How to Fire Your Internal Critic
We all have that little voice of doubt inside of us. You know – the one that’s constantly whispering, “Your writing stinks. Give up on this draft while you have the chance. You call yourself a writer? What a laugh!” Ah yes…now you know the voice I’m talking...
When You Ask for Analysis but You Get Summary Instead
It can be a challenge to get students to commit ideas to paper, let alone for them to understand how to write for different purposes or for specific audiences. You might find sometimes that you assign students to write an analysis of something they are reading only to...
Four Steps to Teaching Your Students Adverbs
Here’s a quick kinesthetic grammar activity to introduce the topic of adverbs. If you can pair a physical activity with a concept, studies show that retention levels among students increase. Follow this easy, step-by-step guide to teach adverbs to your...
Brainstorming Through Writer’s Block in the English/Language Arts Classroom
Whether we are beginning writers, seasoned writing instructors, or best-selling novelists, writer’s block is bound to plague us all at some point or another, and it is highly likely to show up in the middle school or high school classroom when students are journaling...
Establishing Confident Writers Through Creativity and Self-Expression
The starkness of a white, blank notebook page can be frightening. Your fingers twitch with the desire for something, anything to just spill out. For the ink to somehow read your thoughts and know exactly where to make the page full. This constant feeling can be a...