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Teaching the 5-Paragraph Essay: Tips to Make It Easier
Writing ► April 2, 2023

Teaching the 5-Paragraph Essay: Tips to Make It Easier

Even though students start learning about the 5-paragraph essay in middle school (sometimes even elementary!), it seems like they magically forget everything by high school. In this post, I hope to share some tips for...

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Academic Vs. Creative Writing: What You Need to Know Before You Teach
Creative Writing ► January 8, 2023

Academic Vs. Creative Writing: What You Need to Know Before You Teach

In college and during your teacher training, you probably spent a lot of time discussing how to teach writing to students. Even if you didn’t discuss writing pedagogy, you know the basics of academic writing...

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Two-Sentence Horror Stories: How to Teach Them
Creative Writing ► October 3, 2021

Two-Sentence Horror Stories: How to Teach Them

I absolutely love October, Halloween, and everything that comes with fall! I might be a #BasicTeacher, but it does lead me to instill some seasonal activities into my classroom. In this post, I want to...

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Teaching Writing with Mini Lessons: A How-to
Writing ► March 7, 2021

Teaching Writing with Mini Lessons: A How-to

Every year, teachers are asked to do more--close the gap, make learning fun, use technology, encourage independence, provide quality feedback, collaborate, and so on. It’s not easy finding a class structure that perfectly meets the needs of students, administrators, and classroom evaluators. When it comes to teaching writing with mini lessons, however, you can get pretty close.

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Mentor Texts: Everything You Need to Know
Creative Writing ► February 9, 2020

Mentor Texts: Everything You Need to Know

Now, when I attend conferences and professional development, using mentor texts and sentences seems like a prerequisite for every quality unit. In this post, I hope to answer any and all questions you might have about mentor texts. I’ll try to include plenty of examples, links, helpful resources, activities, and lesson ideas.

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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: What You Need to Know
Writing ► December 15, 2019

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: What You Need to Know

Have you been told that you need to start using a claim, evidence, and reasoning (or C-E-R) framework for writing in your classroom? Maybe you need to closely adhere to the Common Core State Standards but aren’t quite sure where to begin. If you’re like me, you may have been told by administration-on-high that the whole school would be using C-E-R language in their classes to build consistency and teacher equity for students. Regardless, here you are wondering, what the heck is claim, evidence, and reasoning anyway? In this post, I aim to break it down for you.

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