Teaching writing high school

Working on balancing reading and writing in your ELA classroom? Here are some specific approaches that will help you tie them together.

Teaching and assessing writing can be challenging, and even more so when you’re trying to identify effective ways to scaffold writing instruction for struggling students. Set teenagers up for success...

Teaching creative writing at the high school level? Here are some essential tips for planning and teaching your new class!

Do you have struggling writers who just don't seem to be growing? Do you have reluctant writers who don't seem to get much writing completed? In every class that I have ever taught, there has always been a handful of kiddos that just don't like writing. These students can be toughest to reach. You have

However, once my students are ready to make the jump from paragraphs to an essay, I still continue to break down my writing instruction. When I teach essay

Assigning a graphic essay in your middle school ELA or high school English classroom will be your never favorite essay writing and multimedia ELAR project! #teacher #essay #teachingwriting #highschoolEnglishideas #highschoolEnglishprojects #highschoolEnglish #graphicessay

One of my biggest units of the school year is my informational writing unit. This can be a tricky unit for students because students want to write with first or second person pronouns and include their own opinions. Teaching informational writing takes time and practice to help students succeed at it, especially if students have informational writing topics they are passionate about.

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.

One of the most essential elements of teaching an essay is teaching students how to write a thesis statement. These essay writing teaching tips will help you

Do you teach writing, but hate the 5 paragraph essay? Here's the teaching tool I use when teaching college writing in my first year composition course. #teachwriting #teachcollege #teacher #collegewriting #writingresource #teachingresource #ELA