RAWing with YA literature at the college level
I’m just about to teach Young Adult Literature (LIT 332) at a local university (although I teach it online) for the 3rd year. Students are assigned to read these books, […]
RAWing on the Level
A few years ago I became involved with a writing project to create content for the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention System (LLI). This is a “small-group, supplementary literacy intervention designed to […]
RAWing with Families Affected by Incarceration
According to the website for the Strengthening Families Affected by Incarceration about 2.7 million children won’t be celebrating the holidays with a parent because that parent is behind bars. On any given day, […]
RAWing with Shawn Goodman
1. Tell me how you got started writing, in particular writing for teens. What is it that draws you to tell the story of teens, in particular those growing up […]
RAWing with Experts and Elephants in the ballroom at #ALAN15
#ALAN15 I believe I first attended ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) in 2004 to promote Things Change. I was the last speaker on the last panel on the […]
RAWing with Meg Medina
(Meg, along with a host of other great writers for youth, are in Minneapolis for the NCTE conference. Some, such as Meg, are staying over for the 2015 ALAN workshop) […]
RAWing with Dream Jordan
(After putting together my Two Hearts post and list, I decided to reach out and interview authors of these high quality / high access titles starting. That series – which […]
RAWing with Todd Strasser
RAWing with Todd Strasser Tell me how you got started writing, in particular writing for teens. You’re written all sorts of books, but I’m really interested in realistic fiction such […]
RAWing with Teen Read Week 2015: Kings and Printzes
Kings and Printzes: Teen Read Week 2015 So, the King of Hearts playing card has two hearts on it. About a dozen years ago, I tried – unsuccessfully – to […]
RAWing with Cynthia Leitich Smith
RAWing with Cynthia Leitich Smith answering the five questions of doom Tell me how you got started writing, in particular writing for teens. What is it that draws you to tell […]