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Vocation: What Does It Mean To Be Called Or Led Into A Profession, Career, Or Life Project?, Jeff Rasley

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Article for UChicago Alumni News about alumni programming held in Fall 2012.

Pushing Hard: An Excerpt From Bringing Progress To Paradise, Jeff Rasley

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Excerpt from the author’s book Bringing Progress to Paradise (ISBN 9781573244824).

Interactive Bulletin Boards That Support Writing, Julie Patterson

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Great writing instruction = student created bulletin boards. Here are some ideas.

Jeff Rasley: Mountains Of Meaning, Pam Richards, Jeff Rasley

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Interview with Pam Richards for Seeds Born to Light about the author’s experience in the Himalayas and Basa Village.

Interview With Monsters Of The Midway Author Jeff Rasley, Jeff Rasley, John Warner

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Interview with John Warner for Indie BookSpot about the author’s experience writing, publishing, and marketing his books.

Assessing A Young Writer’S Story, Julie Patterson

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Now that's a story! Find out what this 1st grader is doing well and what our writer-in-residence would teach next.

Great Supplies For Your Primary Grade Writing Workshop, Libby Duggan

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The right supplies can help you launch a writing workshop and establish the kind of habits and practices that will make the workshop easy to manage all year long. You may even want to stock up before the back-to-school sales end. Here are the "must-have" supplies I have used in my primary grade workshop.

5 Things Writing Workshop Teachers Want Parents To Know, Libby Duggan

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When I was teaching, I wanted parents to know how to support the work that we were doing in the classroom. Perhaps most importantly, I wanted to be sure that what students were told about their writing at home was consistent with what I taught in the classroom. So with that in mind, I've assembled an article that you can share with families: "5 Things Writing Workshop Teachers Want Parents to Know."

On Deadlifting, Bryan M. Furuness

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The first time I picked up four hundred pounds, I thought my eyeballs were going to explode.

3 Requirements For Meaningful Memoir Writing, Jeff Rasley

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Guest blog post for Novel Spaces on the three requirements for meaningful memoir writing.

Evolution, Bryan M. Furuness

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Feed Your Writer’S Notebook This Summer, Julie Patterson

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Summer is a great time to tend to your writer's notebook. You can "stock up" on notebook entries that will support your mini-lessons during the school year. Not sure what to write? Here are some notebook strategies to help fuel your inspiration.

Memoir Writing From Diary To Publishable Piece, Jeff Rasley

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Guest blog for Indies Unlimited on memoir writing.

Interview With Jeff Rasley, Kris Wampler, Jeff Rasley

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Interview with Kris Wampler for Kris Wampler’s Blog about the author’s experience writing, publishing, and marketing his books.

Memoir Writing With A Purpose, Jeff Rasley

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Guest blog for Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog on memoir writing.

Author Spotlight 64: Jeff Rasley, Jeff Rasley

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Guest blog post for Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog on the author’s influences and process.

Meaningful Memoir Writing, Jeff Rasley

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Guest blog for Say This Write on memoir writing.

Mediating Disconnected Communities With A Liberal Arts Education, Jennifer Redmond

Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest

2012 Topic: Mediating the Disconnect: Liberal Arts as Inspiration for Activism

Virtually all news and media outlets frequently and urgently remind us that we are at a historic crossroads and that local and global societies and economies are facing extraordinary if not totally unprecedented challenges. Yet many of us tend to feel disconnected from these challenges, watching them as if they were a show that we are free to observe or ignore or as a set of problems others are responsible for solving, preferably without our involvement. In what ways has your experience at Butler moved you to and prepared …

Re-Drawing The Borders Of Vision; Or, The Art Of Picturesque Travel, Jason N. Goldsmith

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Jason N. Golsmith's contribution to: Wordsworth Summer Conference, Richard. Gravil, and Wordsworth Conference Foundation. Grasmere, 2012: Selected Papers from the Wordsworth Summer Conference. Penrith, CA: HEB Humanities E-Books, 2012.