by Heather MacCorkle | Jun 13, 2020 | Education, Teaching, Writing
The Thought Piece (TP) can be used with any work of literature. It is an informal writing assignment that asks students to reflect on the work they read and annotated, and then write about those thoughts coupled with the text itself. It is through this informal...
by Heather MacCorkle | Nov 8, 2016 | Education, Teaching, Writing
Hello, everyone! I published this post originally on November 12, 2014, and it is still relevant today, so I am posting it again. – Heather, 11/8/16 During National Novel Writing Month, millions of words are arranged and re-arranged to form novels of...
by Heather MacCorkle | Dec 30, 2015 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching, Writing
Freshman year of high school was terrifying. People seem incredulous when I tell them that, of all the years of schooling I have had, that year was the hardest. After all, it was high school. What could be so tough about that? As my Grandmom used to say with a huge...
by Heather MacCorkle | Dec 4, 2015 | Education, Teaching, Writing
As I sit here, with my pen, I wonder Will I write well, or will words drag me under [liveblog]
by Heather MacCorkle | Nov 28, 2014 | Writing
[Tweet “A NaNoWrimo Pep Talk from Jim Butcher”]Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files, is my all-time favorite author. Deborah Harkness is a very close second, as is Diana Gabaldon, but Jim’s books are ones that I could read and listen to for the...
by Heather MacCorkle | Nov 28, 2014 | Writing
I can’t believe I did it! The novel is not nearly finished, either. But I made the word count and now I must complete the story.
