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Successful Adulting (or What You Don't Learn in School)
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How to Engage Your Students with Shared Inquiry
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Mapping Your Writing Process
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Awaken Creativity—and Students
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Teach “Out There” Thinking
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8 Mindful Writing Habits (and 16 Prompts!)
Minilesson
Create a Memory Palace
Use spatial awareness to improve memory.
Minilesson
Writing a Creative Synopsis
Create a synopsis of a book, TV show, or event.
Books
Inquire Elementary Teacher's Guide
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Writers Express Teacher's Guide
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Writers Express
Student Writing Model
The Terror of Kansas
Fifth-grader Ashley begins her story in the middle of the action. After the first paragraph, the reader is hooked and needs to know . . . “What happens next?”
Student Writing Model
Chloe’s Day
Erin, fifth grade, tells her story from the point of view of her cat. The closing lines bring this adventure full circle.
Student Writing Model
The Haunted House
Fifth-grader Tommy includes lots of details in a story that leads up to a surprise ending.
Student Writing Model
I Am Attean
Nicholas, the fifth-grade author of this model, uses repetition effectively in a poem about a young Native American facing the realities of his time.
Student Writing Model
Did You Ever Look At . . .
Fifth-grader Trista wrote this poem to give her readers an important message.
Student Writing Model
The Civil War
Seth, this model’s fifth-grade author, wrote a poem about a historical event and the reasons behind it.
Student Writing Model
Sloppy Joes
Molly, the fourth-grade author of this short poem, tells us something about her favorite food.
Student Writing Model
When I Was Upside Down
Chloe, in fourth grade, uses a repeating phrase and rhyming words to give her poem rhythm.
Student Writing Model
Dreams
The word pictures in this poem, submitted by fifth-grader Sarah, paint a dreamy image!