Scroll down to see the August 21st Sacred Writing Slide that will be displayed in my classroom as my students enter the room. Dena and I have created a set of Sacred Writing Slides that feature a slide for every day of the year. If you’re interested in obtaining the entire set of slides, we sell them for a very reasonable price here from Teachers Pay Teachers. Between August 15 and September 15, we offer a completely complimentary preview of a month’s worth of slides to try with your students! Click here for the free slides.

Sacred Writing Time Did you come to class with an idea to write about Sacred Writing Time Did you come to class with an idea to write about? As soon as class starts, quietly make that pencil dance! It’s August 21. Today a total eclipse of the sun travels over the United States! Trivial Fact of the Day: Of today’s eclipse, "Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the Sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds,“ according to the U.S. space agency. Interesting Quote of the Day: “A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.” --Benjamin Franklin (American inventor) Vocabulary Word of the Day: perfidious (adjective) describing a person who cannot be trusted, like the false friend in Mr. Franklin’s quote today. Might you write about someone fictional who is perfidious?