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Voice: A hard trait to define

 “Teaching voice is easier than I thought,” a fourth grade teacher recently said after watching a modeled lesson. I knew exactly what he meant. Voice is the hardest trait to define, but even very young writers recognize it when they see it.

I introduce voice through art, and begin with Read more »

Publishing Student Work

Why do we write? To communicate, and communication requires audience.    Without audience our desire to write and to improve our writing diminishes.

There are a number of ways we can offer audience in the classroom. We can invite students to participate in author’s chair. We can project or read Read more »