Category: persuasive writing

assessment · authentic assessment · letter writing · persuasive writing · rubric

Persuasive Letter Writing Rubric

Stacey Shubitz3 Comments

A few folks have left comments asking for resources for teaching persuasive letter writing. I promised to post the rubric I created once it was finished. It's now complete and can be downloaded by clicking here. Once you to the landing page, just scroll down and click on the and downloading the PDF that says… Continue reading Persuasive Letter Writing Rubric

collecting · persuasive writing · writing workshop

Amazing Reasoning

Stacey Shubitz2 Comments

I tried to announce a working snack time, like I always do, at the end of Writing Workshop today. However, my students didn't budge. Every single child in the classroom stayed-put where they were sitting and continued to write! What were they writing? Well, they were writing down the logical reasons they'll use to try… Continue reading Amazing Reasoning

immersion · letter writing · mentoring · persuasive writing · touchstone texts

Ideas Galore!!!

Stacey Shubitz

Ideas Galore Originally uploaded by teachergal I disseminated a packet of four touchstone texts, written by my former students, that will serve as mentors for my students to use in the persuasive letter unit of study we began today. The letters I gave them as touchstones, which we read together before the WW Time began,… Continue reading Ideas Galore!!!

letter writing · persuasive writing · units of study

Gearing up for persuasive letter writing

Stacey Shubitz4 Comments

I'm starting one of my favorite units of study tomorrow morning in Writing Workshop: PERSUASIVE LETTERS! It's been a favorite for the past three years due to the amazing things my students have garnered for my former classroom and former school. (It's ranged from DVDs for rainy days, new classroom furniture, a printer/scanner/copier, art supplies,… Continue reading Gearing up for persuasive letter writing

conferring · fiction · literary essay · memoir · personal essay · personal narrative · persuasive writing · poetry · small moment · strategy lesson · teaching tools · writer's notebook

One notebook or many?

Stacey Shubitz12 Comments

Last week I blogged about a Recipe for Conferring Success. I've done some more thinking about it in recent days and am left pondering the following questions for myself as a teacher of writing: 1. One notebook or many? a. How many notebooks should teachers of writing keep to use in conferences and strategy lessons… Continue reading One notebook or many?