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The Writing Round-Up {7.20.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Jul 16, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {7.20.19}

Welcome to the July 20, 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, onto this week's tips! Increasing Student Ownership of Writing: Are you tired of being the gatekeeper of writing in your classroom? Check out "Tran

The Writing Round-Up {7.13.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Jul 11, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {7.13.19}

Welcome to the July 13, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. (Are we really almost halfway through July??) Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Creativity & Writing by Hand: Comic strip writer and teacher Linda Barry shares why creative acts are more creative when we do the

The Writing Round-Up {7.06.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Jul 4, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {7.06.19}

Welcome to the July 6, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Facing Down Your Writing Fears: This week, I listened to a great podcast about writing fears by author Mur Lafferty. You may find it helpful too. Choice in the Writing Workshop:

The Writing Round-Up {6.22.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Jun 20, 2019
3 min

The Writing Round-Up {6.22.19}

Welcome to the June 22, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Feel like a fraud when it comes to calling yourself a writer? The New York Times has some tips to help you overcome imposter syndrome. (Don't forge

The Writing Round-Up {6.15.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Jun 11, 2019
3 min

The Writing Round-Up {6.15.19}

Welcome to the June 15, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. (Halfway through June already....WOW!) Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Build a Summer Writing Notebook: Our friend Angela Stockman (of Make Writing fame) shares how to build a summer writing notebook (and why

The Writing Round-Up {6.08.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Jun 5, 2019
3 min

The Writing Round-Up {6.08.19}

Welcome to the June 8, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Fixing Grammar Errors: Jennifer Gonzales shares a some great thoughts on student grammar errors in this Cult of Pedagogy post. Be a Writing Rule Breaker: Lori Freeland explores h

The Writing Round-Up {6.01.19}

Jennifer Laffin

May 29, 2019
4 min

The Writing Round-Up {6.01.19}

Welcome to June and the June 1, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Self-Doubt & Writing: ALL writers face doubts and fears in their writing -- even when we feel like we're the ONLY one. Want to see what I mean? Jim Dempsey explains more

The Writing Round-Up {5.11.19}

Jennifer Laffin

May 9, 2019
3 min

The Writing Round-Up {5.11.19}

Welcome to the May 11, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Behold the Power of a Mentor Sentence: Mentor sentences are an excellent way to demonstrate writing craft and incorporate grammar lessons. Teacher Tracy Vogelgesang explores how

The Writing Round-Up {5.04.19}

Jennifer Laffin

May 1, 2019
4 min

The Writing Round-Up {5.04.19}

Welcome to the May 4, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Supporting ELL Writers: I love these tips for scaffolding writing for English Language Learners from Valentina Gonzalez and the Seidlitz Education website. These scaffolds are hel

The Writing Round-Up {4.27.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

The Writing Round-Up {4.27.19}

Welcome to the April 27, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Want to Write a Picture Book?: Thinking of writing a picture book? Author Josh Funk has some tips for you (or your students). Check out his "Resources for Writers" to learn mor

The Writing Round-Up {4.20.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Apr 17, 2019
4 min

The Writing Round-Up {4.20.19}

Welcome to the April 20, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up. Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Flash Fiction: Curious about writing flash fiction? Want to support your students who are interested in giving this genre a try? Teacher and author JJ Burry shares some great t

The Writing Round-Up {4.13.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Apr 10, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {4.13.19}

Welcome to the April 13, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up! It's hard to believe that we are almost halfway through April, isn't it? Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips... Conferring with Confidence: If you cringe when you think of conferring with your student writers, Ju

The Writing Round-Up {4.07.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Apr 3, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {4.07.19}

Welcome to the April 7, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up! Every week, I gather tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes and put them right here all in one place. Be sure that you have joined my email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! A Progression of Notebooks: This look into how Dr. Shari Daniels's notebooks have changed over the years is so intriguing. She shares lots of notebooking ideas and demonstrates

The Writing Round-Up {3.30.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Mar 27, 2019
3 min

The Writing Round-Up {3.30.19}

Welcome to the March 30, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up! Every week, this Writing Round-Up gathers together tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. We put these tips all in one place to help make your job easier. Be sure that you have joined our email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Editing Tips from Authors: Teacher Ashley Booth sent out a tweet asking authors for a one-tweet tips for editing that cou

The Writing Round-Up {3.23.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Mar 20, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {3.23.19}

Welcome to the March 23, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up! Every week, this Writing Round-Up gathers together tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. We put these tips all in one place to help make your job easier. Be sure that you have joined our email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Poetry Sparks for April: Sarah Donovan wants to help you and your students write poetry in April. Visit her website to le

The Writing Round-Up {3.16.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Mar 12, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {3.16.19}

Welcome to the March16, 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 search the internet to 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, onto this week's tips! Sparking Writing with Quick Writes: Time is a precious commodity in schools. Quick writes are a great

The Writing Round-Up {3.09.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Mar 7, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {3.09.19}

Welcome to the March 9, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up! Every week, this Writing Round-Up gathers together tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. We put these tips right here all in one place to help make your job easier. Be sure that you have joined our email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! Returning the Arts to ELA: We all have standards that our teaching needs to meet. But how can we deliver instru

The Writing Round-Up {3.02.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Feb 28, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {3.02.19}

Welcome to the March 2, 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, onto this week's tips! Increasing Student Ownership of Writing: Are you tired of being the gatekeeper of writing in your classroom? Check out "Tran

The Writing Round-Up {2.23.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Feb 21, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {2.23.19}

Welcome to the February 23, 2019 edition of the Teach Write Writing Round-Up! Every week, this Writing Round-Up gathers together tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher who writes. We put these tips all in one place to help make your job easier. Be sure that you have joined our email list so you never miss an update! Now, onto this week's tips! The Power of Low Stakes Writing for Students AND Teachers: You are hearing more and more about the importance of low-

The Writing Round-Up {2.16.19}

Jennifer Laffin

Feb 15, 2019
2 min

The Writing Round-Up {2.16.19}

Welcome to the February 16, 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, onto this week's tips! Beginning the Day with Gratitude: Have you seen this video about the New York school that begins the day having all of t