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Aug 14, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {8.17.18}

Welcome to the August 17, 2019 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. We appreciate you stopping by! If you'd like to receive our Writing Round-Up directly in your inbox each week, you can sign up here. Now, on to this week's tips! This Week's Tips: Want to Be a Writer?: Are you waiting for permission (or publication) to call yourself a writer? Jen Hatmaker shares some wonderful wisdom and advice

Jul 25, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {7.27.19}

Welcome to the July 27, 2019 edition of The Teach Write Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. I find the tips so you don't have to, so be sure to sign up to have The Writing Round-Up and all of our other updates delivered right to your inbox if you haven't already. Now, on to this week's tips! Assistive Technology for Writing: Don't let your students' physical struggles with writing keep them from writing. Check ou

Dec 12, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {12.15.18}

Welcome to the December 15, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. Enjoy this edition of the Writing Round-Up? We would love it if you would share it with your friends or on your social media. Thank you for supporting us! Now, on to this week's Round-Up! Start your 2019 writing year off right! Join one of the Teach Write Time to Write! Online Writing Workshops today to meet and write with other t

Nov 28, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {12.01.18}

Happy December! Welcome to the December 1, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher writer. We appreciate you stopping by. Whether you are a teacher of writers or a teacher who writes, we've found some great tips for you this week! Let's get started... Want to connect with other teacher-writers? Join the Teach Write Community private Facebook group for inspiration, accountability, and connection! "I Can't Wri

Nov 20, 2018
4 min

The Untruth Behind the Excuse: "I'm Not a Writer"

I recently attended the NCTE annual convention in Houston. I love going to places where I will be around a lot of people. It gives me a chance to people watch and provides some great ideas for my writing. There were over 7,000 people at the NCTE convention. That's a lot of people to watch! I was not surprised to see many teachers proudly wearing clothing that declared their love of reading. This is a literacy conference, after all. One lady wore a long skirt that was made of

Nov 13, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {11.17.18}

Welcome to the November 17, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher writer. We appreciate you stopping by. If you are at NCTE this weekend, don't forget about our #TeachWrite Meetup and Notebook Exchange at 4:30pm on Saturday. To find out where we will meet, sign up for our Remind and we will send a text message. Whether you are a teacher of writers or a teacher who writes, we've found some great tips for you

Nov 9, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {11.10.18}

Welcome to the November 10, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher writer. We appreciate you stopping by. Whether you are a teacher of writers or a teacher who writes, we've found some great tips for you this week! Let's get started... Writing Tips from J.K., Angie, Veronica & More: Some of today's most popular YA authors share their tips for writing in this post from She Writes. (Students may enjoy these ti

Nov 6, 2018
2 min

Grow a Daily Writing Habit with These Three Things

Noticing the world around you is an important part of being a writer. Doing so provides us interesting details and experiences that can seep their way into our writing. But just noticing these things is not enough. We must write them down. When I am working on fiction, there's a daily journaling format that I like to follow. Every day in my journal, I will respond to these three prompts: 1. Something new I noticed. 2. Something I heard. (Write the dialogue as close to real

Nov 2, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {11.03.18}

Welcome to the November 3, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher writer. Headed to NCTE in a couple of weeks? We'd love to meet you at the Teach Write Meetup and Notebook Exchange on Saturday, 11/17. Time and place TBD, so sign up for our Remind and we will text you when we have the details. Let's get started... Creating a Classroom Writing Community: Helping students feel a part of a classroom writing comm

Oct 18, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {10.20.18}

Welcome to the October 20, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher writer. We appreciate you stopping by. Whether you are a teacher of writers or a teacher who writes, we've found some great tips for you this week! Let's get started... Celebrate Your Student-Writers: Become a Teach Write Cartonera Classroom and take part in a fun, affordable and supported writing project that builds student engagement and ent

Oct 11, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {10.13.18}

Welcome to the October 13, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer. Thanks for stopping by! We've found some great tips this week so let's get started! Student Writing Contests: Now is the time to start thinking about writing contests for your student writers. We Are Teachers has compiled a list of 2019 writing contests for student-writers of all grade levels to help. Early elementary teachers, check o

Sep 25, 2018
3 min

Your Journey to Becoming a Good Writer

When I was in elementary school, I was awesome at long division. Eager to demonstrate my division awesomeness, I would happily work on any long division problem my teacher would write out. The more numbers, the better. I KNEW long division and KNEW I was good at it because I got the right answer. It was pretty black and white. Writing though? Writing was another story. I never really felt competent as a writer in the same way that I felt about my long division skills. I thoug

Sep 10, 2018
2 min

10 Ways Students Benefit When Their Teacher is a Writer

Students who learn to write from a teacher who writes become better writers. Here's why!

Sep 8, 2018
1 min

Join Us for a Virtual Writing Party to Celebrate the NCTE Day on Writing!

Join with other teacher-writers from around the country on Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm CT for a virtual writing party to celebrate the NCTE National Day on Writing. We will meet via Zoom to write, chat, connect, and write some more! There will be writing activities as well as time for you to work on your own writing. Bring your laptop or your favorite notebook and pen, some writing, and your writing ideas and get ready to have some writing fun! Space is li

Sep 7, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {9.08.18}

Welcome to the September 8, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. We appreciate you stopping by! We've put together some great tips this week to get your writing year off right. Let's get started... Unpacking Students' Writing Baggage: What kinds of past writing experiences are your students carrying into your classroom this year? Now is the time to help your students unpack that baggage so they

Aug 29, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {9.01.18}

Welcome to the September 1, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher writer. Thanks for stopping by! We've found some great tips for you this week that will help you grow as a stronger teacher of writers, a teacher-writer yourself or BOTH! Remember, many of the things that work for you as a writer may also work for your students so share your learning with them too. Now, let's get started! Writing Tips for All

Aug 17, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {8.18.18}

Welcome to the August 18, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. We appreciate you stopping by! If you'd like to receive our Writing Round-Up directly in your inbox each week, you can sign up here. Now, on to this week's tips! This Week's Tips: Want to Be a Writer?: Are you waiting for permission (or publication) to call yourself a writer? Jen Hatmaker shares some wonderful wisdom and advice

Aug 10, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {8.11.18}

Welcome to the August 11, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. Thanks for stopping by! You may notice that things look a little different around here. We make no secret of our belief that teachers who write make the best teachers of writers. With this in mind, we are now combining our weekly tips into one category, instead of separating them into "For Teachers of Writers" and "For Teachers

Jul 26, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {7.28.18}

Welcome to the July 28, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. We appreciate you stopping by! For those of you who are attending the National Writing Project's Midwest Conference in Madison, WI next Saturday (8/4), stop by and say "Hello!" at one of my sessions. I am presenting with Andy Schoenborn and Paula Bourque on The Power of Writing for Authentic Audiences on Saturday, 8/4 at 10:30 am

Jun 28, 2018
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {6.30.18}

Welcome to the June 30, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. We appreciate you stopping by! For Teachers of Writers Celebrate Writing! The Cartonera Project is a year-long celebration of writing and student writers. Learn more about this publishing project and how you can become a Cartonera Classroom here. How to Write a Picture Book: Josh Funk's Guide to Writing Picture Books (In 12 Easy

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