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Graphic Novels of 2012 (Part 3)
I am blogging everything I read over the course of this year. It’s a pretty impressive list and it is continuing to grow. Here are the latest graphic novels that I have read this year. Marvel 1985 by Mark Millar and Tommy Lee Edwards This graphic novel was originally published as a six-issue series in…
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Teacher Tip – Planning
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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Chasing Content – July 2007
Let’s convert our keyboards into time machines and travel back to July 2007 in the bonus edition of Chasing Content. You can read all of the posts from July 2007 . . . or just these super-cool ones! Heartbeat: My Favourite Book – Heartbeat by Sharon Creech is my all-time favoruite book. It is poetic and sounds…
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Now’s About Write (Free Download)
This is the sophomore album from my rap group, Mission 5. I wanted to show what Mission 5 was all about with this album cover. The headphones, DJ needle, and microphone show that we are all about hip-hop culture. The binder and pen were to show that we were writers as well. I wrote all…
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A Podcast of Inspiration and Encouragement for Writers (Barbara Abercrombie Interview)
We’re talking with Barbara Abercrombie, author of A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement. It definitely is a great book for anyone interested in writing. I know that I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was a privilege to be able to talk to her about it. This is the second part…
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Write Dangerously with Barbara Abercrombie (Author Interview and Podcast)
Chase: “All right everybody, this is Chase March and I have Barbara Abercrombie on the phone, author of A Year of Writing Dangerously:365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement. Download the podcast of this interview for free, stream it with the player below, or keep reading the transcript. I think this is a book that a…
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Teaching Tip – Parents
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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2012 – The Year of the Book
I am continuing my mission to document every single book that I read over the course of the year. Here are the latest editions to an already large list. Fanstatic Four by J. Michael Straczynski and Mike McKone This is the first story arc by the new creative team behind the first family of super-heroes,…
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What I Talk About When I Run
I am a middle distance runner. I normally run anywhere from 5 to 10 kilometers at a time. I keep a pretty fast pace and have a long stride. As such, I can run a kilometer in about four minutes and a mile in about six. I can maintain that pace for about forty minutes.…
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The Carroll Trail (Coronation Park, Tillsonburg)
It’s time for another photographic tour! This time we are going to explore The Carroll Trail in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. The trail starts in Coronation Park and it offers some paved sections, some gravel sections, and a few rolling hills. I was all set to “Create My Own Adventure.” I knew I’d be running approximately…