Providing writing sprints to engage students’ creativity
Category: Matt Griesinger
Discovery Writing
An instructional writing model that allows for authenticity and self-directed learning.
Conquering the Blank Page with Note Cards
An addition to a lesson that will create confident writers.
The Door of Chaos: Responding to Original Ideas
The Door of Chaos allows students to respond to and collaborate with their peers in other classes throughout the day.
An Alternative Assignment and What I Learned
When an attempt at motivating a student goes wrong, professional positivity is a must.
Whiteboard Duels: Collaborative Drafting
Students can co-create texts with in-the-moment revisions that lead to co-ownership.
Metacognition: 3 Questions That Matter
How to use three questions to prompt metacognition
Academic Gifting: Offering Authenticity and Collaboration
Academic Gifting allows students to respond to authentic writing and to identify as authors.
Titan Talk: Pen Pal Letters and Social Health
Aiming to bridge the social gap by creating authentic opportunities to read and write
That one time I was wrong: and how I was wrong again immediately afterward
How neuroscience informs my philosophy of teaching writing.
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