Course Work Archives - Page 3 of 25 - Katie Steedly

[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!

Melanie Faith

Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.

Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.

The Society of Professional Journalists

In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.

I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.

Maxine Greene

Philosopher and Education Scholar

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Living the Comma #14

Sunshine. Memory. Seasons. Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine? — Lois Lowry, The Giver Dear Writer Friends, This m...

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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 161—165

Cherish. Puzzle. Curiosity. Inquiry. EXERCISE 161: BASK IN THE UNKNOWN overtly cherish Write a poem that overtly cherishes what you do not know and maybe never will. I do not know the substance of faith. Sometimes an iris in wi...

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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 156—160

Questions. Interviews. A Clock. EXERCISE 156: DREAM/ NIGHTMARE INTERVIEW Write ninety-nine questions Pick a figure (famous or unknown) from history you would be scared to meet. Write ninety-nine questions to ask them when they come knocking...

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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 151—155

Annoy. Embarrass. Focus. Survive. EXERCISE 151: REFLECT ON YOUR ANNOYING TRAITS foibly, goofy, endearingly annoying Write a self-portrait that catalogs as many of the foibly, goofy, endearingly annoying things about yourself as you can. For...

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