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Teachers as Writers Project #3
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? But maybe part of the reason that writing is a very difficult subject to…
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Teachers as Writers Project #2
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? But maybe part of the reason that writing is a very difficult subject to…
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Teachers as Writers Project #1
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? It’s probably a question that we don’t consider very often. After all, we don’t…
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Writers write.
Writers write. Subject and predicate. Reality and hopeful wish. What we fail to realize as writing teachers is that students need time to immerse themselves in writing. Bad writing.…
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Writing as Punishment
I write every day. As of today, I have written 166 days in a row. There are some days when nothing comes to mind, but I write anyway. I…
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De-Standardize the Writing Process
Every student sits and writes. They share their thoughts based on the prompt from the teacher. Each child will complete a pre-writing graphic organizer, then complete a first draft,…
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What do Great Writers do?
Seth Godin understands. Stephen King gets it too. Most of us would understand this and agree with it. And yet, we continue to limit the ways in which kids…
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Purpose Before Pancakes
This past week, my second book, The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients to Exceptional Teaching was released. One of the things that I always struggle with in my writing process is finding…