Writing with Writers

Learning Myths, Writing Myths Overview As a supplement to a social studies unit on Ancient Greece, students will investigate mythology as an exploration of universal themes. Students will begin by studying different myths and will demonstrate academic growth by creating an original myth that conforms to the standard guidelines. Objectives Students will:

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Teaching Writing without (BUYING) a Writing Curriculum Writing is far more complex than simply putting pencil to paper (or in today’s day, typing at a keyboard). The skills involved in writing include thinking organizing word choice grammar mechanics proofreading editing formatting And for most writers, doing all of those tasks at one time is impossible. Houses Gone Wild: Haunting Photos of Abandoned Homes We think of feral dogs as dangerous, foreboding and to-be-avoid – but wild houses have a strange allure despite (or likely because) they are abandoned abodes, deserted homes gone from domestic spaces slowly back to nature. As photographer James D Griffioen muses, the Latin root refers both to while beasts but also to something that belongs to the dead, gone back to the Earth. Some of his shots capture this process at an incredibly late stage, such as the house above which is entirely camouflaged by the greenery that has grown to cover it – only discernible because the branches and vines conform to the shape of the structure. Others photos catch the domestic devolution at intermediate stages, snapshots of partial overgrowth where there is still some strange balance of building and nature – one could almost imagine someone still occupying this structure and simply never leaving it.

The Most Dangerous Writing App - Great for Jumpstarting Creative Writing The Most Dangerous Writing App is a free service that is designed to force you to write without stopping for a preset amount of time. You can set your writing timer for as few as three minutes or as many as many as sixty minutes. If you stop writing before the minimum time has been reached, all of your writing is deleted. Once you have reached the minimum time you can keep writing or you can download your writing as a plain text file. The Most Dangerous Writing App can also be used with a minimum word count.