OK, you get the idea.

The thing is, the world wasn’t always like this. Before the Internet, people spent more time talking face-to-face, and conversations would have been pretty darn short if people just talked in thumbs-up/thumbs-down language. What can … Read the rest!

Here’s the first and most important thing I want to say about feelings: Feelings—even uncomfortable ones—are good. Feelings are part of being human and part of how we humans learn. Feelings can feel fabulous or they can feel awful, but they are all natural and not something you should try to avoid.

But there’s another side to feelings: Sometimes feelings, … Read the rest!

Good writing creates a complete little world on the page. Whether it’s a story, a poem, or an essay, you want your readers to be engaged throughout and leave satisfied. The best way to get your writing to that point is to give it to others to read. But what do you do with comments that you get from teachers or other students?

Good writing creates a complete little world on the

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• You can find out the answer to pretty much any question you can think of
• You can create music, videos, and art easily
• You can talk to any of your friends anywhere in the world

You have access to powerful tools, all contained in … Read the rest!

And maybe that seemed wrong to you. If it did, here’s some food for thought:

Yes, life can be difficult.

I agree with you that there are lots of things to be negative about. This may be a small comfort, but there have always been a lot of things you could be negative about! Imagine being a kid during medieval times when … Read the rest!

Your writing expresses your youness

Yup, “youness” is not a word. Ask me if I care….. I don’t! I don’t care because when people say that people express themselves in writing, they really … Read the rest!

In the far past, kids’ books could sometimes be too happy, so happy that they seem ridiculous to us now. But for many years, although kids’ books took on challenging problems, they were almost required by publishers to have a … Read the rest!

Do you know what writer’s block is?

Well, first I want to say that I don’t really believe in it, then I’ll tell you what it is, then I’ll tell you why I’ve chosen not to believe in it!

What is writer’s block?

Writer’s block is simply when a writer sits down and realizes they can’t write. Maybe they feel like there’s just a big blank in their head. Maybe they feel like everything they … Read the rest!

So here is a tip: Consider setting a “reflection and planning” time each week.… Read the rest!

• We have to take tests
• We have to turn in projects and present them
• We have to show that we’ve read a certain number of pages, written a certain number of words, or memorized a certain amount of information

All of these are examples of “products” of our learning, and they can be important.

But even more important is your learning “process.”

Process is the actual experience

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