
Are You Making This Mistake With Your Students Writing Samples?
Confession time: Do you dread teaching writing? Do you struggle to teach writing and do your students struggle to produce anything passable that doesn’t take
Confession time: Do you dread teaching writing? Do you struggle to teach writing and do your students struggle to produce anything passable that doesn’t take
Listen now! Caitlin and Jessica dive into the frustration of students not meeting writing standards in this episode of Teaching Middle School ELA. Strategies to
Does this sound familiar?-a writing period where you go step by step together to add a header, the title, the intro paragraph with the Tab
The RACE writing formula simply stands for “restate, answer, cite, and explain”. This is widely used by middle school ELA teachers teaching writing as it
Listen now! On this episode of Teaching Middle School ELA, Caitlin and Jessica discuss a fun and engaging lesson called “The Case of the Stolen
Have you ever told your class they were about to start a writing assignment and been met with groans? Or sighs of boredom? If you’re
Listen now! Caitlin and Jessica discuss their EBW approach to literary analysis writing in this episode of Teaching Middle School ELA. This proven framework was
Best writing results means focused essays with relevant evidence expertly woven into a paragraph (not just a random quote from the text plopped in between
Listen now! On this episode of Teaching Middle School ELA, Caitlin and Jessica focus on teaching writing and share a proven approach to teaching literary
If you could only teach one writing genre this year that would have the biggest impact on your students’ growth as writers, what would it
Then, pick the date you’re going to teach it in your classroom, and sit back while you watch as your students show up to your classroom pumped about what the day holds…and gush about your class to their parents on the car ride home!