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Minilesson
Starting a Journal
Help students begin journal writing.
Minilesson
Starting Stories with Suspense
Inspire storytelling with original story starters.
Minilesson
Starting Stories: 5 Great Beginning Strategies
Practice five strategies for starting a story.
Writing Topic
Staying at a friend's house
Video
Step 5 of the Inquiry Process: Improving
Blog Post
Stepping It Up
Blog Post
Stoopid is as Stoopid Does
Blog Post
Strategies for Connecting Writing and Reading
Student Writing Model
Student Entrepreneur Reaches for Dreams of the Sky
Tenth-grade writer Julie develops her report with plenty of information and quotations from her subject, T. McDowell. Readers get a clear picture of McDowell’s determined business sense as well as his dreams for the future.
Blog Post
Subscriber Spotlight: Posters from Thailand!
Blog Post
Successful Adulting (or What You Don't Learn in School)
Minilesson
Summarizing Ideas in a Nutshell
Practice one-sentence summaries.
Writing Topic
Summer games
Writing Topic
Summer in a cabin by a lake
Blog Post
Summer Reading Recommendations for Writing Teachers
Student Writing Model
Summer: 15 Days or 2 1/2 Months?
Jordan wants to have a nice, long summer at the end of seventh grade; her persuasive essay makes that quite evident with several points that support her opinion through the use of statistics, comparison, and expert testimony.
Blog Post
Support Students Through Trying Times
Blog Post
Surveying Growth in Your Writing Classroom
Student Writing Model
Sweet Spring
This writing has delightful details and a clear voice.
Writing Topic
Swimming at the pool or lake
Video
Take a Tour of Inquire
Student Writing Model
Take Me to Casablanca
The 9th-grade writer of this personal narrative, Emily, uses original word choice to effectively convey a vivid image of the people and environment she encountered on a trip to Africa. The opening paragraphs communicate a sense of excitement that, by the end of the trip, is reduced to disappointment, shock, and guilt.
Blog Post
Take Note of Podcasts
Minilesson
Taking Action Against Bullying
Teach students strategies for staying safe.
