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	<title>The Blog to end all Blogs!</title>
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	<description>Just another Maverick Blogs weblog</description>
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		<title>Graditude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Graditude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a ome, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2011/03/28/graditude/</link>
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		<title>Vacation Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer has finally arrived. School is out. Donna and Sandra pack bags of things to do in the car during the long car ride from Texas to South Carolina. They pack books to read, cards to play games with, and dolls to dress and comb. Mom is filling up a cooler with snacks while Dad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/10/04/vacation-story/</link>
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		<title>Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pressure builds in my brain
It comes on slow and steady
Minute by minute
Hour by hour
As I read
Page after page
Text after text
First it is a mild numbing sensation in the mind
Then there’s a soft squeeze in the middle of my forehead
Next comes the tightness
And the ache
I look up from my pages,
Out the window
Glorious sunlight shines on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/13/saturday/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter articles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I am going to write the article for next week’s newsletter for my daughter’s school. Turn off TV week is September 19-25, 2010. I am thinking about writing an article for that, but I am worried that it will be too “preachy.” My intent with The Literacy Corner is to inform parents with things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/11/newsletter-articles/</link>
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		<title>Life Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so super excited about writing today. Why? Because I read other people’s writings yesterday and today (for the first time) and I got lots of ideas! It’s crazy how much being a part of a community of writers can have a positive effect, and inspiring effect on one’s own writing. Last time I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/10/125/</link>
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		<title>Thankful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a long while since I wrote a thankful poem. Here goes: Unedited and from the heart.
I am thankful for. . .
Sleep. Restful, relaxing sleep, leaving me refreshed and bright the next morning.
The cold rain that dripped onto my roof last night, softly tapping on the bedroom window.
My soft bed, warm covers pulled up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/09/thankful/</link>
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		<title>Hash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all of the newsletter articles that I have written with my free writing time, my husband has taken notice. We belong to a running/walking group called HASH (Hash House Harriers). We meet every other week. Our next meeting is Sunday, Sept 12th and Bruce would like me to write an article in our community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/08/hash/</link>
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		<title>Mentor Text</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have decided that my mentor text unit will be for second grade using the author Shirley Hughes. Shirley Hughes has an easy, flowing writing style. She adds descriptions and narrative in a simple manner. Sometimes you don’t even feel the story building up until SURPRISE there’s a problem that must be solved. Her stories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/07/mentor-text/</link>
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		<title>How to Establish good study habits:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Set up a afternoon/evening schedule: 
1) Schedule in time for homework.  2) Ask the teacher how much time she/he expects the child to do homework each night (so that you know how much time to slot). 3)  Include a snack. Sometimes kids’ energy levels run low after a fun and exhausting day at school. Give them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/07/how-to-establish-good-study-habits/</link>
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		<title>Childhood memories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mother book of memories that I am using to spark my writing ideas asked what my most cherished item was when I was a child. This is an important question because in this writing class I was thinking about using a book called Dogger by Shirley Hughes as my mentor text for a writing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.uta.edu/~djb8987/2010/09/06/childhood-memories/</link>
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