slice of life

It’s Tuesday! Please join us with a slice of life!

Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!  Write your post. Share the permalink to your own blog post with the community. Comment on at least three other posts. If you are a slicer who is attending NCTE in St. Louis and you’re interested in joining Stacey and Deb for dinner on 11/18 at 7 pm, please… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Please join us with a slice of life!

story mountain · writing workshop

Offering Choice in the Planning Process

As in all aspects of writing workshop, students should have choice in their planning process.

slice of life · writing workshop

It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!

Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! Write. Share. Give. Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on at least three other posts. Comments energize writers and keep our writing community vibrant. On a related note, if you are a slicer who is attending NCTE in St. Louis and you’re… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!

slice of life · writing workshop

It’s Tuesday! Join us with a slice of life!

Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on at least three other posts. Comments energize writers and keep our writing community vibrant. Our community is a source of strength for each other. My thoughts continue to be with people who are impacted by… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Join us with a slice of life!

September 11th

Pausing to remember 9/11

Sixteen years ago, I kissed my three daughters goodbye as I left them in the gym's babysitting room, and I headed up to the aerobics room to teach my 9:15 step class. My oldest daughter was five--an afternoon kindergartner-- and I did not know yet that I was pregnant with my fourth daughter. Just before… Continue reading Pausing to remember 9/11

slice of life · writing workshop

It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!

  Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! At Two Writing Teachers, we believe in the importance of a writing community. Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on at least three other posts. We all know how much comments mean to ourselves as writers--please share your writing and be generous… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!

engagement · Jennifer Serravallo · writing workshop · Writing Workshop Fundamentals blog series · writing workshop routines

Teaching Students to Self-Monitor

Three strategies to use so that students develop their own ability to monitor themselves as writers.

Google Forms · record keeping

Ideas for Getting Started with Google Forms

Google forms helps with record keeping and planning next instructional moves in writing workshop and more. Here are some ideas to get started!

midworkshop interruption · minilesson · writing workshop · Writing Workshop Fundamentals blog series · writing workshop routines

Structure: Writing Workshop Fundamentals

Writing Workshops have important structural components.

coaching · data · writing workshop

A Data System For Tracking Progress

The  last post I wrote was about what students will say leads to their growth as writers. In that post, I mentioned the data system we use to track their progress, and several people asked me about it. Therefore, I am trying to explain some of its major and duplicable features. We actually developed it during… Continue reading A Data System For Tracking Progress

celebration · end of year reflection · reflections · writing workshop

Asking Students What Worked

Sometimes we learn a lot by asking students what makes the difference in their lives as learners.

literary essay · questions · Teachers College · writing workshop

The Question Formulation Technique for Deepening Thought

The Question Formulation Technique is a powerful instructional strategy across content areas.