Personal Writing Calendars for Each Student

Monday January 11, 2021Monday January 11, 2021 BethMooreSchool1 Comment

With a personal writing calendar, each kid can see what is going to happen in the unit of study, and has the power to adjust it.

Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach · personalization · process log · writer identity · writing process · writing workshop

The Writer’s Process: Expand the Possibilities of the Genres You Teach

Sunday February 2, 2020Sunday February 2, 2020 Betsy Hubbard21 Comments

What do you find most challenging when it comes to the writing process? Have you considered a writer's process as personal and unique or a step-by-step path rarely disrupted?

katie wood ray · process log · writing workshop

Curriculum of Time

Wednesday January 14, 2009Wednesday January 14, 2009 Stacey Shubitz2 Comments

I just finished reading the January 2009 Issue of School Talk, which is focused on nurturing young writers. Katie Wood Ray's Article "Understanding the Curriculum of Time in the Teaching of Writing" may have focused on early elementary school classrooms, but it certainly resonated with me as an upper elementary school teacher. These are the… Continue reading Curriculum of Time

lucy calkins · personal narrative · process log

Demonstration in Minilessons: my personal narrative

Sunday September 30, 2007Sunday September 30, 2007 Stacey Shubitz3 Comments

When I attended T.C., I took "The Teaching of Writing" with Lucy Calkins, who truly taught me how to write better (not to mention how to be a better teacher of writing!). We wrote personal narratives for her class in which we went through many drafts and had to keep a log of our process.… Continue reading Demonstration in Minilessons: my personal narrative