Writing Retreat
[CELEBRATE This Week: 241] Brenda Power has been giving the gift of writing retreats to Choice Literacy/Lead Literacy writers for a long time. The first year, we gathered in the… Read more Writing Retreat →
A Wayward Writing Process
Celebrate This Week [No. 234] Mid-week, Jordan said, “I’m still thinking about all the fun I had last weekend.” His words struck me and I collected them in an Instagram… Read more A Wayward Writing Process →
Blogging Past + Future
I’ve been blogging for most of my career. It started in 2006 as an experiment, a happenstance. I decided if I was an instructional writing coach, then I should be… Read more Blogging Past + Future →
An Uninhibited Playful Writer {CELEBRATE This Week: 197}
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Right Beside Writers {CELEBRATE This Week: 177}
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Make a Plan? Teach Student Writers to Think in Parts
When I was a little girl, my dad let me help him plan our route for family road trips. I slid the heavy map out from under the couch and… Read more Make a Plan? Teach Student Writers to Think in Parts →
i get to be their momma {CELEBRATE This Week: 166}
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How to stop hearing I CAN’T WRITE from your students
“I can’t write!” “I don’t know how!” “I’ll never be able do this!” These aren’t the usual quotes to inspire teaching students to write. I could share adorable student writing… Read more How to stop hearing I CAN’T WRITE from your students →