Writing and revising my transformations as a literacy teacher
This past spring, I read a blog post by Dr. Sarah J. Donovan that pushed me to think about how to better integrate Milestones writing tasks into context. While I certainly am not a fan of teaching to a test, her approach made sense to me because students received regular and gentle writing opporutnities to … Continue reading Designing a Meaningful Extended Narrative Writing Assignment in Context
Earlier this month, I used resources from the beloved late Dr. Rozlyn Linder to help my students inquire into noticings about the purposes and patterns of dialogue tags. I crafted a guided study lesson and resources from her book, The Big Book of Details: 46 Moves for Teaching Writers to Elaborate, to help us explore … Continue reading Digging into Dialogue Writing Skills—Exploring Dialogue Tags
