Welcome to the October 26, 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.
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Now, onto this week's tips!
Writing assignments don't have to be long to be powerful. "The Power of Short Writing Assignments" from Ben Barbour and the Edutopia website explains more.
Angela Stockman has a creative approach to writing that she calls Make Writing. Learn more about how to bring loose parts into your writing classroom to inspire your writers in Angela's post, "Make Writing: What? Why? How?"
The Writing Routines website has interviewed 17 of the world's best writers. Here's what they had to say about editing. I see quite a few classroom applications here too.
Our Student Writers Need a Coach:
Curious about assessing student writing? I came across this interesting book chapter about why it's important that we coach, not judge, our student writers. Check it out here.
Last Call for November Writing:
Just a few spots remain for the November Time to Write Online Writing Workshop. Details can be found here.
Tackling Stress Through Writing:
Justin Deming shares how you can tackle your stress through writing in this post on Medium.
What I Wish I Knew...
Join us on Monday, November 4 at 7:00 pm ET for this special #TeachWrite Twitter chat, "Advice for Future Writing Teachers." We invite ALL teachers -- those already teaching and those yet to begin -- to this informative chat. You can sign up for a text reminder here.
Headed to NCTE19?
Come learn along with the #TeachWrite Team on Thursday, November 21 at 1:00 as we present "Teaching Writing is Not a Spectator Sport: Using What We Learn About Ourselves as Writers to Become Stronger Writing Teachers."
See you back here next week for the next edition of The Writing Round-Up.
Write away!
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