6. Your turn to write…
Explain your journey from student writer to writing
teacher.
What twists and turns and obstacles have you
encountered and overcome as a writer?
What challenges and triumphs have you had as a
writing teacher?
7. Planning
Stretching out the process
Activating the language centers of the brain
Providing plenty of practice
8. Stretching out the process
Slowing down
Taking smaller steps
Giving students more learning time
10. Practicing
Finding and narrowing topics
Generating ideas
Using multiple brainstorming methods
11. Your turn to write…
How many ways do you use writing in your class?
What has worked well and what has failed miserably?
What writing experiments would you like to try with
your students?
15. Your turn to write…
How do you include language instruction into writing?
What do you do to help struggling writers?
16. Editing and Revising
Learning the difference between write and wrong
Looking locally and globally
17. Write and Wrong
Giving mini-lessons on writing concepts
Editing writing samples together
Helping students edit work on their own
Dealing with idiomatic language problems—fixable or
non-fixable errors
18. Local and Global
Peer and self-editing for simple errors
Teacher help for major problems
19. Your turn to write…
What does editing and revising look like in your class?
How much do you fix in your students’ writing?
20. Feedback: Less is more
Pick only a few issues to deal with at a time—one
language problem, one content problem
Only fix what students cannot fix themselves
21. Feedback: More is more
Confer with students one on one
Give clear, specific feedback
Provide students with extra support for recurring
problems
22. Grading
Keep all drafts low-stakes
Teach grading criteria clearly ahead of time
Show examples of what fits the criteria
Be consistent
23. Your turn to write…
Dialogue journal—respond to another person’s writing
and share how you use writing in class.
24. Review
Pollenate students’ writing with good writing
examples
Engage students in critical thinking
Slow the writing process down and spend more time
brainstorming
Integrate language instruction into the writing process
Help students take smaller steps
Encourage students to view mistakes as learning
opportunities
25. Your turn to write…
Plan a writing lesson using something you have
learned today