#4: Our Feet Want To Run
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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…
We’re talking about:
what’s surprising about middle grade books
an excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Ruby Holler
what is needed to find a balance between structure and freedom
Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:
[00:46] - welcome
[01:04]- how this book came to be read
[01:58] - what’s surprising about middle grade books
[05:24] - the excerpt from Ruby Holler
[08:04] - considering rules
[08:55] - questions to ask ourselves
[10:33] - can there be a benefit?
[12:07] - the cost of rigidity
[15:09] - considering freedom
[18:21] - reference to episode 3
[19:55] - how to have both
[23:58] - Michelle T.’s quote from Love In The Time of Cholera
[24:49] - what’s coming up next week
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