http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/teaching-writing-blog.html site blog en-us teaching writing Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:53:06 GMT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:53:06 GMT you-can-teach-writing.com http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/informal-writing.html Admission slips answering informal writing prompts calling for reflection on the homework assignment permit fast feedback. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:43:37 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/daily_writing_prompt.html Specific English language arts daily writing prompt examples show how they can be used to build writing speed, flexibility, endurance, or strength in expository writing. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:41:49 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/daily-writing-prompt.html Preparing your own daily writing prompt is more efficient and effective than downloading one. Learn how to make expository writing prompts work hard so you don't have to. A sample informal prompt is given. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:37:15 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/reading_comprehension_activities.html Include informal writing in your reading comprehension activities. Journals let students write to learn literacy strategies and content. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:34:52 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing_prompts_informal.html Writing teachers can boost homework's value with informal writing prompts. Admission slips improve teacher feedback time, encourage student participation. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:25:06 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-prompts-informal.html Informal writing prompts not only let students write to learn content but also facilitate student engagement and classroom management. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:23:05 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/write-to-learn.html The informal writing prompts known as write to learn activities build knowledge of complex and abstract ELA concepts with minimal hassle for students or teachers Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:20:43 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/informal_writing.html When students write to learn in response to informal writing prompts, teachers shouldn't grade quality but treat writing as formative assessment. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:25:37 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/formative-evaluation.html Formative evaluation via informal writing in the ELA classroom reduces time spent grading and boosts student learning in preparation for summative evaluation Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:19:26 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/formative-assessments.html Formative assessments via informal writing activities help you teach topics like grammar and punctuation. Seven informal writing prompts on writing mechanics topics are given. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:17:00 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/formative-assessment.html Informal writing gives you a quick, authentic assessment of student learning. Such an ungraded formative assessment is invaluable when you are teaching writing. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:14:24 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/informal-writing-definition.html Informal writing may be a write-to-learn activity, formative assessment or daily writing prompt for practicing skills. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:11:24 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/seek-essay-help-the-smart-way.html Many essay help requests in this forum are cannot be answered because they don't contain enough information. Below are actual submissions from students. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:46:02 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/shape-learning-reshape-teaching.html Shape Learning Reshape Teaching shows English teachers how wo use informal writing to help students write to learn and to provide formative assessment. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:39:57 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/vocabulary_websites.html Teachers can differentiate instruction for students who need to hear the pronunciation of English words by referring students to three vocabulary websites that have an oral emphasis. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:09:09 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing_points_2.html Tips and resources for teaching writing for 2011 forward can be searched and read in this Writing Points ezine achive. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:18:24 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/teaching-reading-comprehension.html We must coach literacy in the content areas and focus our teaching on expository prose in order to do a good job of either teaching reading comprehension or teaching writing. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:45:02 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-points-201111.html Writing Points looks at EDSITEment's free humanities resources, gives tips on teaching reading and lesson on grammatical-logical use of but. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:49:21 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/effective-teamwork.html To engage students in effective teamwork that achieves course objectives, the writing teacher must prepare and monitor appropriate collaborative learning tasks. Learn how. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:52:17 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/paragraph-development.html Students learn paragraph development most readily if you teach formulic expository paragraph format first before moving to less formulaic types of paragraphs. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:21:46 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-objectives-forum.html English language arts teachers develop writing objectives for their goals so they don't waste time on trivia. Forum provides a place to ask questions on goals-objectives development and use. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:09:54 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/stuck-at-introduction-and-frustrated.html i need essay help with getting started on an intro paragraph, i seem too not be able to make a strong hook and connect background statements with the thesis. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:51:16 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/first-time-writing-an-essay.html I wanted to learn how to write an essay the correct way. I am a student at OMNI ADULT HIGH SCHOOL, and preparing for my GED exam. Moderator responds: I Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:48:19 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/using-stuart-hall-as-a-framework-to-read-other-essays.html Analysing Stuart Hall's cultural identity and diaspora essay. i do not know how to Use his ides to frame a reading of Kincaid's Upon Seeing England for Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:59:15 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-my-thesis-statement.html I need some essay help. I have to write a compare contrast essay and I chose the topic replacement addiction, and this is the thesis statement I came up Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:41:52 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-a-critical-analysis-essay.html I need help with writing a critical analysis essay on The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Please help me! Linda responds: From your question, I have no Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:01:24 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/developing-critical-thinking-skills.html Resources chosen specifically for those who teach writing to teens and adults define what is critical thinking and provide help in developing critical thinking skills. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:32:37 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/how-do-you-teach-the-thesis-statement.html How do you teach the thesis statement? Do you have any lesson plans I could use? Will one day be enough or do I need to spend two? I've never done this Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:46:46 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/thesis-is-students-big-problem.html This year teaching Expository Composition in High School, it dawned on me that the real problem students have is finding the Thesis Sentence to begin their Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:21:17 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-points-201110.html Informal writing is highlighted in a write-to-learn grammar lesson, new pages, and contest. Writing Points recommends a free literary terms dictionary from Cambridge. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:53:50 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/thesis-statement1.html I need help with my thesis statement regarding a curfew does not keep teens out of trouble. Linda responds: I am afraid I don't understand what it is Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:06:02 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/even-neophytes-can-write-a-successful-prompt-or-two.html My writing prompt sample is, Why do we write? Why do we read? My students wrote the most profound stories about themselves and what they thought the value Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:23:35 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/essay-help-using-teel.html I need help with an essay on the book Trash. I just feel stuck. The title of the essay is Trash shows that hope and determination, as well as friendship, Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:35:34 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-points.html Writing teacher Linda Aragoni shares tips and resources to improve writing skills in grade 7 and beyond in Writing Points, a free monthly ezine. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:47:00 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/descriptive-essay-where-do-i-begin.html I have not written an essay since '94 when I graduated high school. I am now in college taking ENC1101. My first assignment is to write a descriptive essay Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:45:47 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-start-the-school-year.html I am a reading/literature teacher at an Iowa high school. Most of my career has been at the middle school level. Last year I was involuntarily moved Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:23:28 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/i-dont-know-how-a-mla-looks.html I don't want any one to write my essay for me. I have never seen one. All I need is to see the outline of an MLA essay so that I can get started. Linda Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:31:38 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-points-201107.html July 2011 Writing Points contains 3-topic lesson for struggling writers. Free resources Exploratree and 4 online storage programs are discussed. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:56:53 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/help-me-write-a-strong-thesis.html I need to ensure that I have a strong thesis. The assignment instructions are as follows: Focus of the Final Paper Imagine that a newly engaged couple Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:56:57 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing_points.html Each month Writing Points delivers tips and resources for teaching writing. Previous months' issues can be searched and read in this Writing Points archive. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:48:58 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/assessment-rubrics.html Writing assessment rubrics simplify grading writing of student papers. Learn 5 components a writing rubric needs to make grading papers easy. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:47:42 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/becoming_a_writer.html Empower struggling student in becoming a writer by thinking of writer's traits s/he already possesses. Learn ways to elicit positive phrases. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:17:13 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-points-201106.html June Writing Points discusses free resources eBackpack and QuietWrite, and shows how to use a news story to teach reading comprehension and vocabulary lesson. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:36:47 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/free_online_articles.html A directory of free online articles for teenage and adult nonfiction writers by Linda Aragoni Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:38:22 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/free-online-articles.html Directory lists Linda Aragoni's free online articles for teachers of nonfiction writing to teens and adults Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:26:15 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/editing-checklist.html A personal editing checklist is worthless unless the writer knows how to use it for grammar corrections. When teaching a writing process, train students to use a simple strategy for editing sentences using their own checklist. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:54:03 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing-points-201105.html This Writing Points gives a tip for using reading pairs to improve written grammar. Resources for online storage and digital writing feedback are discussed. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:43:09 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/how-do-i-transition-my-paragraphs.html My teacher says I need to transition from one paragraph to the next. How do I do that? Linda responds: There are two ways of transitioning, Michelle:Using Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:45:41 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/essay_format.html Essay format or expository essay structure might better be called the thesis plus support pattern. Even beginners can use it, once they know the pattern. Sat, 28 May 2011 22:05:28 GMT http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/finding-runons.html I work with 5th graders. I've used your questioning technique (didn't it?...or...they refused to believe the idea that...) with great success in regard Fri, 27 May 2011 14:52:24 GMT