels :-):
Jo said, "Hello, Teachers!Welcome to Week 3 of Teachers Write! I hope you're all still having a great time. You've all been incredibly inspiring to me, that's for sure.To start off the week, I'm going to challenge you to practice marrying senses with emotion...." more
Monday, July 13, 2015 5:42:42 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Flamingos Found: Teachers Write Week 2:
Jo said, "Hello Teachers and welcome to Week 2 of Teachers Write!Last week was so amazing. I loved getting all of your entries, and also reading the other lessons throughout the week. Great job all around!Today I'm going to send you on a path of discovery...." more
Monday, July 6, 2015 4:32:42 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled It's a "White Page Day":
Jo said, "HELLOOOOOOOOOOO TEACHERS!!!!Woohoo!!!! It's #TeachersWrite Time! I'm your friendly Monday-Morning Warm-Up host and I'll be posting here every Monday Morning with a little writing encouragement and exercise to get you going for the week.To start,..." more
Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:30:54 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Oh, the places I'll go... :):
Jo said, "Hi everyone! I've been getting a lot of questions about where I'll be this spring so I decided to put it all in one place. If you'll be at any of these events, please let me know! This is the most travel I've done for a book and I'm both very..." more
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:47:29 PM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled On fasting and feasting and trying to live a kinder life:
Jo said, "I'm not super religious and have never observed Lent but I went to a great UU service last Sunday and the minister read a lovely and moving poem. She didn't have the source and I can't find anything online, so I'm sharing here, as printed in the..." more
Thursday, February 12, 2015 6:55:06 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled A Special Valentine for Teachers!! <3:
Jo said, "Recently Lynda Mallaly Hunt reached out to authors with books coming out in the next month or so and asked if we'd like to take part in a giveaway for teachers! I love teachers. So I said YES. There are two giveaways going on, one for teachers..." more
Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:18:04 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled A rubric!!:
Jo said, "Hi everyone, If you thought my last post about judging writing contests was helpful, check out what this amazing writer did with the information! She made a rubric!! :) http://www.shannonrigney.com/2015/01/28/fun-with-rubrics/"
Monday, January 26, 2015 12:43:50 PM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Some things I learned from being "judge-y" :-):
Jo said, "Hi everyone,It's been a while since I posted here, and I have completely fallen down on the job for my Monday Morning Warm-Ups. Please forgive me! If you are ever looking for some prompts, you can always go to my Web site and check the resources..." more
Monday, October 20, 2014 1:30:54 PM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Trying again to find peace and beauty in the depths of despair:
Jo said, "Not long ago, I wrote this:"After I posted my blueberry photo, I realized how crazy and selfish it is to post a photo of an especially large blueberry when there is so much horrific violence going on around the world. And close to home, learning of..." more
Friday, October 17, 2014 7:24:47 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Read Between The Lines:
Jo said, "A big thanks to wordsrmylife for the very thoughtful review!http://wordsrmylife.livejournal.com/230248.html"One of this novel's great beauties is that the many different perspectives allow us to view one relationship--say the cheerleader who dates..." more
Monday, August 11, 2014 6:56:53 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Giving the best you've got :-):
Jo said, "Hello Teachers!I just learned that this is our FINAL week? What?! How did that happen? Why did summer have go by so darn quickly? Today's Lesson on Kate's blog is about revision (thanks, Erin Dionne!). So, I thought I'd tie my final warm-up to that..." more
Monday, August 4, 2014 6:20:37 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled What routines say about us:
Jo said, "Good morning again, teachers!We've rounded the bend into August. I hope you've all been productive and are having a great time putting your stories into the world. Today, I want to talk about how your character's actions can give your character..." more
Monday, July 28, 2014 7:46:22 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Changing magic to power, inspired by Holly Black:
Jo said, "Hello Teachers!!!! Today I'm going to cheat a tiny bit and share with you a post I wrote back on July 19, 2010, which I wrote after attending a lecture by Holly Black. Yes, the Holly Black. It was a lucky day! And since that day, I have been using..." more
Monday, July 21, 2014 11:31:44 PM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Maybe I was wrong...:
Jo said, "Hello and welcome to Week #3 of Teachers Write! I hope you're all having a wonderful time writing and creating and thinking and learning. I know I have!Today I want to talk about moments of clarity. Moments of realization. In real life, these can..." more
Monday, July 14, 2014 7:33:35 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled But underneath that...:
Jo said, "Welcome to Week #2 of Teachers Write!A few years ago I was on a panel with our own Kate Messner. We were sharing tips and techniques we use in workshops with kids, and Kate provided this simple yet brilliant worksheet she gives kids to help them..." more
Monday, July 7, 2014 9:38:36 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Welcome Teachers! :):
Jo said, "Hi, everyone, and welcome to Teachers Write!!!!This is such an exciting day. I love the thought of all you teachers all over the country writing together and putting your stories into the universe. It's a beautiful thing.My role in Teachers Write is..." more
Monday, May 5, 2014 11:27:40 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled Who do you write for?:
Jo said, "The past four days have been nonstop smiling, hugging, note-taking, speech-giving, workshop attending, bad-food binging, wine drinking, late night talking, friend-making, lack-of-sleeping awesomeness.Usually I document absolutely everything with..." more
Thursday, August 25, 2016 8:32:43 AM
Jo Knowles wrote a blog post titled A plea to keep teacher librarian positions:
Jo said, "Recently I was asked to write a letter to the editor on behalf of teacher librarians whose positions are being cut from the Burlington School District. A district, from what I can gather, actually has a surplus in their budget. This is a sad and..." more