So often, students just tell about the large picture of an experience. They get so caught up in listing all of the “moments” of the experience that they forget to really hone in on each

Upper elementary descriptive writing activities. Includes anchor charts for expanding sentences and descriptive writing prompts.

Descriptive writing is a tricky skill for students to master, but with mentor text modeling and practice, they can! Check out this free lesson download.

Strategies for Writing a Story Beginning ~ Free lesson activities for teaching students to write a hook for their narratives.

Teach your students to write organized paragraphs and essays using

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As a private reading tutor, one of the things I noticed was that while many of my upper grade students could comprehend fiction texts well, nonfiction was more difficult. Some of this had to do with the lack of exposure to nonfiction, but the majority of the problem came from the way that nonficiton text is organized. ... Read More about Descriptive Writing Graphic Organizer {FREE}

We believe it’s important for teachers to take every opportunity they can to help students become better writers. Check out these six ways to teach your middle school class how to improve their writing skills and use these 10 prompts to help your students dive into journaling!

"The Writing Plan Curriculum" Includes My 5 Favorite Go-To Writing Units! Most of these units consist of 5 initial lessons. At the end of these lessons, students will have the organizational knowledge needed to write a solid paragraph that they can later expand into an essay.