Category Archives: Teaching writing skills

Techniques to improve skills of novices and struggling writers

A tale of two writers

Posted on August 6, 2013 by knlistman

Recently, I observed eighth graders working on a writing assignment. The prompt, “Write about a decision you made” was an uninspired one that usually failed to provoke much of a worthwhile response from struggling students. (Honestly, how many major decisions … Continue reading →

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Compositional Divide

Posted on August 2, 2013 by knlistman

Teachers have often heard how basic skills, such as memorization of content is required before higher level skills such as creating a new product can occur. Students are supposed to master how to recognize letters and sounds before combining phonemes … Continue reading →

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