Regardless of genre, we want to inspire students to develop their voices as writers, and then use those voices to entertain, inform, and change the world.
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.
SOL (and Election) Tuesday
Somehow, I'm guessing that this community is not one that needs reminders to vote, but maybe we all need inspiration and energy to encourage everyone around us to get to the polls today. During a time when it's hard to know where to begin to take action, voting matters more than ever. And now on… Continue reading SOL (and Election) Tuesday
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Overview: Notebooks as a Writer’s Tool Blog Series
Though the topic of this series is notebooks, the spotlight of each of our posts shines on writers. Our goal is to foster the kind of writers who, at any age, habitually collect ideas. Writer’s notebooks can most certainly become a powerful tool for this.
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Continuing to Think About Google Forms
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!
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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.
