Peter Greene’a Not Quitting Letter
MoreText Structures for Kernel Essays
Video Text Structure: Cody is a Strange Dog
Links
Gretchen Bernabei’s STAAR Remediation Packets
51 Most Beautiful Sentences in Literature
Tom Newkirk Tribute Video and Song
Unpublished Appendix to But How Do You Teach Writing
Greatest hits:Information writing
Wacky We-Search for the Common Core and other State Standards
What better way to engage students in multi-genre writing then Wacky We-search, collaborative non-fiction research assignments that create deep thinking and belly laughs. Perfect for students who don’t care about grades or tests but love getting laughs. Download the Common Core Alignment in case
Sample Chapter of 51 Wacky We-Search Reports
Video : Flapper Fondue : A Wacky We-Search Report
Revision Handouts
Hooked on Meaning Handout Lessons
The Best Non-fiction Writing of 2010
Kelly Gallagher Article of the Week Links
Poetry
Del Corozon: Voices from the Valley Sample Bilingual Poems
Word Groups from Poetry Inside Out, Sanford Lyne
Splitting an Order by Ted Kooser
Gretchen Bernabei’s Essay Structure ideas
Holocaust Museum Workshop resources
Gender Equity and Rape Culture Unit for High School
Inspiring Videos
What teachers really do.
Why choice is important.
Four Qualities of the Best Teachers. Remember this.
Mr. Rogers persuades a senator to give PBS 10 million dollars. He does it with charm, truth and powerful gentleness.
Great example of a research paper with heart that reaches an audience.
Brilliant Wacky We-search report that uses humor to persuade.
Creating a Classroom Library
Sean Taylor: Visit his amazing website www.readingsage.com
Winter Speaks
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The Big Bad Bully Bus
Hi Barry!! I am a fan. My teacher Ms. Ruane has showed us many video’s of you. 🙂 I have tried the “Try this” at home and i love doing them. You are very and inspiring. Thank you for your videos! I can tell it helped improve my writing. I have read a couple of your books and i can say, i love them. Thank you for teaching me how to make my writing better.
Thanks Maya. The more you love to write, the more you write. The more you write, the better you get at writing!