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Tuesday Slice of Life

Welcome back to the weekly Slice of Life! Write what’s on your mind, share your links below, and give some comment love to your online colleagues.

Modernizing Mentor Texts Blog Series

Harnessing Multimedia Texts To Enhance Writing Instruction: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Curious about how to expand writing possibilities for students with multimedia mentor texts? This first post in TWT's Modernizing Mentor Texts series is full of ideas and resources for your classroom!

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Introduction to the Blog Series: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Throughout this blog series, the Two Writing Teachers shares modernized mentors, providing ideas for current and responsive texts, ways to build agency, and ideas for multi-media mentors. 

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Overview and Sign Up for the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Now in March!

Sign up for the 2025 Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge! Challenge the writers in your class to write every day in March.

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Tuesday Slice of Life

Welcome to the first Slice of Life Tuesday of 2025! Whether you’re sharing a one-word intention for the year, reflecting on your holidays, or just expressing what’s on your mind, we’d love for you to share your posts in the comments below. While you’re at it, visit and comment on other writer’s blogs as well. That’s where the fun is!​

figurative language · poetry · Ready-to-Go Tip

Teaching Poetry with a Bracket Competition: Ready-to-Go Tip

Here is a ready-to-use lesson plan for a poetry bracket competition you can use with kidnergarten to eighth grade and beyond!

Reflective Practice

Building the Foundational Strength of Writers

Students can show us a lot of about the cognitive energy they are using to write! The brain has work to do before any letters show up on pages, so the more automated that work can be, the more brain energy can head in the direction of words, sentences, and composition.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Overview & Sign-Up for the Slice of Life Story Challenge #SOL25

The 18th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOLSC) will begin at Two Writing Teachers on March 1. Participants will write slice-of-life stories and comment on other writers’ submissions to foster a flourishing writing community. You may sign up for the challenge using the Google form embedded into this blog post.

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Tuesday Slice of Life

The last Tuesday slice of the month and #SOL24!

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Tuesday Slice of Life

It's Tuesday! Join us for a slice of life.

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Tuesday Slice of Life

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TWT Blog Recap #ICYMI

Have you missed out on the amazing articles published over the last couple of weeks? Don't worry, we've got you covered with this recap. We'll also preview what's happening with Two Writing Teachers over the winter holiday season.