In the inner-city of Los Angeles there are many “year round schools.” On quite a few of my vacations I have taken over classrooms that were “without a teacher.” These are classrooms where others “did not” or “would not” stay. They are challenging. They contain many, many reluctant and remedial writers.
I have experienced these “extreme [...]
Three Important Questions about Middle School Writing Instruction
1. Are your middle school students remedial writers or are they on grade level?
2. How do you bridge the gap between your remedial writers and your high achieving writers?
3. What are appropriate goals and objectives of middle school writing instruction?
The Six Traits of Effective Middle School Writing Instruction
Many students are ready [...]
Teachers are Searching for Answers on How to Teach Writing (The middle school teachers and parents are the ones with a tone of desperation!)
Through my weblogs, I get to see what searches brought people to this website. Here are some of my favorite searches that showed up on the weblogs. If you look at them, [...]