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#edu407 Some Examples of a Literacy Mantra

Mantra, a Sanskrit word from Buddhism., means a repeated phrase used during meditation. A universal truth that keeps you grounded? So what truths will you hold about literacy? What will guide yoru everyday actions as a teacher. Some Examples: another example of a literacy mantra: https:// twitter.com/ telliowkuwp/ status/ 1089170164673855489 Number of Words

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Getting Started on WordPress.com

I encourage everyone to blog or use a personal website for #edu407. Something magical happens when you learn from your own domain. You of course can choose to stick with Blackboard for the journals if you want privacy, convenience, or just because. You are in control. Your data, your learning. Create an Account Add to Your Homepage Launch and Verify Site Pub

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#edu407 Daily Writing Prompt Two: Writers every where carry a mouth, nose, eyes, ears, tongue, and hand in their toolkits. Draw on sensory writing in

#edu407 Daily Writing Prompt Two: Writers every where carry a mouth, nose, eyes, ears, tongue, and hand in their toolkits. Draw on sensory writing in our next writing challenge. Return to a memory, or a previous post, and write with your senses. Show us what you heard, felt, touched, tasted, smelled. Bring us with you, deep inside the writing. Give us a few

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Metaphors Provide Readers a Journey #EDU407 #literacies

When we put pen to paper we invite our audience to join us on a journery as we line the path with prose. pointring directions with our thoughts and signaliing turns with our transition. Often we use metaphors as a map to illuminate the way. Why do these metaphors matter so in our writing? How do metaphors, even when mixed, provide a compass to steer readers

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