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Writers' Workshop
Writers’ Workshop: Organizing Ideas for Personal Narrative Drafts
We are getting Writers’ Workshop kicked off school-wide – K-12!
Modeling Generating Ideas with Heart Maps in Elementary
We are getting Writers’ Workshop kicked off school-wide – K-12!
7 Strategies for Generating Ideas in a Writers’ Workshop
In the ideal Writers’ Workshop, students will write about topics of their choice that they are passionate about. This sometimes leads to frustration on the part of the students because they have a hard time figuring out what they want to write about and many times we hear comments like “I have nothing to write […]
Writers’ Workshop: Writing for Authentic Audiences
The importance of authentic audiences is crystal clear as I work with classrooms around the world. When I begin work with a class of “new to me” students, I always ask them to write. This is usually greeted with groans, sometimes tears! There are a multitude of reasons for these groans and many different remedies, […]
Writers’ Workshop: Working on Sentence Fluency
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to come to your campus with engaging, evidence-based, and practical professional development ** About ten years ago, I read Jeff Anderson’s Mechanically Inclined and it changed writing in my classroom forever! As someone who never felt competent in their own writing, teaching writing was a daily struggle. […]
Teaching Poetry and Reading Strategies: A Poison Tree, by William Blake
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to come to your campus with engaging, evidence-based, and practical professional development ** I’ll admit it, I have a dark side. Those who know me say it’s deeply hidden behind nervous giggles and an approachable demeanor, but I’m drawn to dark literature. “A Poison Tree,” by William […]
Teaching Poetry and Reading Strategies: Harlem, by Langston Hughes
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to bring an engaging, hands-on poetry session to your campus ** I have three poems that I absolutely love introducing to students. One of those poems is Harlem by Langston Hughes. I love it because it is fun to read out loud and the students […]