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We are born hungry. We are hungry for food, for warmth, for a loving touch, and for something else as well. We are hungry to understand, to make sense of the world around us. Almost as soon as we begin to talk, we ask a single question, over and over again. [...]

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For many years I did the Status of the Class as described by Calkins, Graves…et al. But today I take stock of the work we’re doing in the writing workshop a bit different. I think it is because of the nature of the writing class itself I can do this. I [...]

I’ve visited countless writing classrooms over the years and it has always been interesting to me why some work and others don’t. I do believe that writing classrooms that incorporate Donald Graves’ seven conditions for effective writing find greater success than those that skip these basic writer needs. I’ve come to think though that there [...]

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Would you like to reduce your work load? Me too! Let’s work together. If anyone sends in a Mentor Text Mini Lesson I will send them in return a guaranteed twenty lessons. As the submissions grow I’ll continue to email the updated compilations to each of you who submit a lesson mail it to davidastoner@gmail.com. [...]

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Writing Conferences are only one part of the writing process. If properly introduced and incorporated, conferring in groups becomes a most beneficial tool to improve student writing. In the group conference, students should be positive, constructive, and specific-behaviors which middle school students do not normally practice. This group conference method does as much to develop [...]

I have twenty-five to thirty favorite picture and chapter books that I turn to when I want to teach a young writer about  the craft of writing. I keep them in front of my flipchart in my grandfathers suitcase. When I choose a book to include in my mentor texts I might look to see [...]

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Would you like to reduce your work load? Me too! Let’s work together. If anyone sends in a Mentor Text Mini Lesson I will send them in return a guaranteed twenty lessons. As the submissions grow I’ll continue to email the updated compilations to each of you who submit a lesson.mailto:davidastoner@gmail.com. Maybe we can grow [...]

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