Emily’s Editorial Edge
At the end of the past school year, I gave Emily her very own blog. Emily was one of the students who participated in NewsQuest and Thinking & Writing Wrinkles. Her blogs were Emily’s Bookshelf and Emily’s Newspaper.
I love the name she chose for this summer blog - Emily’s Editorial Edge. I haven’t publicized it because I wanted to give her some space and time to think about whether she wanted to continue to blog on her own. She has not posted that often and at one point I could sense distress on her part with the sad and depressing state of the news today. I told her she could write whatever she wanted, write as little or as much as she wanted, and we’d touch base about it later. I told her that it was OK if she wanted to blog, didn’t want to, or whatever - no pressure, just trying something out. She was interested and flattered. I can’t wait to talk with her, and get her read on this aspect of the blogging process. My hunch is that there are a lot more interesting things to do than blog over the summer for an up and coming middle school student!
I have asked her to be a part of the blogging initiative I’m setting up at J.H. House this year. I think she will be very interested in that. I’m going to get some one-on-one time with her soon.
Anyway, drop by her blog, Emily’s Editorial Edge, and post some comments in response to her writing. It’ll be interesting to see her response. That may just be the missing piece.
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