Every classroom has struggling writers. There are many reasons young writers struggle during our writing units. They may feel overwhelmed, be uninterested, have writing skill deficits because of past experiences with writing, or have learning differences. Often these struggling writers tend to be writing far below grade level and their writing abilities cause many unforeseen problems throughout their school careers. For struggling writers, any writing assignment no matter how small or big can … [Read more...] about 28 Essential Strategies to Support Struggling Writers in the Secondary Classroom
Support for Struggling Writers
The Story of a Teacher Author’s Identity Crisis
I’ve learned and changed tremendously since the events of 2020-2021, you might even call what's happened an identity crisis...I want to share this story here to make sense of everything for myself but also because I know there are many teachers out there that can relate. I’ve always been a very passionate person. My enthusiasm for learning, taking what I learn, and putting it into action immediately, can be invigorating, inspiring and incredibly productive. But, over the years I’ve come to … [Read more...] about The Story of a Teacher Author’s Identity Crisis
6 Methods to Support Struggling Writers
Writing is such a critical subject to master. Students who have confidence and skills as writers have the potential to go far in education and life. But, writing is one of the toughest subjects to teach and one of the subjects most students struggle with. What’s worse is that many teachers have not even been trained to teach writing in their credential programs!The teachers who collaborated on this blog post want to help. Here you will learn ways to teach writing in order to more fully support … [Read more...] about 6 Methods to Support Struggling Writers