Brainstorming and the writing process: an important first step. Providing brainstorming activities for high school students can give them an opportunity to think and expand ideas—and teachers an opportunity to…
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Writing Assignments for High School: Getting Started
What writing assignments for high school students will you introduce to a new class? High school writing assignments can shape the learning environment you want and provide important data. The…
10 Articles to Inspire Creative Writing Students
Looking to inspire creative writing students? Read on for reading material and lesson plan ideas. Students enjoy outside sources; they view them as inside secrets or adult-like. Perhaps they are…
Different Approaches to Creating Writing Lesson Plans
Teaching English language arts means writing writing lesson plans. (I’m sorry for that play on words.) Writing lesson plans should work toward the standards, but they should also not overwhelm…
Outdoor Writing Activities
Outdoor writing activities needn’t be a huge hassle! Read for more ideas about writing outdoors to help students. I write with my personal children. They never fail to tell me…
Teaching Reluctant Writers: 4 Fast Tips to Implement Tomorrow
Looking for tips for teaching reluctant writers? I can explain my process for you with some fun and simple writing activities. Teaching writing cannot be done in one way. Some…
Ways to Include Writing on a Language Arts Test
How do you include writing on a language arts test? The first time I wrote my own language arts test, it was too long. Like, embarrassingly the wrong length. Those…
How To Grade Writing Assignments without Losing Your Mind
Looking for how to grade writing assignments? I’ll give the best advice I have! By the end of the school year (or maybe in October? I don’t know), grading student…
Drafting an Essay with High School Students
Drafting an essay with high school students takes patience, time, and modeling. Drafting is the second stage in the writing process, following prewriting or brainstorming. The entire writing process (prewriting,…
Teaching the Writing Process by Writing With Your Students
Teaching the writing process? I model the entire concept for my students. Although I implement dozens of worksheets and tools when I create middle school lesson plans and high school…