Breathing Out is intended to suggest the notebook as an ideal place to use what you have collected and spark your own original writing. This book is for new writers as well as those who may have once loved to write but have lost the spark along the way. It will help you find a natural rhythm for using a notebook and in the process start living the life of a writer. But beyond his groundbreaking observations on reading and writing, it is Graves's deep humanity that has endeared him to readers over the course of two decades. I want to broaden the discussion . . . to include people wherever they are found, especially in curriculum.
Events happen in history because of people.
Scientific breakthroughs are made because people observe, formulate hypotheses, and share their results with others. We are surrounded by art because people slowed their lives down to see the world differently and share it with us. Teachers will not only resonate with the book's philosophical underpinnings, they will applaud its practicality. There are sample scripts for historical role plays, charts for delineating characters' motivation, art exercises, interview scripts, lists for recording personal observations on science and nature, and more. This book answers both questions.