Slippery Things: The Process Is Writing
Why is writing such a slippery process? A budding children’s book author and an established writer of books for teachers on writing and grammar shares his writing process. It’s simple: Write.
Engaging High School Students in Writing — A Guest Blog Post by the #BowTieBoys
Ryan Hur, Tam Mandanis, Kellen Pluntke, Rishi Singh, Christian Sporre, and Dawson Unger are six of the Bow Tie Boys who are a group of high school students from Northern Virginia. Today they take on the topic of student engagement in secondary writing classes.
Tools of the Trade — A Guest Blog Post by Vicki Meigs-Kahlenberg
We can’t control what happen next in our news feeds or in the lives of our students. By making intentional time in our curriculum for writing, sharing and publishing, we can equip our students with the most powerful tools we have available to develop and strengthen their voices within our classrooms, and create a confidence within to speak their truths out in the world.
An Invitation to Make Writing That Matters
Teaching writing isn’t easy. We can get lost in all that needs “fixing” in our students’ work, lost in the standards and district curriculum maps, lost in the products we need to hang on a wall for a display. We find our way when our WHY is nearest to our hearts: Why do our students need to write well? How will writing play a role in their lives? How will writing make their lives more meaningful? What matters the most when it comes to teaching young writers?
A Teacher’s Plan to Keep Writing Going in the Summer
Find your purpose. Find your crew. Find your sunrise. Write.
Write, Share, Give
Notice stories as they flicker around you. Share them here. It’s SOL Tuesday!
It’s SOL Tuesday
Read some slices, get inspired, write your own! It’s SOL Tuesday.
Writing Victories: Keep Learning Going Throughout the Summer
Not every kid is born with a positive attitude towards writing. Here are six low-stress ways to develop a writer at home (some of which don’t even include putting a pen to paper)!
10th Annual SOLSC Prize Reveal
Don’t let those self-doubting dialogues, “There is no way I can write for 31 days, what am I thinking,” creep into your brain! But, in case you need a prize more tangible than the rewards of writing every day, we’ve sweetened the deal with a prize reveal. You cannot possibly consider turning back now!
Writing Takes Guts: My Writing Backstory
The realization of this moment gave me chills and led me to share my writing backstory with Dana. Dana listened and encouraged me to open my presentation with this story. I was hesitant, the experience had halted my inner writer for years. What if sharing it again had the same result?
Nurturing Our Writing Lives: 5 Ways to Keep Writing
How can we nurture our own writing lives once the school year begins? 5 ways to help us keep writing.
We Are Writers Here! Starting with What Matters Most
When I think about what I first want my students to know, what matters most to me as a teacher of writing, more than capital letters or topic sentences or punctuation, I want them to believe they have ideas worth sharing and stories worth telling. I want them to know their voice matters and their words can make a difference. I want them to believe they are writers, right now, whatever their reading proficiency, whatever their language background, whatever their home circumstances. WE ARE WRITERS HERE. We all matter, we all belong, we all can and should write.
Where Have All the Narratives Gone?
I’ve been thinking about why young writers struggle with personal narrative and realistic fiction writing.
Writing with All the Feelings by Liz Garton Scanlon
Author Liz Garton Scanlon implores us to let “you be you” in today’s Author Spotlight post.
A Book for Passionate Creators + a Giveaway
Have you lost your muse? Create Now is the kind of book you need to help you transform your creative process and get you inspired to write.
Demonstration Writing: Sometimes They Need To See “Writing Thinking”
Making my writing thinking visible to my students has given them another tool to “get unstuck”…
