The freewriting students do is often looser and more readable than what they do on papers or essays. Tom Newkirk offers suggestions on the exercise. (continue reading)
How do you approach essay, poetry, book clubs, and digital composition? If we reimagine our approach we can open the door to more engaged and challenging learning. (continue reading)
As humans we have the great gift, the great evolutionary achievement, of speech and story. It’s what we do best—and all literacy instruction needs to honor and build on that gift. (continue reading)
The myth of the master writer has long plagued students and teachers alike, limiting our sense of self-confidence and writerly ability. Is it possible to dispel these notions? (continue reading)