Posts tagged descriptive writing
How to Teach Descriptive Writing
How to Teach Descriptive Writing

Descriptive writing does not come naturally to most of us. This is because when we tell stories orally, we often leave out the details (because we’ve forgotten them in most cases). It takes effort, bravery and a lot practice to master the art of descriptive writing. In this blog post you’ll learn three simple things you can do to get your students on the path to writing more descriptively! And no, none of these strategies involve saying to your students, “show, don’t tell”. That strategy hasn’t really worked for me and I’m assuming it hasn’t for you either...

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Creative Writing, PoetryAmanda Wernerdescriptive writingComment
Daily Writing Prompts to Inspire New Ideas
Daily Writing Prompts to Inspire New Ideas

TeachWriting.org has announced a new writing workshop endeavor for the 2017-2018 school year. This year, the collaborators at TeachWriting are creating DAILY WRITING PROMPTS via their Facebook Page for English teachers in grades 6-12. 

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Best Practices, Mentor Texts, The Writing Process, Writing Assignments, Writing Workshop, Writing Mini-lessons, FREEBIESMeredith Dobbsdaily writing prompts, writing prompt, writing prompts, bell ringers, bell-ringers, bell ringer, bell-ringer, quick write, free write, essay, essay writing, the writing process, writing topic, writing assignments, writer's workshop, Writing lessons, writing skills, writing workshop, descriptive writing, description, figurative language, argumentative writing, persuasive essay, persuasion, persuasive, creative writing, mentor text, mentor, mentor sentence, vocabulary, grammar, grammar and writingComment