I stopped thinking of tropes as end products and
~Jennifer Hilt
started thinking of them as raw materials that could
create characters and increase conflict.
Wednesday Words
How many words can you make from these letters? Make words of any length, but use each letter no more than once per word. (If a letter is on the board twice you can use it twice.)

Monday Muddle: celery, salary
celery: (noun) a plant with long, dense, curved stalks and small leaves; part of the parsley family; a low-calorie food that can be eaten raw or cooked salary: (noun) compensation paid to an employee by an employer for work done; wages for a job that are paid at a fixed …
Wednesday Words
How many words can you make from these letters? Make words of any length, but use each letter no more than once per word. (If a letter is on the board twice you can use it twice.)

Tuesday Two
In two sentences tell me what you have learned about editing recently.
Monday Muddle: ladder, latter
ladder: (noun) an often portable device that assists people to physically climb up and down; made of two straight or slightly angled sides with steps or rungs between them latter: (adjective, noun) the second of two choices Some people accept the use of “latter” with more than two choices, but purists …
Thursday Thought #DFHart
It’s not the size of the steps;
~D. F. Hart
it’s the fact you’re taking
them that matters.
Wednesday Words
How many words can you make from these letters? Make words of any length, but use each letter no more than once per word. (If a letter is on the board twice you can use it twice.)

Tuesday Two
In two sentences tell me what you have learned about writing recently.
Monday Muddle: toe, tow
toe: (noun) body part; digit of the human foot; part of footwear that covers front of foot; (verb) push, touch or kick something with front of footPart of the expression “to toe the line.” tow: (verb) pull, drag or haul something (often a vehicle) behind you; (noun) the act of …