For some young writers, finding ideas is a struggle. But for many, the struggle lies in finding the words to articulate the idea that is forming in their head. In this 8th-most-popular post from the 2017-2018 school year, Allison gives us three strategies to help these writers move from ideas-in-their-heads to words-on-paper. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Can you […]
Throughout the summer, we’ll be bringing you stories from teachers who are participating in the 100 Days of Summer Writing! We hope that we can all find inspiration as we hear how this summer writing practice is changing the way teachers and students alike look at the writing process. Our first guest post is from Melissa […]
Our 9th most-popular post this school year is about to explode with mentor texts ready for you to use in your classroom the first weeks of school! Writing about place is a powerful way to write about identity, and Tricia Ebarvia (@triciaebarvia) has given us more ideas and resources that we can possibly even use! […]
Each summer, the Moving Writers staff press pause on our blogging to rest and recharge. Throughout this summer, we hope to share some guest posts about how the 100 Days of Summer Writing is impacting students and teachers around the world. Each Monday, we will share one of the top ten posts of the past […]
Our friends participating in the 100 Days on Twitter are dying to talk in real time about our experiences so far! So, here is a series of three Twitter chats for 100 Days-ers! The first is THIS SUNDAY, June 3. We’ll talk about our first-week experiences, brilliant ideas for managing the 100 Days, and more! […]
You can find everything you need for the 100 Days of Summer Writing right here — including the slidedeck, blog posts for teachers using the 100 Days instructions for students, instructions for teachers, a link for registration, and a link to our online community on Facebook! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Shhhhh … I need to whisper this: I […]
It’s here! It’s here! #100DSW18 Slide Deck Welcome to the inaugural 100 Days of Summer Writing! This is a movement for students and teachers alike to use the summer break to build writing muscles and bits of genius through the regular inspiration provided by Notebook Time. THANK YOU to everyone who contributed! And THANK YOU […]
You guys: it’s all happening! On Wednesday, we will release our first 100 Days of Summer Writing — a slide deck of 100 slides to inspire writing over the summer, instructions for how to participate yourself, and instructions for how to get your students involved. Over the next two weeks, the writers here at Moving […]
Today’s guest post is from Amy Heusterberg-Richards, an eleventh-year ELA teacher at Bay Port High School in the Howard-Suamico School District, located north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Just named Wisconsin’s 2018 NCTE High School Teacher of Excellence, she currently teaches Writing, Literary Analysis, and IB English Literature HL Year Two. She previously wrote a post […]
This is not going to be a post teaching you how to conduct a unit on podcasting. (If that’s what you’re looking for, maybe someday. But also Stefanie has written a brilliant series on this starting here.) Rather, this is a post where I will muse on what teaching podcasting has revealed about the process […]
