Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
Students learn of and write letters to any one of these African-Americans. If you haven’t already, I strongly urge you to read my post titled, Annual Meet THESE African Americans-Introduction. It explains the heart behind this series of writing lessons. …
Magic Tree House Series In the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne, there’s a book titled CIVIL WAR ON SUNDAY. The synopsis is that Jack and Annie go back in time and witness parts of the Civil War. …
Students learn about and write letters to these African-Americans “Ms. Angie, Zena Howard is my dad’s boss!” I think this comment created the most memorable moment for me in my recent teaching career. This particular writing prompt was created to …
Students describe a hero in detail. I taught this lesson in January a couple of years ago. The students were out of school for MLK Jr. Day and we held an art and writing workshop. For the writing lesson, I …
