www.onmilwaukee.com/.../milwstereotypes.html an interesting article, I have found about Milwaukee stereotypes, cities have stereotypes.

Learning about stereotypes in the classrooms

Stereotypes in the classroom are a bigger problem today because the current status of many high schools and middle schools. Where the students are entitled to make fun the students because they belong in a certain group and use technology such as myspace, facebook, and texting with they cell phone. It is hard to be teen and have the consent pressure of not fitting in at the same time but have someone post something on they blog or myspace page or make a myspace devoted to one in order to promote this ideal of stereotypes and cliques further.
This goes further in the real world beyond the high school years and college years. This can with you for the rest of your life.

From October 17, 2007

Ashley's lesson about following the directions was really good way to students not to be restrictive in their writing. She gave examples from Tom Romano about the student that does want to write in "stupid"because he thinks is waste of time, thinks it for 14 year old girls, and people to see they thoughts on paper. In the end, the student end up showing what good journal writing, ironic, with the purpose of revealing emotion passion with some metaphors to add to his disgust for journal writing.

Moving out to the southwest

I pack up all my belongings in the Midwest to head to the southwest
where see the hot desert sun scorching the earth
earth lizards crawling on rocks and walking to cross the road
The desert night sky with the stars illuminating gold from the black drop cloth of a sky
The tall old cliffs are red, yellow with the ancient adobes from centuries ago.
Where I past where previous pioneers have crossed and
built a new country of believers.

My favorite Commerical

One of my favorite commericals is the verizon side kick
where the young boy has his friends as animals in the his phone.
It is funny because it assocaites the friend with an animal look and have the older and mean older brother as the pig.
THe commerical is funny and quite clever with its moments of being funny and the younger brother getting back at the older brother.

Writing Down the Bones INDY Teach Presentation

Writing Down The Bones Indy Teach
Essential Questions
Do you leave peer editing to the students as a way to teach them grammar? What the ways to know how a little or much writing it's still the teacher's responsibility?
Do you teach the traditional language arts way of producing essays? Do have them think of ways outside the box, creating/editing/producing all up to the student to put the emphasis on writing?
The provides some ways for students to get thinking about creativity in the classroom when comes to up writing and revision.
List of Rules
Goldberg outlines the main ideas for writing to begin to be process the ideas.
Keeps your hand moving?
Don't cross out
Don't worry about spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Lose control
Don't think. Don't Logical
Go the Jugular
"It' s an opportunity to capture the oddities of your mind. Explore the rugged of the thought. Like grating a carrot, give the paper the colorful coleslaw of your consciousness. First thoughts have tremendous energy. It is the way the mind first flashes on something. The internal censor usually squelches them"(Goldberg 8 and 9).
List of topics
Tell about the quality of light coming through your window
Begin with "I" remember"
Take something you feel strongly about, whether it is positive or negative
Choose a color
Visualize a place
Who are people you loved
Write about streets of your city
Action of a Sentence

Goldberg writes in certain chapter about verbs and how they are very helpful
"This does not mean that while you are waiting you should stop and contemplate a new verb for an hour.Only, be aware of verbs and the power they have and use them in fresh ways. The more you awake to all aspects of language,the more vibrant your writing will be"(Goldberg 89).

Why do I write

She ask herself why she writes, and then ask the reader why do they write. Gives off the list.
By asking your students, why they write gives the classroom an opportunity to share they thoughts to the class and gives them a chance to see another students share the same thoughts about writing.