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Sigmon Author and Educational Consultant http://www.cherylsigmon.com Cheryl Sigmon is the author of Implementing the 4-Blocks Literacy Model (Carson-Dellosa, 1997) and the co-author with Pat Cunningham and Dottie Hall of The Teacher's Guide to the Four Blocks (Carson-Dellosa, 1999). Her newest book, Modifying Four-Blocks at the Upper Grades (2001, Carson-Dellosa) is now available. Cheryl was a classroom teacher for a number of years. For nine years she was a language arts consultant for the SC Department of Education, where she worked in K-12 classrooms to help schools strengthen language arts programs. Since January 1999, she has been a freelance consultant, helping thousands of teachers across the United States implement the Four Blocks Model. Each month, Cheryl writes a column exclusively for Teachers.net addressing specific questions and general topics related to using the 4-Blocks Model in the classroom. Teachers.Net encourages you to join the 4-Blocks Model Mailring or the Building Blocks (K) Mailring for the purpose of submitting questions to Cheryl and to share your 4-Blocks experiences with colleagues across the Globe. See the Teachers.Net Mailring Center for joining these Mailrings. You can also contact Cheryl directly at Cmsigmon@aol.com Be sure to visit Cheryl's site to learn more about the 4-Blocks Literacy Model at http://www.cherylsigmon.com Article 91 A "To Do" List for the New School Year Article 90 It's Riveting! Article 89 Publishing Pressures Article 88 Streamlining the Writing Block Article 87 Considering a Reading Basal Series? Article 86 My Poor Teacher Can't Spell! Article 85 Streamlining Your Self-Selected Reading Article 84 Why Didn't We Think of That? Article 83 A Little Stress Relief with Timing Issues Article 82 Thinking About Your Curriculum Article 81 That's Novel! Article 80 Active Classroom Support: Early in the Year Article 79 The Perfect Guided Reading Lesson Article 78 Choice: Fountas and Pinnell or 4-Blocks? Article 77 Why Are You Doing That? Article 76 It's All About Transfer! Article 75 A Faculty Meeting Experiment: Modeling SSR Block Article 74 Challenging Four Blocks Article 73 Troubleshooting in the Words Block at Upper Grades Article 72 Troubleshooting: Help with Writing Scores Article 71 Are Journals a Part of Four Blocks? Article 70 Giving Thanks... Article 69 202 text/html 2009-07-21T14:18:27+00:00 ... 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Rowling has put on our young readers with the launch of the Harry Potter tales. Inviting this wacky, young wizard into your writing class just might be the magic needed to inspire these young authors of tomorrow. Mixing Magic Into the Writing Process Ingredient 1~Sensory Prewriting Experience~Have students enter a darkened classroom , with only a single black candle lit in the front of the room. Instruct them to sit silently and think of at least three words to describe their feelings as they sit and watch the light from the candle. After a brief time, turn on the lights and ask students to tell you their words as you use them to create a word map on the board or a large teaching chart. List as many words as possible, adding some of your own to the map.Ingredient 2~Listening Activity~Follow the sensory experience by slowly reading a couple of highly descriptive paragraphs taken directly from the Harry Potter books. 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