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3 Activities to Get to Know Your Students as Writers

There is nothing more exciting than getting to know your new students during the first few days and weeks of school! When I think about back to school lesson planning, I am always eager to create lessons that allow me to get to know my students on both personal and academic levels.

Writing Workshop, Writing Mini-lessonsjeanine schneiderAugust 12, 2020Back to School Writing, freebie, writing lesson, writing anchor chartComment

How Parents Can Help with Writing at Home

Get students writing at home with these easy to implement and screen-free tips!

FREEBIES, Writing Project, Writing Assignments, Distance Learningjeanine schneiderJuly 17, 2020writing lesson, writing at home, distance learningComment

A Writing Lesson to Get High School Students Thinking

Needing inspiration for teaching writing in high school? In this guest post, read about one of Language Arts Classroom's favorite writing lessons to get students thinking critically and taking ownership for their learning.

Writing AssignmentsMelissa KruseFebruary 13, 2018Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, favorite, writing lesson, critical thinking, brainstorming, high school writing, reading and writingComment

Writing is Recursive, Not Linear: Free Task Cards to Reflect Writing as a Process

Writing goes all ways: forwards, backwards, sideways, over there, and over here. In fact, the only piece of the writing process that occurs at a set point in time is publishing.

A Memorable Kinesthetic Writing Lesson for Older Students

Teaching the writing process? Try involving students kinesthetically. Play Doh can work for big kids, too! My high school students absolutely love this writing analogy that walks them through each stage of the writing process as if they were sculptors crafting a masterpiece. Differentiate your instruction with this best-practice, active learning lesson.

Best Practices, Differentiating Writing, Editing & Revision, FREEBIES, The Writing Process, Writing Assignments, Writing Mini-lessonsMelissa KruseOctober 3, 2017writing process, kinesthetic learning, differentiation, manipulative, writing lesson, engagingComment