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
Joy, Play, and Humor in Writing Workshop: A Digging Deeper Dialogue
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Two Writing Teachers
Joyful classrooms, where play and humor are valued, help make schools feel safer and more welcoming. In today’s episode, we’ll provide ways to increase joy, play, and humor in your writing workshop
Related TWTBlog posts about joy, play, & humor:
- A Few Games to Inspire Writing Lives
- A Mini Unit on Joke Telling
- Incorporating Play-Based Learning in Writing Workshop at Any Age
- It’s Time for Play and Fun: Storytelling in Writing Workshop
- Making Space in Writing Workshop for Kids to Be Funny
- Poetry Begins with Play
- Puppets and Playdates
- Quick & Fun Lesson Closures? Yes, Please!
- (Re-)Launching Our Writing Workshops with Joy in January
- Three Keys to Writing Partnership Success
- Warming Up with Grammar Games
- Writing and Playing: A Natural Pairing in the Kindergarten Classroom
Books We Mentioned:
- Goodnight Already!
- Independent Writing
- Joy Write
- Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
- Purposeful Play: A Teacher’s Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day
- Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear
- Start with Joy: Designing Literacy Learning for Student Happiness
- The HICCUPotamus
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- Melanie Meehan: meehanmelanie@gmail.com
- Stacey Shubitz: stacey@staceyshubitz.com
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