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!
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 out the Be a Famous Writer Contest.
Earlier this month, we chatted about our writing fears at our monthly #TeachWrite Twitter chat. Think writing fears don't affect your writing life? Have you ever experienced any of these?
The thing about having fears about our writing is that we think we are the only ones who do. Not true! Check out "How 7 Famous Writers Cope With Their Fear of the Blank Page" from Writers Write.
Keeping an Instructional Journal:
Erika Romero shares a different way to use a teaching journal that will make your teaching life so much easier for years to come in her post, "Keep Organized: The Top Five Benefits of a Teaching Journal."
Allowing students to have choices in their writing lives is important to their growth as a writer. But how can we build opportunities for choice into our writing instruction? Rebekah O'Dell and Moving Writers share some helpful tips in, "Writing Workshop 101/201: Choice" and "FAQ and Student Perspectives."
Saturday, October 20th is the NCTE National Day on Writing. Join us for a virtual co-writing workshop to celebrate! We will meet via Zoom from 1:00 - 3:00 pm Central time to write, connect, and write some more. More info and sign up information can be found here.
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