In the summer of 2016 I had the opportunity to attend the Summer Writing Institute hosted by the leading think tank for teaching writing, The Reading & Writing Project. This week-long experience was life changing. I am a different teacher because of the things I learned at this conference. In this episode I share ten takeaways from the experience. https://amandawritenow.com/ten-realizations-about-the-teaching-of-writing/

Grading hundreds of papers is the bane of an English teacher’s existence. Don’t get me wrong. I love being able to get a thorough look into the minds of my students and their writing abilities. Reading their writing can actually be quite pleasurable. It’s slapping a letter grade onto that writing that has always bothered me. So in this episode I’d like to go over ten things that have helped me make grading a much easier and satisfying process. https://amandawritenow.com/10-ways-to-make-grading-writing-easier/

There are five major routines that students need to get down before workshop can actually work. Learn the five routines and how to teach them in this episode.

https://amandawritenow.com/the-ultimate-writing-workshop-routines-guide/

Teachers struggle to fit it all in. This episode delves into how exactly I manage to teach both reading and writing workshop in one period.

https://amandawritenow.com/how-i-teach-reading-and-writing-workshop-in-54-minutes/

English teachers struggle to fit it all in. We want to teach the novels we love while also allowing the freedom and choice that reading workshop provides. Can we do both? Yes! Keep reading to find out how…

https://amandawritenow.com/whole-class-novels-reading-workshop-style/

What can we do to minimize the goofing off and increase on task behavior during independent writing/reading time? How can we make sure that our classrooms are productive places where readers and writers thrive? Listen to this episode to learn how to create an environment that allows for real reading and writing to take place. No more of that fake stuff!

https://amandawritenow.com/my-students-dont-write-during-writing/

Learn exactly what I did in my classroom to launch both reading and writing workshop in fourteen days.

https://amandawritenow.com/launching-writing-workshop/

This episode is meant for secondary teachers who are on the fence about whether to try reading and writing workshop in their class. You'll hear ten convincing (I hope) reasons why you should definitely give workshop a chance!

https://amandawritenow.com/10-reasons-secondary-teachers-should-try-reading-writing-workshop/