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May 6, 2021May 6, 2021Abigail Lund

Playlist of Your Life

Playlists are constantly playing in my classroom and house. But what are the playlist of our lives? In this piece Abigail takes you through the moves of using writing playlists to create meaningful narratives.

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021Abigail Lund

The Enneagram Meets the ELA Classroom

Ever heard of the Enneagram? How could implementing personality types into ELA help your students better analyze characters and create authentic characters? I take you through some moves in this MW piece

March 4, 2021March 1, 2021Abigail Lund

You’re a Poet.. Didn’t You Know It?

Have you heard of the Important Book? Margaret Wise takes us through a mentor text that will help your students engage in a rich vocabulary centered writing lesson and ask themselves.. what is the most important thing? [Perfect lesson to take writing out of the ELA classroom and into math]

September 7, 2020Rebekah O'Dell

Welcome to our New Contributing Writers!

We are so thrilled to introduce you to seven new contributing writers who will bring our blog perspectives and experiences that are not yet represented here! This year, they will be teaching us about using writing workshop to teach English Language Learners, writing for social justice, writing across the curriculum in elementary school, and so […]

Who We Are

Allison Marchetti + Rebekah O’Dell founded Moving Writers in 2013 with the mission of providing ideas and resources for writing teachers that would move student writers forward. Together, they have written three books (Writing With Mentors, Beyond Literary Analysis, and A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts). When they are not teaching in their own classrooms, […]

September 2, 2021August 30, 2021Abigail Lund

Exploring a Place Through Writing

Abigail’s first beat of the year takes you through a lesson you could do tomorrow. Discovering the importance of place and how through observation growing a deeper understanding of why place matters in our writing.

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021Abigail Lund

One Word: A [end of year or beginning] Writing Challenge

In Abigail’s final post of the year she walks you through an end of the year reflection activity which could be done in any class/grade level. End the year with filling your classroom with words.

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021Abigail Lund

The Two Powerful Words… I Think

The powerful words I think can open a world of inquiry in our classroom especially in the science and math classroom. How can you use predictions and hypothesis in your classroom to generate critical writers? Abigail shows you some moves you can make!

December 3, 2020December 4, 2020Abigail Lund

Reading in Math? A Tale from Someone Who Survived It

Where do we start when teaching reading outside of the ELA classroom? Abigail takes you through some of the moves you may take. It’s not as scary as it might seem.

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020Abigail Lund

Two Truths and a Lie

A writing teacher’s attempt to fill her classrooms full of words. In this excerpt students use Two Truths and a Lie to explain their “Why”