Lesson for Tomorrow – moving writers

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021Aishwarya M

Embarrassed and Alone in the Writing Workshop

When we know we’re not alone, writing (and life) can be a little less daunting.

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 2, 2021June 2, 2021Aishwarya M

A Systematic, Realistic, No-Worksheet Approach to Teaching Articles (a, an, the) to ELLs

This ready-to-use mini grammar unit aims to provide a framework for the student to systematically learn and use articles in their spoken and written English. Slides included.

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.

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021mrfitzfinkle

The World’s Most Boring Topics

I tell them that just as a good standup comedian can read out of the phone book and make it funny, a good writer can take a dull topic and make it interesting.

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

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021Jay

Mentor Text Wednesday: The Poem Where I Lie About Everything

Mentor Text: The Poem Where I Lie About Everything by Rudy Francisco Techniques: Lying Making Your Audience Think Reflection Background – Let me start with a confession. December kicked my butt. We came into on the heels of report cards, and a heightened set of protocols in reaction to a second wave with record setting COVID […]

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.

March 18, 2020March 17, 2020Jay

Mentor Text Wednesday: Writing in Strange Times

Mentor Texts: ‘The Afternoon The World Health Organization Declared the Pandemic’ by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Techniques: Using Poetry to Write About the Tough Stuff Background – One of my favourite things about poetry is how it can be used to put complicated feelings into words. The poetry of protest is powerful, as are poems that are […]

July 8, 2019June 4, 2019Jay

Moving Writers’ Top Ten: Mentor Text Wednesday — The Truth From The Cave

As is our habit, we are taking the summer away from the blog to read, write, and recharge. We’ll be back in late August with new content, but for the summer, let’s take a journey down memory lane as we visit our ten most-read posts from the previous school year! Mentor Text: The Truth From […]