Today's post wraps up our week of learning from the Amping Up Agency Blog Series and announces the winner of the book giveaway!
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Introduction: Amping Up Agency Blog Series
This week the co-authors of Two Writing Teachers address various ways to increase students’ agency within their writing lives. This post provides an overview of what's to come.
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Freewrite Fridays: The Freedom Writers Deserve!
Happy Friday! Learn about how Freewrite Fridays offer writers a much-needed pause at the end of a week.
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Enlist Students as Partners in Conferring
Conferring is a powerful tool to meet the needs of individual writers, but it often feels like students are passive participants in these conversations. Engaging students as partners in this work helps kids see themselves as authors and grow their writing abilities.
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Engage Writers at the Beginning of the Year with Base Training
At the beginning of the school year, take time before launching your first unit to allow students to settle in to writing workshop. This time helps you learn about students, build their confidence, and teach workshop routines.
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Writing Mantras for the New School Year: Part of #TWTBlog’s Throwback Week
Did you know that talking to yourself can be really helpful? It's true! Researchers have long known that positive self-talk can be an incredibly helpful tool. The power of positive self-talk is something that I hadn't thought about much until recently. My friends' Kristi Mraz's and Christine Hertz's book A Mindset for Learning has helped me… Continue reading Writing Mantras for the New School Year: Part of #TWTBlog’s Throwback Week
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