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“Arcilla of Pompeii” Chapter 1
reproduced without permission. All rights reserved. Prologue Neapolis, Italy August 24, AD 129 To Marcus, Marcellus, Claudia, and Livia, my beloved grandchildren. Greetings from your old grandmother, whom you have been pestering for years to “tell a story about your childhood.” And so I have told you stories of my youth in Pompeii, a city
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The Triplet Adventures, “The Secret of the Ancient Cave,” Chapter 1
Chapter 1 I was thinking about adventures as I pulled the house key from my backpack. In class today my teacher talked about how life is an adventure. And he said that good stories—like life—take us on wondrous adventures. We never have any adventures. “We” is my Dad, Dr. Carter Sanderson, who is an archaeologist,
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Middle Grade Novels That Teach History: The Triplet Adventures Series
Even though, like parents and teachers, I guess writers aren’t supposed to have favorites, I admit I really like the triplets in my Triplet Adventures series. I admire Ben Franklin beyond measure, I get a kick out of the time flies Klax and Zia, and I empathize with the Roman slave Arcilla (“Arcilla of Pompeii”),
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My Article in an Educational Magazine–“Teachers Pay Teachers” Website
Introduction to Teachers Pay Teachers. As a teacher and a writer, I use a wonderful website called Teachers Pay Teachers. It’s found at teacherspayteachers.com. It’s a website where teachers upload their favorite classroom activities. You, as a teacher, can find just about anything there to purchase, download, and use. Teachers create the TPT resources. That
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Time Flies, “The Mayflower Compact,” Chapter 1
Writing these blogs for you is a lot of fun! I’ll be uploading a blog very two weeks for the rest of the year. I’ve decided to include the first chapter of the first book in all four of my historical fiction series so that you have a taste of the stories. Here is Chapter
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A Fun Way for Kids to Connect to Learning and Enjoy Reading!
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