Beyond the Fundamentals Blog Series

New Blog Series: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop

Our new blog series, Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop, begins today. This series is for experienced workshop teachers who wish to push the limits on traditional teacher/student parameters so their writing workshops will become more student-centered. This post contains a preview of what's to come in our posts this week plus information about a book giveaway we're hosting as part of this blog series.

blogging · challenges · Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC Classroom Challenge · writing workshop

Who Is Up For A Challenge? A Guest Blog Post By Michelle Haseltine

How do I manage with thirty to forty students blogging? I blog too. That’s always made it more meaningful for my students.

writing workshop

The Post-it Note App and Writing Workshop

When you hear blended learning in writing workshop do you immediately envision a classroom of writers looking at a screen? 

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon!

  The community of educators, who gather here at Two Writing Teachers every March, is like no other. We are in need your generous, open-hearted, and passionate hearts to help us welcome our newest slicers. We are asking you, our community of bloggers, to consider being part of the Welcome Wagon during the March Slice of Life… Continue reading Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon!

slice of life · writing workshop

Welcome to Slice of Life

Write a slice. Share it here. Comment on at least three other slices. Are you ever surprised by what you write when you sit down and start writing? Sometimes out thoughts, feelings, and realizations sneak up on us when we write. Slice of Life Challenge Updates and Reminders The eleventh annual Slice of Life Challenge… Continue reading Welcome to Slice of Life

checklists · goals · independence · Teachers College · writing workshop

Writing Checklists: Tools for Independence and Goal-Setting

I am a list person. I have lists by my computer, by my bed, in the kitchen, in my car console-- And I love crossing things off my lists. One of the reasons I like lists is they tell me what to do, but my lists serve different purposes; sometimes they help me remember what… Continue reading Writing Checklists: Tools for Independence and Goal-Setting

Reflective Practice · writing workshop

Do You Ever Wonder?

How do you respond to the recursive "I'm done," and every other form of the phrase? Maybe it isn't about them.

informational writing · Mary Ehrenworth · nonfiction writing · Teachers College

Addressing Knowledge Issues in Informational Writing

If we do not possess a good amount of background knowledge, if we are not interested in the topic, and we were not given a choice, our writing typically suffers. Lack of knowledge in particular, as Mary Ehrenworth suggests, manifests quickly as writing weakness and writing problems. As writing workshop teachers, how might we think about and address these challenges?

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Overview of the 2018 March Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join us for the 2018 Slice of Life Story Challenge in March!

slice of life · writing workshop

It’s Tuesday! Welcome to Slice of Life!

Write. Share. Give. Please be sure to read at least 3 other posts and leave comments. Comments help us build our writing community! The eleventh annual Slice of Life Challenge starts up on March 1. For an overview of how this great event works, please link up to Stacey's post that she published yesterday. Also,… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Welcome to Slice of Life!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Overview of the 11th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge

Calling all educators! Whether you’re thinking about joining our writing community or coming back for your eleventh March writing challenge, please take a few minutes to read this post.

current events · middle school · writing · writing workshop

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.