Write a Personal Purpose Statement

“If your life was a book and you were the author,” Amy Purdy asks, “how would you want your story to go?” Before Amy danced her way into the hearts of America on Dancing With the Stars or won a bronze medal in snowboarding at the Sochi Paralympic Games, she...

Got a Dream? Write It!

At the end (and at the beginning) of the romantic-comedy, Pretty Woman, a man crosses the street and shouts to no one in particular, “Welcome to Hollywood! Everybody comes here has a dream. What’s your dream?” When was the last time someone asked you...

Voices in the City School

I posted short journaling activities for my 7th grade students every morning.  Students responded to each statement or question in their writing notebooks when they entered the classroom.  I designed the journaling activities to serve as springboards for discussion...

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