The power of a short sentence

 Interesting article about good writing:
 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/opinion/20selsberg.html

Even more interesting commentary on the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/opinion/l29short.html?ref=opinion

As I took pen to note paper this morning to thank our panelists, and flexed ever more seldom used hand muscles, I though about how students master the art of communicating well through the written word.  New forms of writing give practice - Twitter and Facebook beg for poetic distillations - and sometimes achieve them. 

I am in love with the ease with which I can read others' thoughts in the New York Times online and the flow of writing that is shared every nano-second.  Even a short dip into the stream is rewarding.  Thought-provoking writing lives and is more accessible than ever!

 Parker's energy-use analysis

 Eighth grade cooks up a feast

 Seventh graders cook and serve at the annual fundraiser for Troy charities

Reading Shakespeare aloud