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Supporting Organization in Persuasive Writing
Color-coding is a quick and simple way to support students with that all-important skill of organization. Persuasive writing is a case in point.
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A Mini-Crash-Course on Oral Storytelling
It's been several months since I've written for Two Writing Teachers. In December my son was born, and I was on maternity leave until a few weeks ago. Then, in March I pushed aside all excuses and did the Slice of Life Story Challenge. Every day in the month of March I recruited my four year old daughter to tell… Continue reading A Mini-Crash-Course on Oral Storytelling
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Collaborative Poetry
Who knew Facebook could be a place to generate poetry. Yes, it's true!
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Six Months of the Six of Us
It's hard to believe it's been six months since the six of us came together to relaunch TWT. Here's a look at where we've been and where we are going.
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Celebrating Poetry: Making time for poetry all the school year long.
National Poetry month often brings units of poetry study into our classrooms - there are wonderful resources for so many creative poetry endeavors to be found, and both teachers and students seemed primed to welcome Spring with a celebration of poetry. But, what about the rest of the year? And, is there room in our… Continue reading Celebrating Poetry: Making time for poetry all the school year long.
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Historical Fiction: Adding Detail
We know writers of historical fiction pay attention to period detail, but how do they weave that detail into the story? What scaffolds can we provide to support the kids' writing as they work to weave together history and story? What kind of work could they do in their writer's notebooks?
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Write, Share, Give: SOL Time
Yesterday was the last day of the March SOLSC but it doesn't have to end there! Come join us today for Tuesday SOL.
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Celebrating Poetry: Starting with Interpretation and Ending with Universal Writing Lessons
Tomorrow kicks off National Poetry Month. Today's post celebrates by taking a look at ways to begin and end a unit on poetry.
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Day 31 of the March SOLSC! #sol14
You made it! Please take time to celebrate your writing accomplishments today! The 31st post is special since it includes some music to mark the final day of our month-long writing challenge. PLEASE read through the entire post, including the essential information, for some important announcements and reminders.
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 31 of 31
It's the final day in our month-long writing challenge! Please share your reflections along with your Slices today. Thank you for joining us in this journey, and congratulations.
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Day 30 of the March SOLSC! #sol14
Who's happily writing? Who's exhausted from this version of "March Madness?" Who's sad our month-long writing challenge is almost over?
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