6th grade writing

Love this idea. First grade writing vs. sixth grade writing... Which would you rather read?

Persuasive Essay Writing

Name-calling is one of the easiest propaganda devices for students to understand. Watch commercials from the cell phone companies and political ads here.

Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

I have always found writing to be one of the most challenging subjects to teach. More specifically, informative, or explanatory writing has always been my biggest nemesis!! My students often come to me with varying levels of writing background, their own unique styles, and a variety of topic interests. It has taken me many years to fine tune my craft for teaching informative writing. Over the years, I have developed mini-lessons to help my students to better understand this particular genre…

outline for persuasive essay | ... persuasive outline and model how I create a strong persuasive lead

This week in reading, the students will continue to work in their research teams to learn more about Texas History. They will practice taking information from the nonfiction text and creating...

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Remember when I wrote about what had been going on with Narrative Writing Lessons a little while ago? That post was actually one that I used in my class with my kids (an idea I stumbled upon last y…

Year after year my students struggled with summaries, and then I started using this method for teaching summary writing. Eureka! I will never again teach this skill without this summary anchor chart.