I’ve taught writing to third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders now for thirty-six years. I also am lucky enough to work as Co Director for the Indiana University Southeast Writing Project  and spend time with writers that are between 25- 60 years old. It is striking how similar the two groups are in terms of their [...]

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Graves

Today the students and I took a look at different kinds of leads authors use to enter their stories. You can see the kids identified them and labeled them accordingly to how they saw E. B. White and Katherine Patterson enter their stories. The students decided that E. B. White used a question, dialogue and [...]

In the writing class, the flipchart mini lesson is a perfect tool to model short excerpts of the writing craft that can make a student’s writing grow. These lessons can include procedural, convention, and craft lessons. Some can be invitational but most should be an expectation for the writer to Have-A-Go at the lesson that [...]

Mark Mil Liken Pointing

From one of the top teachers of wriitng comes a book about launching a writing workshop. You can purchase the book from heinemann.com. Launching A Writing Workshop by Ralph Fletcher

All the Places to Love Lesson

Writing Workshop Mini LessonsWriting Workshop Mini Lessons (book) Print: $20.00 Download: $10.00 This book contains a collection of writing mini lessons for the writing workshop. Writing Workshop LessonsWriting Workshop Lessons (book) Print: $19.99 Download: $10.00 A book full of writing workshop lessons. Graphic Organizers for the Writing WorkshopGraphic Organizers for the Writing Workshop (book) Print: [...]

Writing Workshop Mini LessonsWriting Workshop Mini Lessons (book) Print: $20.00 Download: $10.00 This book contains a collection of writing mini lessons for the writing workshop. Writing Workshop LessonsWriting Workshop Lessons (book) Print: $19.99 Download: $10.00 A book full of writing workshop lessons. Graphic Organizers for the Writing WorkshopGraphic Organizers for the Writing Workshop (book) Print: [...]

Yellow Sands

Lead Mini Lessons

Every child can and should learn to write. However, the process of learning to write often seems mysterious. Many former students remember with frustration the red marks on their grade-school papers and the expectation that they simply fix whatever was “wrong” and get it “right” the next time. What should parents look for in a [...]

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