Charter champs know: Writing is tough | Bridge Michigan

When Sherry Swain was teaching writing to first-graders, she sometimes took a lesson from E.B. White’s classic, “Charlotte’s Web.”
She would read the first sentence -- “‘Where's Papa going with that ax?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.” -- and tell her students, “You know, that wasn’t E.B. White’s first draft. His first attempt started, ‘Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived on a farm.’”

Related Keywords

Michigan ,United States ,Detroit ,Southfield ,Armenia ,Chandler Woods Charter Academy ,Armenian ,Alex Manoogian ,Jan Sabin ,Thomas Ackerson ,Barbara Lindquist ,Sherry Swain ,Alex Marie Manoogian School ,Island City Academy In Eaton Rapids ,National Writing ,Part Of The National Writing ,Jc Huizenga National Heritage Academies ,Masco Corp ,National Writing Project ,Academic Champions ,Marie Manoogian School ,Bridge Magazine ,Academic Championships ,Grade Writing ,Island City Academy ,Eaton Rapids ,Upper Peninsula Writing Project ,Marquette Area Public Schools ,Woods Charter Academy ,National Heritage ,Principal Barbara ,Principal Dyana ,Chandler Woods ,Detroit Public Schools ,