SHARON’S BLOG Take a break from grading and give your 5th-12th grade students some fun, summer-themed topics to write about. There are five for your students and one article for you. It’s all about practical, real-life experiences you can turn into writing events. Here goes . . .
Why teach writing? After all, it’s tough. It’s confusing. And sometimes crying is involved. Here are a few encouraging reasons why you may want to teach writing, despite the hurdles.
Here are a few reasons why we believe that students should learn to write well:
1. Students become more organized in their thinking when they learn to write. Writing clearly involves organizational skills that will aid our students in other subjects.
2. Writing causes students to think through topics or defend a position. Through this process, students gain an understanding of logical thinking and the best way to present their ideas. They learn the difference between facts and opinions, and they learn how to support their ideas with facts.
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS You learn important skills in essay writing that you can apply to other forms of writing, but are essays always the best way to communicate ideas to others? When Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. wanted to save a piece of American history in 1830, what did he do? Did he write his senator?…
