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Identified By Taste: The Chef As Artist?, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire
Identified By Taste: The Chef As Artist?, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire
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This article discusses the role of taste among the senses using fictional depictions of taste, including Proust’s madeleine episode; Suskind’s Perfume: the story of a murderer; Esquivel’s Como aqua para chocolate; Harris’s Chocolate and Blixen’s Babette’s feast. The discussion also provides three historical case studies which highlight how an individual chef was identified against the odds by the individualistic taste of his or her cooking.
Endings: What Can You Teach?, Julie Patterson
Endings: What Can You Teach?, Julie Patterson
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Our writer-in-residence shares strategies for crafting the perfect ending to a story.
Beginnings: 3 Examples (And Why They Work), Julie Patterson
Beginnings: 3 Examples (And Why They Work), Julie Patterson
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Our writer-in-residence helps us look closely at the beginnings of three short stories.
Hold Readers At A Climax, Julie Patterson
Hold Readers At A Climax, Julie Patterson
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Our writer-in-residence says: A climax is long. In fact, it's a place to hold readers.
4 Craft Strategies To Notice In The Leaving Morning (And Why), Julie Patterson
4 Craft Strategies To Notice In The Leaving Morning (And Why), Julie Patterson
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What can you learn about writing from a picture book? Lots!
Betwixt And Between: Creative Writing And Scholarly Expectations, Sue Norton
Betwixt And Between: Creative Writing And Scholarly Expectations, Sue Norton
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I teach English in a College of Arts and Tourism in an Institute of Technology in Dublin. The institute is one of the largest providers of higher education in Ireland, and it distinguishes itself with small-class sizes, community outreach and engagement, and excellence in teaching. It is, as its name indicates, an institute of technology, but it has aspirations to become a University.
My institute has, no differently than many other organisations of higher learning, sought to boost its reputation for research. It favours research with a capital R, meaning research that conforms to the usual higher education rhetoric surrounding …
Interactive Bulletin Boards That Support Writing, Julie Patterson
Interactive Bulletin Boards That Support Writing, Julie Patterson
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Great writing instruction = student created bulletin boards. Here are some ideas.
Assessing A Young Writer’S Story, Julie Patterson
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.
5 Things Writing Workshop Teachers Want Parents To Know, Libby Duggan
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."
Feed Your Writer’S Notebook This Summer, Julie Patterson
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.
6 Ways To Celebrate Student Writing, Susan C. Adamson
6 Ways To Celebrate Student Writing, Susan C. Adamson
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Susan Adamson, executive director of the Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, shares a few of her favorite strategies for celebrating student writing at the end of a unit of study.