Managing Information: Writing Nonfiction in Scrivener

March 26, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Teach Write! This column draws on my 20 years’ experience teaching writing to kids, university students, and adult learners. It includes ideas and exercises that teachers and students can use in the classroom, and creative writers can use to level up their process. OK. We’ve talked about how to take notes and how to track our sources, either manually or using a reference manager. Today I’m going to discuss another fabulous app for…

Yellow Cedar Book Talks: Gone is Gone: Wildlife Under Threat

March 19, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World’s Largest Land Biome, has been nominated for a Yellow Cedar Award in the 2021 Forest of Reading! I am both thrilled and honoured to be in such great company, so I’ve created a series of video book talks to celebrate the work of my fellow nonfiction kidlit authors and – hopefully – to inspire readers like you to discover their work. Today, we’re discussing Gone is Gone:…

Dana L. Church: Doing Scary Things

March 12, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Dana L. Church. Take it away, Dana! As I write this, it is less than a week before my first book, The Beekeepers, is released.* I am thrilled, ecstatic, and excited! But to be honest, I am also a bit scared. Will readers like it? Will it sell? Will it get bad reviews? It sort of feels like Iâ€™m…

Yellow Cedar Book Talks: Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel, and Other Poems of Birds in Flight

March 5, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Managing Information: Reference Management Apps, and Why You Need One

February 26, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Teach Write! This column draws on my 20 years’ experience teaching writing to kids, university students, and adult learners. It includes ideas and exercises that teachers and students can use in the classroom, and creative writers can use to level up their process. Last time, we talked about note-taking skills, and why it’s important for writers to know where every piece of their information originally came from. Today, I’m going to introduce a…

Yellow Cedar Book Talks: Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance

February 19, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Itâ€™s Almost I Read Canadian Day!

February 12, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

February 17th – next Wednesday – is the second annual I Read Canadian Day! Help me celebrate it by spending 15 minutes reading a book – any book! – by a Canadian author. Might I suggest The Boreal Forest? Or any of the other fabulous kids’ books nominated for awards in the Forest of Reading? There are lots of other ways that you, your kids, your schools, and your libraries can get involved. Visit I…

Yellow Cedar Book Talks: Under Pressure: The Science of Stress

February 5, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Managing Information: Note-taking Tips for Writers

January 29, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Teach Write! This column draws on my 20 years’ experience teaching writing to kids, university students, and adult learners. It includes ideas and exercises that teachers and students can use in the classroom, and creative writers can use to level up their process. So far, our discussions of research have focused on how to find interesting, relevant information for our writing projects. Now we’re going to look at a skill that’s equally important,…

Yellow Cedar Book Talks: It Began With a Page

January 22, 2021 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

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