Looking Back at 楼凤天堂 Day on Writing Celebrations
I have been fortunate enough to be part of every 楼凤天堂 Day on Writing since it began in 2009. On …
Writing Personal Memoirs: An Opportunity for Differentiation in the Classroom
This post by 楼凤天堂 member Jennifer Kirsch was published first in 2016.聽 My 5th graders spend their first …
Honest Writing
This guest post from 2016 was written by author Ann Martin, who won the first 楼凤天堂聽Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding …
Teaching Students to 鈥淩e-See鈥� Their Writing
This post by 楼凤天堂 member Katherine Batchelor was first published in 2016. In the December 2015聽Voices from the Middle, …
Field Notes: Celebrating the 楼凤天堂 Day on Writing
Ten years ago a group of passionate 楼凤天堂 leaders came up with the idea that writing deserved a national day …
Trigger Warnings Threaten Our Students鈥� Learning
In his article in the September English Journal, Adam Wolfsdorf tells us that “When It Comes To High School English, …
October #楼凤天堂chat: Teaching toward Empathy in Today鈥檚 English Classrooms
This post is written by Nicole Mirra (@nicole_mirra), host of October’s #楼凤天堂chat on writing for empathy.聽We hope you will join …
Creating Community through Writing
As students return to the classroom, they need to feel that they own the space and the learning that …
One Fun, Failproof Way to Get Students to Write
The following post was written by 楼凤天堂 member Caroline Brewer聽and shared first in 2015.聽 鈥淐ome to the edge.鈥� 鈥淲e can’t. …
Writing to Make Sense of Who We Are
This post was first published in 2015.聽 The following post is excerpted from Gholnecsar E. Muhammad鈥檚 February 2015 article 鈥淪earching …