Years ago I heard Jim Trelease say “Reading is input, writing is output.” As one of those teachers who integrated writing into everything (even math exit slips before recess), I was resisting. That year my friend Lynn decided to do her own experiment. Known for having successful first grade writers, she went the reading-first route. [...]
You should’ve seen the faces of my students on their first day of school when I would give them this writing prompt — Why Write? The ones who wrote to please the teacher were the most baffled. How can you get the A if you’re not told how to do it? And the reluctant writers? [...]
A Writing Classroom: Process & Practice A little dry, huh? That was the name of my master’s project 20 years ago. It had lots of anecdotes from my teaching experiences, student writing samples, quotes by the gurus of those days, and how-to’s for everything from idea generation to publication. I’m revisiting some of those thoughts, [...]
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