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    Category: Writing Wednesdays

    Posts connected to the incorporation of Writing Wednesday lessons into Core ELA instruction.

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    Summer Olympics: Keeping Students Engaged in the Waning Days of School

    I hadn’t stopped speaking before the glares began. Angry face after angry face greeted my words.   I was thrilled.  Why was I so happy that…

    Andrea Yarbough June 6, 2022
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    Encapsulate Your Learning: Time Capsules in the ELA Classroom

    In December 2021, historians in Richmond, Virginia, uncovered not one, but two, time capsules that had been embedded in the base of a Confederate statue.…

    Andrea Yarbough May 15, 2022
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    Strong Writers Make Strong Readers

    One of the central premises of the upcoming Writing Wednesday series is that by engaging students in meaningful creative writing tasks, we can improve not…

    Andrea Yarbough February 16, 2022
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    Being Wrong in all the Right Ways

    When I began my journey towards Writing Wednesdays, my educational goal seemed fairly simple: to develop a year’s worth of standards-aligned creative writing lessons that…

    Andrea Yarbough January 12, 2022
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    Writing Revelations: Why Writing Wednesdays are Good for Everyone

    In my school district, November is affectionately known as “No School November.” Between election day, a teacher workday, and three recognized holidays, we end up…

    Andrea Yarbough December 5, 2021
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    Writing Into Winter Break

    With only a few weeks to go before Winter Break begins, student engagement often starts to wane. Rather than lament their lack of focus, try…

    Andrea Yarbough November 27, 2021
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    Celebrating Celebration Days

    This week marked the first “Celebration Day” – a quarterly Writing Expo – of the school year. Across all of my classes, students came together…

    Andrea Yarbough October 27, 2021
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    Writing Wednesdays: Why We Write

    Dedicating every Wednesday to creative writing instruction takes commitment. Rearranging the schedule in order to maintain weekly writing when unexpected events chip away at instructional…

    Andrea Yarbough October 13, 2021
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    Who Gets to be a Writer?

    Do you consider yourself a Writer?  ___ Yes   ___No  Let’s play a game. Grab a scratch piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Go…

    Andrea Yarbough October 6, 2021
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    Write Out Loud

    The sound of students’ voices fills my ears as I wander around the room. Fragments of stories here. An interesting line of text there. The…

    Andrea Yarbough September 29, 2021
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