The heart map is a great tool for helping students find personally meaningful topics, but used year after year, it might feel a little stale. Writing territory maps is another option!
Year: 2015
Time Spent Writing
Let’s remember that the real work of writing workshop is writing.
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Setting the Stage for Choice in Writing Workshop
Choice Brings Agency and Focus The multitude of choices open to learners today has brought more authenticity and agency to our classroom. These opportunities have refocused how we plan, write, learn, and our roles as student and teacher. Student choice is encouraged not only in the way we learn but also in how and what we… Continue reading Setting the Stage for Choice in Writing Workshop
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Enticing Kids to Revise, Revise, Revise
One of the biggest challenges you might face in writing workshop is this: getting kids to see the power and purpose of revision. Here are a few tips for helping kids understand how important and rewarding revision can be, organized by writing process phases.
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Writing Camp
I hosted a writing camp this summer! It gave students some inspiration and gave me a little warm-up on getting back in the school groove.
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The Freedom That Comes With Constriction: Flash Fiction
Writing flash fiction can be liberating, exhilarating, and great writing process practice.
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SOL Tuesday
If it's Tuesday, it's time to share your slice of life stories here at #TWTBlog.
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Begin the writing workshop year by writing on “Day One”
This year, I’m reaching back into habits of old and carving out time to write during that first day. Here are some things I will keep in mind...
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The Cupcake Metaphor
Find out what sprinkled cupcakes and figurative language instruction have to do each other!
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Writing Mantras for the New School Year
What can we say to ourselves to affirm the power of writing? What words will help us move forward when the going gets tough? Thinking about class writing mantras...
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The Chicken and the Egg
A writing workshop thrives on relationships and builds them at the same time.
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Essential Thoughts- Building a Community of Writers
Writers within a community understand the importance of their writing community and work to maintain its existence. Because the students value their writing community, they also feel accepted and free to try new ideas, take risks, and push themselves to be their personal best. They feel encouraged internally and externally.
