Two Writing Teachers Podcast
Since 2007, Two Writing Teachers has been a vibrant community of reflective writers. We're excited to take our passion for teaching writing to new heights in the second season of our podcast. Join us as we explore ways to create, lead, and sustain joyful and productive writing workshops, empowering educators to help their students become competent, brave, and confident writers. Let's make writing instruction engaging and rewarding for everyone involved!
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Two Writing Teachers Podcast
Increasing Student Agency as Writers: A Digging Deeper Dialogue
You can grow your students’ agency in writing workshop by thinking deeply about the curriculum, growing your instruction, and nudging students toward self-assessment.
Here are several Two Writing Teachers blog posts that deal with some of the topics discussed in this episode:
- Creating Clarity for Writers
- Different Ways to Use Checklists in Writing Workshop
- Increase the Number of Teachers in the Room with Student-Led Small Groups
- Intentional Practice in Our Writing Classrooms
- Six Ways to Make Charts More Student-Centered
- The Importance of Charts in Our Classrooms: Resetting Our Workshop Practices
- Making the Most Out of Charts: Maximizing Independent Writing Time
- The Power of Goal Setting
- The Power of Progression: Expanding the Reach with Small Group Work
- The Power of Silent Teachers: Helping Writers Increase Productivity and Build Independence Through Interdependence with Tools in the Classroom
- Three Ways to Introduce Personal Editing Checklists in Writing Workshop
- Writing Checklists: Tools for Independence and Goal-Setting
Additional Resources Mentioned:
- Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Teaching Writing by Melanie Meehan
- How to Personalize Instruction with Seminars (Cult of Pedagogy Podcast)
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- Melanie Meehan: meehanmelanie@gmail.com
- Stacey Shubitz: stacey@staceyshubitz.com
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