Chalk and Ink: The Podcast for Teachers Who Write and Writers Who Teach

Interview with Middle School ELA and Technology Teacher and Middle Grade Author, Lisa Stringfellow

March 04, 2022 Season 2 Episode 33
Chalk and Ink: The Podcast for Teachers Who Write and Writers Who Teach
Interview with Middle School ELA and Technology Teacher and Middle Grade Author, Lisa Stringfellow
Show Notes

The tenacious and talented, Lisa Stringfellow, talks about the importance of setting goals and being accountable to ourselves, how word choice and sentence length determine voice, and why it makes sense to involve students in our professional writing journeys.

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When you’re listening to these interviews do you ever think, wow, this author seems like a fantastic educator, I wish she could teach my class for the day?  Well, you’re in luck. If you become  Chalk + Ink Patreon supporter, you can have access to teaching videos by April Jones Prince, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Zetta Elliott, Erin Dealey, René Colato Laínez and today’s guest, Lisa Stringfellow. It must cost a fortune to access these videos, right? Nope, just three dollars for each podcast episode. I’ll only be releasing six more podcast episodes this school year. That means for $18 you can bring all of these authors into your classroom. That’s what I call a sweet deal.

Lisa Stringfellow generously donated a copy of a A Comb of Wishes to a lucky podcast listener. There are several ways to enter: 1) Tweet or retweet this episode and be sure to tag Lisa and me, 2) Go to www.katenarita.com/podcast and make a comment on this episode’s post, 3) Make a comment about the episode on our Chalk + Ink Facebook page; and 4) Become a Chalk + Ink Patreon supporter. Patreon supporters are automatically entered into each giveaway. In order to enter the giveaway, these actions must be completed by midnight on Friday, March 11th. The winner will be announced on Friday, March 18th, on the podcast as well as on Twitter and on our Facebook page.

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