Writing journals or computers – which should you use? Can you use both of them? Yes, absolutely! Imagine this: you turn on your computer, log into your Word processing program and get ready to write. But then the cursor blinks at you for the next 20 minutes...
How to teach nonfiction text analysis for middle school students? Let’s look at how to plan for teaching nonfiction text structures, how to find texts for students to analyze, and also, how to hook students into learning the concept of text analysis. How to plan for...
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...
Written feedback for students, especially middle schoolers, is a lot easier with grading snippets. These helpful comments, gathered into a convenient spreadsheet, make assessments of student writing faster and still personalized. To get a free spreadsheet of grading...
Digital Activities for Collections are a great way to help 6th-grade students understand rigorous text selections while also engaging them with colorful, interactive learning. Buy Digital Activities for Collections Grade 6 HERE Digital Activities for...
My first beginning of year writing assignment in our writer’s workshop is something I have been doing for 23-24 years now. When I was a new teacher, I found it while searching for classroom icebreakers. I wish I knew who posted about it, so I can give him/her...
Stop the Cycle of Perfectionism and Procrastination! Writing is one of the most difficult, and yet most important subjects to teach. Now, I realize reading is equally important. Yet, I have found that teaching students to express themselves through writing often gets...
These three teacher tips for writing informational text will keep you from without wanting to pull your hair out. I’ve spent many planning periods and Sunday evenings, grading student writing, wondering how to help my students. Didn’t their elementary...
Drawing to write is a writing strategy can break writer’s block. I use this strategy all the time when I need to visualize a setting or character and for quite a few other reasons, too. What do I mean by drawing to write? I am not an artist. Although, I...
Free writing. Ready, Set, Go! Writing Sprints are a metaphor for focused free writing. A writing sprint is free writing, with a computer keyboard. If you’d rather listen to this blog post, click on the podcast player below: Writing Sprint (free writing)...
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