Sjodin's Blog

For some insight on process, check out Michael Dumanis' blog entry "How a Poem Happens".  Try writing your own poem about visiting somewhere new. 

http://quizlet.com/195603/8th-grade-poetry-flash-cards/

http://www.adoptaword.com/index.php

Please survey the stereotypes link AND click on English 10 and scroll down to the bottom to read the entry titled "Atticus Finch and the Tides of Change".  ~ enjoy!

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=fear+and+the+fairy+tale+&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= (Note: this will take you to the google search page, as I couldn't figure out how to link a pdf.  Click on the site titled "Fear and the Fairy Tale" by Laura Hubner)

Grade 10's please look over this web link.  http://web.cortland.edu/russellk/courses/prjdis/html/scudst.htm#what

Grade 12's ~ please read the essay "Monsters and the Moral Imagination" at this web link: http://chronicle.com/article/Monstersthe-Moral/48886/

http://www.canada.com/canspell/students/index.html Also, check out this Spelling Game website: http://www.spellingbeethegame.com/