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the heart of texas writing project reflection - week 2

6/24/2017

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​​So… this is hard work… but anything worth doing, is worth working hard for.  I know that for sure.  I am here, working harder than I have ever worked in the past 10 years as a teacher, and I don’t get paid for it… not in cash at least.  What I get is much, much more. 
​​“If you’re going to teach him how to write, first you have to love him.  If you can convince him of that, there’s nothing you can’t teach him.” -AVI


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The Heart of Texas Writing project (HTWP) Reflection - Week 1

6/17/2017

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Where do I begin… The first thing that comes to mind is how much.  How could so much growth happen in just one week and a couple of Saturdays.  Then I realized, oh… yea, they’re using the “workshop” model on us.  This experience has moved me to my core.  Inspiration would do little to describe what has begun to occur… it’s life changing. 
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This past week, I’ve had the opportunity to think back and acknowledge every moment of literacy in my life, as far back as my memory would allow.  I remembered my sister reading to me those Disney books, especially her favorite... Cinderella; I remembered my brother John creating bedtime stories for me, impromptu, off the top of his head, with that same sweet character, Freddy.  I wonder if he remembers.  My memories scanned across my old house to the four shelves full of encyclopedias that came with the house we moved into when I was five… and my exploration of them as a child.  Mozart, I remember Mozart and his genius in one of those books.  His story fascinated me, even before I could read those enormous words.  All of it came in and out of my memory like gushing, powerful tornadoes, moving in all directions.  It was like I’d been given the chance to relive my life, my beginning, my middle, and now.  There’s so much to reflect on… only now, after some sleep, can I focus on what jumps out of my memory. 


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    ​Marina Rodriguez (@mrodz308) is a California native, dual language teacher, National Writing Project, Heart of Texas Writing Project Teacher Consultant, ​Kidblog Ambassador, and co-author of Two Writing Teachers. 

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