Slice of Lifer
For 31 days, you blogged day and night, from different countries, time zones and classrooms
Sometimes, you felt like you had nothing to write
Sometimes, you smiled as you shared about a memorable memory with your students
Sometimes, you struggled to get what was inside to come out on your screen
Sometimes, you were encouraged by the comments of other slicers
Sometimes, you wanted to scream, but instead you blogged about it
Sometimes, you learned from others through the power of words
Sometimes, you were moved deeply by life and you wrote about it.
Sometimes, you realized how hard it is to write every single day
Sometimes, you were amazed at the strong community of writers that can form on the Internet
Sometimes, you fell asleep with the laptop by your side and post still unwritten.
Sometimes, you were surprised at how people responded to your slice
Sometimes, you wrote slices instead of doing grading or dealing with paperwork.
Sometimes, you wrote about the matters of your heart, your students and your passion for teaching.
Sometimes, you wanted to stop, but you kept going.
I am so happy to say that I did it.
31 days.
31 posts.
Now it’s time to celebrate with some poetry from our classroom poetry wall. A special thanks to slicer Diana for sharing about this link yesterday. I had some students write emotional animal poems & love that poems today. They were amazing!
Poetry Wall Instructions
Emotional Animal Poem
Love this line!
Imitating the Style of Walter Dean Myers
oh my gosh this post was by far the best one you wrote for the challenge! and the poetry at the end… MAN. good job mentor. GOOD JOB!
So much to be thankful for in this great month of March. What a wonderful reflection Jee. Hope you keep writing with the Slicers every Tuesday,
Bonnie
Jee, you said it all. It has been a great trip. Love the poetry wall…I think I will try it too.
I love those pics, and those lines of poetry.
It’s been nice popping into your blog and the poem was wonderful.
Kevin
Nice job! I think you captured what is in all our hearts after this challenge! And love the student poetry.
Happy slicing
Very cool listy-list-poem. Thanks for sharing. I, too, hope you continue to slice on Tuesdays.
Happy writing,
Ruth
Yes, we did it, and you did it so well, too, in this post. Congratulations, graduate!!
Enjoyed your post. I to am excited by the community that has developed. I will look forward to reading your posts on Tuesdays.
I think your poem sums up our collected experience of slicing and all that we have shared and written. It is a wide-ranging experience, isn’t it?
Carry on!
Everything I thought’d I’d say in my comment was said by others. 🙂
Love this one!
Your posts are always something to read and enjoy. Thank you for your poem. It speaks for all so well.
Your poem captured my thoughts. Loved reading your blog. I like the poetry you kids wrote. Fun.
Excellent slice!
Thank you for being a fellow slicer!
Beautiful words. You created such a rhythm and the last two lines tied it all up perfectly. I enjoy your writing very much. LOVE the student poems too. 🙂
What a beautiful reflection. So nice to meet new writers here in the Slice of Life world.