I am so grateful to have this resource available to me as an educator at no cost. Maybe someday, I'll get to thank whoever is behind the Google Curtain in person. In the meantime, I'll share what's been working and I'll look forward to hearing about how some of you end up doing it even better!
Author: Melanie Meehan
I am the Writing and Social Studies Coordinator in Simsbury, CT, and I love what I do. I get to write and inspire others to write! Additionally, I am the mom to four fabulous daughters and the wife of a great husband.
Unexpected Benefits of Flash Fiction
Story compression did not require many instructional minutes, but the ratio of instructional value to the time it took was so worthwhile!
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Pausing to Remember 9/11
We, at Two Writing Teachers, pause today to remember all the lives that were lost and the heroes who gave their all in trying to save others. Since tomorrow is a Slice of Life Tuesday, our post about 9/11 is published today.
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Nudging Students to Think of Ideas
The fact that these charts have an interactive element is a key part of their usefulness because they end of being not only an idea-generating tool, but also an accountability tool.
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In Case You Missed it: Dreaming Big in This Year’s Writing Workshop
Thank you for joining us for our blog series Dreaming Big in This Year's Writing Workshop. We hope you will join us for a Twitter Chat on Monday, August 13th at 8:30 EDT. We'll be sharing and learning at #TWTBlog. In case you missed any pieces from our series, here's a quick review of the week… Continue reading In Case You Missed it: Dreaming Big in This Year’s Writing Workshop
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This is the Year I’m Going to Create and Use Strategic Writing
“It’s a practice,” is a common refrain from the instructor in my yoga class. That being said, if my mat is anywhere close to a certain yoga rockstar, I admit it--I find myself glancing over to check out her poses. She gets into positions that I’m sure would cripple me. I would fall on my… Continue reading This is the Year I’m Going to Create and Use Strategic Writing
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Personalizing charts to foster intention and independence
More and more, another way we’ve been making sure that charts become part of our writers’ toolbelts is to create individual ones that are either the same as the ones on the wall or close enough that they don’t require instruction for students to access.
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A few ideas for conferring
Potentially, one of the most impactful opportunities we have for making a lasting difference on our students as writers is when we pull up next to them and confer with them. It's SO worth spending some time reflecting, setting goals, and developing tools and strategies for the conferring work we do as teachers.
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Slice of Life Tuesday
Tuesdays are Slice of Life days. Welcome to our community or writers, readers, and commenters.
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Slice of Life Tuesday
Tuesdays are Slice of Life days! Everyone is welcome in this community. Welcome to the Slice of Life Community! WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers.
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Slice of Life Tuesday
Tuesdays are Slice of Life days! Everyone is welcome in this community. "If we are asking students to take risks, we have to model risk-taking." Meredith Sinclair at the first Connecticut Council for Teachers of English Convention, May 12, 2018 This community celebrates the risk we take to write and share our… Continue reading Slice of Life Tuesday
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Slice of Life Tuesday
Tuesdays are Slice of Life days! Everyone is welcome in this community. Sometimes we find inspiration in the strangest places. Last week, I opened a Dove chocolate--the kind that has a message inside the aluminum wrapper--and here's the message I found: Every moment matters, including this one. Autumn B., Florida. Welcome to the Slice of… Continue reading Slice of Life Tuesday
