Printing Press The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers. Teachers and students can choose from several templates to publish class newspapers, informational brochures, and flyers announcing class events. Text added to the templates can be modified using a simple WYSIWYG editor, which allows students to choose text features, such as font size and color. Submit a Recipe - One Green Planet If you are interested in publishing your awesome recipes on One Green Planet, please read below: Recipes submitted MUST be vegan (raw vegan, gluten-free vegan, etc). “Vegan” recipes are meatless and dairy-free (no egg or milk products).The suggested length for recipes is 500-750 words or less.Recipes MUST include a brief introduction. Ingredients and preparation must be clearly listed in bullets. Please refer to this format.Include nutritional/caloric information, when possible.Recipes MUST include applicable dietary specifications.
School Library Month School Library Month is the American Association of School Librarians' celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to host activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning. More about the history of School Library Month. The 2019 theme is Everyone Belongs @ Your School Library and the 2019 spokesperson is Dav Pilkey. Spokesperson Dav Pilkey Webinars A Simple Novel Outline - 9 questions for 25 chapters & H.E. Roulo Just as every tree is different but still recognizably a tree, every story is different but contains elements that make it a story. By defining those before you begin you clarify the scope of your work, identify your themes, and create the story you meant to write. At Norwescon 2011 I sat in on a session called Outline Your Novel in 90-minutes led by Mark Teppo. I’ll give you the brief, readable, synthesized version. Answer 9 questions and create 25 chapter titles and you’re there.
How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon - StumbleUpon Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: Creative Mind Mapping for Novelists Brainstorming ideas seems to be one of the hardest stages in the writing process for many novelists. As I discussed in a previous post, this storm of ideas that flash and thunder in our brains often appears unruly and difficult to harness. I introduced the practice of mind mapping, which is used across many disciplines—such as in classrooms for essay writing and in business meetings to problem-solve.
Interesting Villains - Curiosity Quills Press This is different from other rants I’ve done before, which mainly concentrated on avoiding clichés like Dark Lord fortresses, stupid villains who blab everything right before the hero kills them, and so on. This is on actually improving villains and making them interesting (at least, I hope so). 1) Give them motives that differ in degree rather than kind from the heroes’ motives.
Drop Everything And Read Celebrate “Drop Everything and Read” with Beverly Cleary What is D.E.A.R.? D.E.A.R. stands for “Drop Everything and Read,” a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives. Because, what’s more fun(damental) than reading, really? When is D.E.A.R. celebrated? D.E.A.R. programs have been held nationwide on April 12th in honor of Beverly Cleary’s birthday, since she first wrote about D.E.A.R. in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (pages 40-41).
Write for the Fun and Joy of Writing. Do you love writing? Or are you worried about money? A few ways to enjoy writing again. 50 of the Best Websites for Writers - StumbleUpon There are tons of reference sites on the web that can help you find a job or write a poem, essay or story. Here is a list of the best 50 websites for writers. Reference Websites OmPad: Free, beautiful, minimal and inspirational writing web app Welcome to OmPad! Free minimal writing app that helps you focus and concentrate on writing great content. Format your text with headings, bold, italic, links, images, lists, code and quotes. Customization: Change the theme, size, font and width by hovering over the OmPad logo (bottom left)Formatting: Select the text and a floating toolbar will show up.Images: Type in a URL, select it and click the image buttonHTML: Click the bottom right word-count You can start editing this text you are reading right now, go ahead, click here and start typing! "This is the best writing app ever, and it's free!"
The Fool's Journey (Part 1) The One Page Novel online course is now open! The Fool’s Journey (Part 1) How to be the Heroine of Your Own Story, Plotting What is the Fool’s Journey? September is Library Card Sign-up Month Thanks to DC's Teen Titans and everyone who participated for a great Library Card Sign-up Month 2017. Teen Titans posters and bookmarks are available for purchase through the ALA Store. Posters and bookmarks featuring other DC Super Heroes, including Supergirl, Batman, Super Sons, the Justice League, and Wonder Woman are available in the ALA Graphics summer catalog. Need help getting started planning your Library Card Sign-up Month event? Check out these ideas. Please take a moment to tell us about your plans for Library Card Sign-up Month.