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List Making Writing Strategy

List Making Writing Strategy

The list-making writing strategy helps students to generate topic ideas quickly. By keeping a section in their writing journal for list-making, students will always have topics to write about throughout the school year. Use a timer and you teach them how to turn off...
How to write to a person you love as a holiday gift

How to write to a person you love as a holiday gift

How to write to a person you love as a holiday gift podcast episode 5 of The Write Idea. Today’s podcast episode is about how to write to a person you love as a holiday gift. I want to talk to you about using your writing for a very particular intended audience...
Writer’s Workspace

Writer’s Workspace

A writer’s workspace is what I discuss in episode 4 of The Write Idea Podcast  –  I discuss finding the workspace and time to write. Do you long for a special place to write? How about a chunk of TIME to write? So many writers have these same problems, but...
The Write Idea Podcast for ELA teachers and writers

The Write Idea Podcast for ELA teachers and writers

The Write Idea Podcast –  I am so excited to introduce you to my new podcast for ELA teachers, Creative Writing teachers and writers (no matter your age)! This has been several months in the making. From concept to getting episode scripts researched, written and...
The Secret to Teaching Writing Literary Analysis

The Secret to Teaching Writing Literary Analysis

Writing literary analysis is one of the most difficult writing tasks to teach. You work so hard helping students writing essays in your English language arts class. You teach them to read and annotate the text, analyze the questions they are supposed to answer, and...
Writing Strategy: Mind Mapping

Writing Strategy: Mind Mapping

This most powerful writing strategy mind-mapping is a MUST for writers, yet so few educators are teaching writing strategies like this very simple one! Many assume students learn these strategies in elementary school, but students need to consistently practice mind...