Writer’s Workshop Middle School: The Ultimate Guide Writer’s Workshop Middle School: The Ultimate Guide defines the writer’s workshop model, its essential components, pros and cons, step-by-step set-up, and further resources. Using a writer’s...
Text features vs text structures: how to introduce text structures to your students. Middle school students really need to learn how to use text structures for both reading and writing so that’s what I’m going to talk about in this blog post. Text Features...
Nurture a growth mindset in your classroom and watch your students bloom! A growth mindset helps students to grapple with difficult texts, frustrations with writing about difficult topics, and give and receive feedback without feeling personally attacked. In this blog...
Three middle school writing workshop must-haves can start your year off right, no matter if you are teaching in a school building or online. Let’s define the writing workshop model first – it comes down to how time is utilized for the students. Writing...
Writing strategies for middle school students that help them break through writer’s block – your middle schoolers can use these strategies for the rest of the school year and, quite frankly, for the rest of their lives. Why I teach writing strategies to my...
Writing Response Paragraphs for Literature Writing response paragraphs for literature is the solution to a problem I had with my middle school writers. My middle school writers didn’t know how to analyze specifically for questions asked about literature. The rigorous...
Back to School 2022 by Kristen Nall – this guest post is from a new teacher friend I met through this Teach2Write website. After Kristen reached out to me via email and told me about these back to school activities, I asked Kristen if she would be interested in...
Online creative writing summer camp for your middle school learners is fun, interactive, and taught by a published author – me! I will be teaching a 5-day Online Creative Writing Summer Camp for ages 10-14 for just $8 per session for 5 sessions on Outschool. If...
How to teach descriptive writing when students don’t understand “show, don’t tell” is probably one of the hardest things for students to grasp, but these 3 small things can improve their “meh” writing in BIG ways. Also, it only...
Writing Journal Gems Collecting writing journal gems or entries gives students a plethora of writing opportunities to choose from. These little gems are often hidden within the bell ringers and other quick writing/thinking activities. Journal Gems give your writers...
Teach writing without the overwhelm. As an English language arts teacher, you already know that teaching writing is challenging. Especially when teaching my favorite group of students – middle schoolers! So, you want the time you invest in lesson planning,...
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