Writing Instruction Writing Pathways Last week my daughter, a college sophomore, called to tell me she had aced her English mid-term with a 3.9 Read More »
Writing Instruction Preparation Protocol: The “Why” Behind the “What” Part 2 This post is part of a collection of posts dedicated to supporting teachers who are in the beginning stages of Read More »
Writing Instruction Preparation Protocol: The “Why” Behind the “What” This post is part of a collection of posts dedicated to supporting teachers who are in the beginning stages of Read More »
Writing Instruction Preparation Protocol: Tabbing the Sessions This post is part of a collection of posts dedicated to supporting teachers who are in the beginning stages of Read More »
Poetry Six-Room Poem In a previous post shared a “a fishing expedition for poetry”–a technique to help writers generate ideas for possible poems. Read More »
Professional Resources Spotlight on Professional Resources: Cracking Open the Author’s Craft This is one of my FAVORITE books for teaching students how to live like a writer. In Cracking Open the Read More »
Poetry Ordinary to Poetic One of the keys to helping students write great free verse poetry is to heighten their awareness about things they Read More »
Comprehension Thinking about Theme Pays Off Last week I started thinking more about theme after spending time in a 2nd grade reading workshop. In my previous Read More »