“Sacred Writing Time” Slides! - Corbett Harrison

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It’s Septe

Today is International “Literacy Day.
you have you read

Trivial Fact of the Day: Author Frank Bau
filing cabinet. The top drawer was labeled

Interesting Quote of the Day: “There is no
when it faces danger. The true courage is
afraid.” --Frank Baum (American author o

Vocabulary Word of the Day: acquiesce (v
To what specific things do you have to acq

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ember 8.

.” How many books do you suppose
d in the past year?

um named “Oz” after a label on his office
d “A to N,” the bottom “O to Z.”

o living thing that is not afraid
s facing danger when you are
of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

verb) – this word means to agree silently.
quiesce when your parents ask at home?

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Today is National “Teddy Bear D
animal? Do yo

Trivial Fact of the Day: An arctophile is a
is the Greek root for bear, and phile is the

Interesting Quote of the Day: “Rest and y
(American actress, star of the 1956 film, A

Vocabulary Word of the Day: slothful (adj
for lazy. On what day of the week are you

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ember 9.

Day.” What was your first stuffed
ou still have it?

person who collects teddy bears. Arcto
e Greek root for lover.

you rust.” --Helen Hayes
Anastasia)

jective) – this word is a great synonym
u the most slothful?

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Today is National “Swap Ideas Day.”

Trivial Fact of the Day: Large doses of cof
cups over 4 hours, can kill the average hum

Interesting Quote of the Day: “Minds are
function when open.” --Lord Thomas Rob
(Scottish businessman)

Vocabulary Word of the Day: inane (adjec
silly. What’s the most inane movie ever?

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ember 10.

.” How have you celebrated so far?

ffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100
man being.

e like parachutes: they only
bert Dewar

ctive) – this descriptor is a synonym for
Book? Joke? Song?

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It’s Septem

Today is “9-11 Remembrance Day.”

Trivial Fact of the Day: The shortest war o
and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 minu

Interesting Quote of the Day: “I decided i
the real crime against humanity.” --Nadez
author of Hope Against Hope)

Vocabulary Word of the Day: leviathan (n
marine animal, such as a whale. Ask your
leviathans are.

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mber 11.

” How will you show your respect?

on record was fought between Britain
utes.

it is better to scream. Silence is
zhda Mandelstam (Russian

noun) – This word refers to any large
science teacher what the three largest

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Today is National “Video Game Day.”
and after homework, but with wh

Trivial Fact of the Day: Humans have 46 c
(a.k.a. crawdads) have 200.

Interesting Quote of the Day: “You got to
where you’re going, because you might no
(Catcher, outfielder, and manager of the N

Vocabulary Word of the Day: dwindle (ver
smaller and smaller. What sorts of things
to dwindle?

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mber 12.

.” Don’t celebrate until after school
hich game should you celebrate?

chromosomes, peas have 14, and crayfish

o be careful if you don’t know
ot get there.” --Yogi Berra
New York Yankees)

rb) – This action word means to become
s do you when you want your stress level

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Today is International “Chocolate D
inside a ch

Trivial Fact of the Day: Aztec emperor Mo
chocolate daily. The thick beverage was d

Interesting Quote of the Day: “Everyone h
courage to follow the talent to the dark pl
--Erica Jong (American poet and author)

Vocabulary Word of the Day: harrowing (a
something that is greatly distressing or up
school bus that is harrowing to the driver?

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ember 13.

Day.” What’s the best flavor to put
hocolate?

ontezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot
dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.

has talent. What is rare is the
lace where it leads.”

adjective) – use this word to describe
psetting. What do some kids do on the
?

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Today is National “Cream-filled Don
of donuts you think a perso

Trivial Fact of the Day: All moons in our S
Roman Gods, except Uranus’s, which are n

Interesting Quote of the Day: “It wasn’t ra
ark.” --Howard Ruff (American financial a

Vocabulary Word of the Day: nestle (verb
close and snug. Where are your favorite p

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ember 14.

nut Day.” What’s the most amount
on could eat at one setting?

Solar System are named after Greek and
named after Shakespearean characters.

raining when Noah built the
advisor and author)

b) – This word means to snuggle or lie
places to nestle?

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Today is International “Day of Dem

Trivial Fact of the Day: There are four U.
elective office: Ulysses Grant, William Taf

Interesting Quote of the Day: “It’s never
might have been.” --George Eliot (pseudo
British author of Silas Marner)

Vocabulary Word of the Day: ominous (a
something evil or harmful is about to com
What are two or three other things that m

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ember 15.

mocracy.” What will you vote for?

.S. presidents who never held any other
ft, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower.

too late to late to be what you
onym for Mary Anne Evans,

adjective) – This word suggests that
me true. Storm clouds can be ominous.
might be described this way?

“Sacred Writing

My wife, Dena Harrison, and I require ten-fifteen m
we meet with our students. It’s how we begin eve
observe the world with “a writer’s eyes,” and they
about what just happened in my writer’s noteboo
ten-fifteen minutes “Sacred Writing Time” becaus

It takes many of our students a little time to learn
a personally-interesting idea to write about, so we
Monthly Writer’s Notebook Bingo Cards and our
our favorite tools for students as they learn to use
Time PowerPoint slides are our latest tool for that
have daily. These slides are displayed as students
are four different pieces of information on each sl
piece of information could inspire a student to res

The 32 slides that follow this one are the slides we
invite you to use them, and should they inspire yo
we actually sell the entire set of slides at our webs
website for information on acquiring all of our com
Slides.

Yours in improving education,

--Corbett & Dena Harrison, lifelong learners and w

© 2013. Corbett Harrison, Educational Consultants, LLC. All rights reserve

g Time” Slides!

minutes of writer’s notebook time every day
ery class session. We train our students to
y constantly ask themselves, “Could I write
ok today or tomorrow or Monday?” We call the
se it’s our guarantee to our students.
n they’re supposed to always come to class with
e also provide them with some prompting. Our
Restaurant-themed Choice Menus are two of
e their “writer’s eyes” These Sacred Writing
t guaranteed chunk of writing time our students
walk in and take out their notebooks. There
lide (we have them for August 1-June 15); each
spond to for fifteen minutes with writing.
e created for August 1-September 15. We
our writers as they do ours, please know that
site. Check out our Products Page at Corbett’s
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