College – Writing – Teaching English Language Arts

Train Essays and Pie Paragraphs

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 by admin

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Seeing is Believing Sometimes, when students SEE how essays work, they can write their own with more confidence and competence. One thing that has worked for me is using colors, metaphors, and formulae. USING COLORS: If you can locate colored pencils or highlighters in different colors, enough for three colors…

Writing about Poetry with T.I.M.E.

March 20, 2021March 21, 2021 by admin

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Poetry T.I.M.E. Review elements of T.I.M.E. in this brief slide presentation. Complete an analysis by telling the T.I.M.E. of the poem. (See page 5 in handout packet at this link.) Click Writing about Poetry w-Grading Guidelines for printable assignment sheets. Introduction What is the most memorable idea, image, or literary device you recall…

Ignite Writing by Patterning

April 4, 2019April 29, 2020 by admin

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“There’s nothing new under the sun!” True, but students can be inspired by the old to do something new for themselves. Sounds weird, but that’s exactly what can occur when we invite students to pattern the writing they read. Students soon learn that close reading, analysis and imitation unleash bursts…

Revisions that Improve Writing

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 by admin

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How Do I Make It Better? " Students sometimes wonder how they can make a well written early draft even better. If you teach them specific steps they can take to improve their writing themselves, you will have taught a skill they can use for life. Consider using alliteration to…

Writing Convincing Arguments

October 18, 2013October 27, 2013 by admin

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Writing Convincing Arguments* "You cannot convince a confused person, so keep things tidy and ordered." Reading Critically "When you read, ask yourself questions like “What is the author trying to prove?” “What is the author assuming I will agree with?” Do you agree with the author? Does the author adequately…

Writing – Reflection, Responses and Grades

September 25, 2013February 18, 2014 by admin

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Student Feedback You'll hear lots of great ideas from colleagues near and far. Here are some to add to those you may want to consider. Creating and including a rubric with the assignment help a great deal. Below are three different formats I’ve used with students in grades 7 through…

Talking and Writing About Texts

August 20, 2013September 6, 2013 by admin

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Talking and Writing about Text Preparing to Talk LITERARY ILLUMINATIONS*: Locate a few special sections of the reading that the class should hear read aloud. The idea is to help us remember some interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections of the text. You decide which passages or paragraphs are…

Argumentation versus Persuasion

October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 by admin

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Check out this discussion thread on English Companion Ning which includes Carol S's distinction, as well as a list of quality resources to teach this key kind of writing and meet Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. Written by Carol S Argue = change what the readers THINK Persuade…

Successful Writing Program

September 21, 2012October 30, 2013 by admin

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An approach proven successful for me has taken several years to develop. But it does seem to encourage students to do their best work the first time. This approach includes incremental grading, allotting in-class time for peer responses to second and third drafts, including the class general grading guideline and…

Writing Poetry Across the Curriculum

March 30, 2012September 7, 2013 by admin

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Writing Poetry April is Poetry Month throughout the nation and what an exciting and creative way to have your students write about the subject you teach! Their writing will help you “see” them more personally, too. Depending on the grade you teach, you may have students write a traditional poem…

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