‘Remember, strategies are not rules; they’re paths. There are probably multiple paths to the same destination.
Things I’d like to try this year:
Diction
Dead Word List (Sarah Dove – Word Conscious Classroom)
Student Generated
Use as a revision station
Try Artist Rendition Activity
Word Bank Journal Pages (Sarah Dove – Word Conscious Classroom)
Grammar
DOL-like practice? (Kelsey Erikson -Ditching Grammar Worksheets)
Continue No Red Ink?
Weekly mini-lessons?
Return to No-Brainers?
Functional Writing
Early Letter to Graduating Self
Late Letters to Faculty
Late Letter to incoming Freshmen
Email Ettiquette (Lauren Olson – Motivating Reluctant Writers)
Monthly grade emails home (Lauren Olson – Motivating Reluctant Writers)
Thankful notes (Lauren Olson – Motivating Reluctant Writers)
Essay Writing Ideas
Focus on paragraphs, not thesis first
Yes, and “Not yes, but…”
John Mauk “Invention Ideas”
What Itch Needs Scratching (similar to Mauk) (Natalie Marks-Bowman Playing
Expectations)
List Essays (Natalie Marks-Bowman Playing Expectations)
Guide To: Essays (Natalie Marks-Bowman Playing Expectations)
Other Low-Stakes Formats
Just about anything from 10 Things Every Writer Should Know
Zero Drafts – Prewriting that counts (Liz Prather – Ch 1 Project Based Writing)
Retirement Speech (Liz Reilly – Building Student Ownership)
Digital Breakout Rooms (Liz Reilly – Building Student Ownership)
Hyperdocs (Liz Reilly – Building Student Ownership)
Visual Journals (Emily Zimmerman – Foster Active Learning…)
Revision Menus (Emily Zimmerman – Foster Active Learning…)
Things I Can Write About/Heart Maps (Carrie Geers – Play Write)
WIRMI “What I really mean is…”
10 Minute Draft (Jessica Kaiser – Building Argumentative…)
Flash Draft (https://twowritingteachers.org/workshopterms/)
Hot Seat (Jessica Kaiser – Building Argumentative…)
Indelible Moments (Stephenie Ericksson – Google Community)
Reading Strategies
Notice and Note Bookmarks (Rena Meyer – Developing Critical Reading…)
Annotation (Jackie Feist – Low Key Literary Analysis)
Annotation Bookmarks (Jackie Feist – Low Key Literary Analysis)
Essay Revision Strategies
Focus on Audience
Neon Revision Station (Katie Schafer – Revision Stations)
Three Stars and a Wish (Katie Schafer – Revision Stations)\
ARMS vs MUGS (Katie Schafer – Revision Stations)
M&M/Skittles Revisions (Beth – Photo 7/10)
Books to Read
The Teacher You Want to Be
180 Days
Chalk
A Mindset for Learning
Notebook Know How