<p>Welcome monsters and ghouls to the final episode of my spooky new series of Writing into the Day (until next year, of course!). This series will feature texts that certainly go bump in the night and you may want to keep your lights on for some of these spine-chilling reads! Today’s Spooktober podcast will be featuring a poem by Eugene Field.&nbsp;</p>
<p>As I read this poem, I want you to think about the personification of the wind. The wind is characterized by the author as having human-like qualities. Why might the author have done this? What does this personification contribute to the tone of the text? Keep these ideas in mind as I read.</p>

Non-negotiables

In this series, I will be reading mentors texts and providing you and your students some quickwriting and/or discussion-based writing ideas. Writing can seem very challenging, especially to students who haven’t had a ton of practice. So, providing short, consistent and relatively low-risk opportunities to write can make all the difference in eliminating the intimidation factor that often comes with on-demand writing. I usually like my students to start our sessions by beginning with a quickwrite or, what I like to call, Writing into the Day.