Teach students how to craft well-supported claims, use credible evidence, and address counterarguments. Includes graphic organizers, debate prompts, and sample essays.

Guide students in crafting compelling personal narratives, short stories, and memoirs with engaging details, character development, and strong voice.

Help students organize facts, write clear explanations, and develop structured essays and reports based on research and analysis.

Learn how to teach research skills, from identifying reliable sources to synthesizing information into strong, evidence-based writing. Includes scaffolded research projects and citation guides.

Ready-to-use, lesson plan ideas to keep students engaged while you're away. Covers writing activities that require minimal guidance.

Templates for lesson planning, student resources, and classroom organization. Customize and print.

Strategies and shortcuts for providing meaningful feedback without burnout. Includes rubrics, peer review techniques, and time-efficient assessment tips.

Explore poetic forms, figurative language, and creative expression through writing prompts, mentor poems, and engaging classroom activities.

Inspire students with freewriting, brainstorming techniques, and low-stakes writing prompts that build confidence and fluency.

A guide to selecting engaging and diverse mentor texts that model strong writing techniques. Strategies for breaking down structure, style, and craft moves in mentor texts to help students apply them in their own writing.

Curated lists of must-read books for teaching writing, mentor texts, and professional development.

Explore reflective journaling techniques to enhance learning, reduce stress, and spark creativity in both educators and students.

Find inspiration for organizing and decorating journals with creative layouts, lettering styles, and bullet journal techniques.

Encourage observation, curiosity, and mindfulness with nature journaling activities that blend writing, drawing, and scientific inquiry.

Building confident and independent thinkers through reflective, response-based writing.

UNDERSTAND how prewriting supports cognitive processing in summary and CER writing.

APPLY prewriting strategies to model and scaffold summary and CER writing tasks for students.

EXPLORE how the writing process—especially prewriting and drafting—can deepen student understanding of nonfiction texts.

ALLOCATE & EVALUATE nonfiction texts that support rigorous, accessible writing opportunities across content areas.

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