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		<title>Qualities of Excellent Memoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qualities of Excellent Memoir, originally uploaded by kmuhtaris. After we studied memoirs the students came up with a list of qualities and behaviors that contributed to excellent memoir writing. This is their list that I compiled after several days of immersing ourselves in the genre. Students have a copy of this in their notebooks so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=245&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jordan Dogs Dogs are good loyal friends They are there when you are Weak Lonely Or even Friendless You can cuddle them Hug them Kiss them all over As they kiss and slobber All over you with their Lemony rough, but soft tongue You giggle a little Sit Stay Good dog as you give [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=242&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Laughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Alex K. Laughter is happy, or it can cover up sadness. Laughter can hurt. It can feel good, Or bad. Laughter is a smile bright with confidence. It’s a tickle, a song, a rhythm flowing into the air. It is being inside on a rainy day. It is warm, like sunshine. It can make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=240&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Draft to Publication</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Draft to Publication, originally uploaded by kmuhtaris. We&#8217;ve been writing, writing, writing, and it&#8217;s finally time for students to begin thinking about publishing. The path to publishing can be a long one. We created this chart to help us think about all of the steps that we need to take in order to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=237&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Publishing Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Making Memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been working on drafting memoirs in class.  It&#8217;s not easy work for most adults or kids.  Writing a memoir requires the writer to look deep into themselves and their lives and write with truth and emotion.  In order to get a taste for the different ways that we can write a memoir we&#8217;ve been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=227&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Your Notebook to Draft</title>
		<link>http://burleykidswrite.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/from-your-notebook-to-draft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Your Notebook to Draft, originally uploaded by kmuhtaris. This is the chart that we created today to help us go through the process of pulling ideas out of our notebooks to draft. I showed students how I read through my notebook marking two or three entries that were jumping out at me. I asked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=222&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategies for Generating Narrative Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategies for Generating Narrative Writing, originally uploaded by kmuhtaris. In Writer&#8217;s Workshop we ask students to choose their own ideas so that their writing is personal and meaningful. This can be quite a task for students who prefer to be told what to do! I support students by giving them a variety of strategies to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=223&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slice of Life Challenge Winners</title>
		<link>http://burleykidswrite.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/slice-of-life-challenge-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 students participated in the May Slice of Life challenge and 13 of them wrote for all 31 days of the month.  Here are their favorite slices, and in some cases poems, from last month&#8217;s challenge. The murmur of voices packs the classroom, hardly leaving any breathing room.  The sky is an empty, spacious blank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=burleykidswrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6332004&amp;post=212&amp;subd=burleykidswrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young Author&#8217;s Celebration</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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