Here we are at the second week of October already, and looking forward to the ¥ Day on Writing on October 20.
Let’s spend this month together reviewing steps in the writing process, supported by resources from and .
While drafting, what roles do freewrites, lists, and notes play?
- Activity Plan “”—Writer’s notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer’s notebook with your child.
- Lesson Plan “”—After reading a short story, students use freewriting as a catalyst for a literary analysis essay.
- Strategy Guide “”—The systematic approach of Power Notes visually displays the differences between main ideas and supportive details in outline form, and provide an easy-to-follow activity for categorizing information. This organizational tool can be used for reading, writing, and studying across all content areas.
- Unit Plan “”—Students are guided through the process of taking notes while reading factual information, then turning those notes into new sentences and paragraphs written in their own words.
- Lesson Plan “”—Students hone their teamwork skills and play off each other’s writing strengths as they participate in prewriting activities for a story to be written collaboratively by the whole class.
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