Topic: Writing

...there is no better way to honor your teaching and increase the repertoire of what you can offer students.

In this episode, we're joined by Sarah Zerwin, author of the upcoming book Point-less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading.

Today on the podcast we have a special conversation hosted by author Carl Anderson with his longtime friend and colleague, author Matt Glover.

Today on the podcast we’re happy to welcome authors Martin Brandt and Tom Newkirk. Marty is most recently the author of Between the Commas.

Martin Brandt, author of Between The Commas, aims to help students proceed with confidence in their writing.

One way teachers are using their instructional time more efficiently is by teaching content area topics during Reading and Writing Workshops.

Today on the podcast, author and editor Katie Wood Ray sits down with Matt Glover to discuss his latest book Craft and Process Studies: Units that Provide Writers with Choice of Genre.

We want to use authentic instructional moves that offer support to all learners across the day. Here are three moves that will ensure all learners have choices and opportunities...

Understanding the importance of Sentence Focus can free you from some of your greatest anxieties, both about your students’ abilities and your own.

To support children in becoming strong, confident writers, we need to engage them in different types of meaningful studies within and across grade levels.

Narrative plays a bigger role in how we communicate than we give it credit for...

When students are provided opportunities to pursue writing in genres of their choice their engagement increases, which is a baseline requirement for a successful and joyful writing life.

Today on the podcast we’re examining the relationship between photography and writing.

When writing nonfiction, we have the whole gamut of narrative techniques at our disposal, but we aren’t just telling a story.

The ability to manipulate phrase and clause structures is the very essence of what makes a skilled, confident writer.

How do you feel about grammar? For many of us, it was a frustrating exercise that kept writing inaccessible.

Comparing a writer’s notebook to a collection strikes a chord with kids, many of whom are collectors themselves.

As they read, it’s important for students to get in the habit of asking not what, what, what, but why and how...