Honest Writing
This guest post from 2016 was written by author Ann Martin, who won the first NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding …
Teaching Students to “Re-See” Their Writing
This post by NCTE member Katherine Batchelor was first published in 2016. In the December 2015 Voices from the Middle, …
One Fun, Failproof Way to Get Students to Write
The following post was written by NCTE member Caroline Brewer and shared first in 2015. “Come to the edge.” “We can’t. …
Writing to Make Sense of Who We Are
This post was first published in 2015. The following post is excerpted from Gholnecsar E. Muhammad’s February 2015 article “Searching …
Becoming Strategic Writers—and Teachers of Strategic Writing
This post by member Deborah Dean was first published in 2017. “What do you do when you need to write …
I, Too, Am a Writer
This post by member Katie Kraushaar appeared first in 2017. Six years ago, if you had told me that I …
Celebrate International Dot Day!
The only real guideline for Dot Day is that folks read The Dot and then express themselves in any way …
Celebrate Writing All Month Long!
In light of the significance of writing in our national life, to draw attention to the remarkable variety of writing …
An Argument for Helping College Students Write Better Sentences
This post was written by NCTE member Michael Laser. What do you think of these sentences? A large part …
A Storytime Activity for Everyone Loves Bacon
This post was guest-authored by children’s librarian AnnMarie Hurtado. I recently published a book to help children’s librarians enhance …