Five Reasons Why Writing Community Matters
Why does being a part of a writing community matter? Here are some thoughts from our Time to Write Workshop community.
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Jennifer Laffin
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
10 Ways Student-Writers Benefit When Their Teacher is a Writer
Ten reasons why teachers who write make better writing teachers, and how their students benefit when they do.
Jennifer Laffin
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
Five Reasons Why You Shouldn't Give Up on Your Writing
Do you find yourself jumping from writing project to writing project? Is your stack of unfinished writing piling up? Here's how to stop that
Jennifer Laffin
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Journaling: Giving Myself Permission to Pause
Developing a journaling practice has given me permission to pause and enjoy life!
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Re-visioning Revision by Cathy Hutter
It's time to take a new look at how we teach students to revise their writing. Cathy Hutter will show you how!
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
Shared Writing in the Upper Elementary Classroom by Jackie Higgins
Think shared writing is just for our youngest learners? Think again.
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
Switching Up Sentence Length {Writer's Toolkit Series}
Writers can instantly improve the quality of their writing simply by switching up the number of words in each sentence. Here's why!
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Building Classroom Community Through Writing by Erica Johnson
Erica Johnson shares how you can harness the power of writing to draw people together into a classroom community.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
Paragraphs: Give Us a Break {Writer's Toolkit Series}
Paragraphs are important! Here's why good writing needs paragraph and how to use the New-New Rule for paragraphing.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
Connecting to Readers Through Poetry by Bridget Magee
Unpack some basic poetic elements and infuse them into your own writing to really reach your readers!
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Balance Writing with the Power of Three {Writer's Toolkit Series}
Writing is more balanced and pleasing to the mind when the details come in groups of three.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Beginning Your Journey as a Poet by Christie Wyman
If we want to teach our students to write poetry, we need to give it a try ourselves. Christie Wyman will show you how!
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
Successful Online Writing Conferences with Student Writers by Dana Clark
Teaching writing online? Here's how you can help your student-writers prepare for a successful writing conference.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
What are Anytime Pages?
Begin your next writing session with Anytime Pages to unlock your creativity and get your writing flowing!
Jennifer Laffin
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Ideas for Writing Across the Curriculum by Karen Megay-Nespoli
Even if you aren't an ELA teacher, you can still get your students writing as a way to deepen their understanding of your content area.
Jennifer Laffin
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
The Experiences That Shape Us by Juliette Awua-Kyerematen
What experiences shape us into the teacher-writers and writing teachers we are today?
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