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Helping Students Become Active Thinkers, Part 2
Last week, Tim Hargis wrote about four areas of focus to help students become active thinkers and independent writers. He described purpose and craft in detail. In part 2, he will go over the final two focus areas: genre and text structure and content. To learn more about this subject, register for The Writing Diner…
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Helping Students Become Active Thinkers, Part 1
The ultimate goal of all writing instruction has to be to help students become active thinkers while they are independently writing. This is the foundation of my writing beliefs. We need to teach writing in a way that will allow students, when they are sitting alone with a blank paper or computer screen in front…
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Consider the 80/20 Rule
Teaching is this hugely complex, challenging calling, and that’s why I’m glad it’s mine. I don’t foresee getting to a place where I’m like, “You know what? I’ve got this all figured out. Done. Turn on the cruise control.” To be honest, I think few of us will get there, and if we do, it…