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      Lift One Bird: creating tangible hope
      Caron Levis
      • Feb 4, 2017
      • 2 min

      Lift One Bird: creating tangible hope

      When it feels as though the sky is falling, and I know my two hands are not enough to catch, lift, hold the whole thing up, I am tempted to throw my hands up in the air—so sometimes I read this poem and ask myself, well, what little bird can I lift today? If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson And one day, a
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      Mountains, Bogs, Rocks: an exercise for climbing in your write direction
      Caron Levis
      • Jan 2, 2017
      • 5 min

      Mountains, Bogs, Rocks: an exercise for climbing in your write direction

      “Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.” ― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth When MFA students visit my advisor office hours at The New School, it’s often to ask for advice on a decision such as whether or not they should take this or that publishing internship, quit the full time job that has nothing to do with writing but pays the bil
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      What's In Your Snow-globe? (a Kate DiCamillo inspired Writing Exercise for all ages)
      Caron & Winter Storm Jonas
      • Jan 31, 2016
      • 4 min

      What's In Your Snow-globe? (a Kate DiCamillo inspired Writing Exercise for all ages)

      A tennis court filling up with snow. A playground catching flakes on its silver-slide tongue. Trees standing stubbornly without coats, gleefully spreading gloveless fingers into the wind. These are some of the snapshots I took in with my window-camera as I sat curled under a blanket on my gray coach, during the blizzard last weekend. I was grateful to be snowbound. I had writing to do, a class to prepare for, and piles of other assorted get-to-do's. But there was a snowflake
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      Picture Books are for Teens, Too!
      Caron Levis
      • Sep 15, 2015
      • 2 min

      Picture Books are for Teens, Too!

      I enjoyed this recent article from School Library Journal about teachers using picture books with middle and high-school students to support English language learners, as companions to the classics, and to create a community of readers. I've always thought (biased as I may be!) that picture books are also a great way to support social emotional skill building for older students. Older students can be asked to read and consider the emotional themes of a picture book and share
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