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Creating a Productive Writing Environment

Two children poke one another. Five or six others wander aimlessly around the room. I lean down to help a child with her writing and she doesn’t even know this is writing time. I hear a sudden noise at my back, and someone yells, “Ouch!” WHY WRITING IS HARD — AND WHY CLASSROOM SET-UP CAN [...]

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6+1 Traits for Revision

A toolbox of skills to give teachers and students a common vision for revision. Julio scans his teacher’s comments on his short essay with increasing perplexity and frustration. He sees the words “Vague. More needed here.” Further down he spots the indecipherable comments “Awk” and “Frag” along with marks on the paper indicating spelling, grammar, [...]

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