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Teach Writing Tomorrow

📓 100+ MORE Random Lesson Plan Starters (No AI)

This post contains 120 MORE lesson plan starters, ranging from basic classes to drama and discussion focuses. Made with Excel, not AI.

Jun 14 •

✏️ Teach Writing Reactively (James Moffett’s Action-Response Model)

What if students created the context for their own content? What if we waste our time by teaching mistakes students haven’t made? Check out James…

May 24 •

🎲 Three Cards to Chaos: A Lesson Planning Card Game [+ Download]

What if teachers learned to lesson plan through a card game and a cookbook?

May 3 •

✏️ How to Lesson Plan Once (And Never Again)

The thought experiment which transformed my first year of teaching.

Apr 12 •

Writing Tricks

✏️ Off topic student essays? Try this easy intervention.

Moving from off topic to focused takes less effort than you’d think!

Dec 11, 2024 •

🖥️ How Google Forms Helped My Students Write Better (ft. Jack Watson)

...and yours can too!

Nov 30, 2024 •

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🖥️ Round Pegs, Square Holes, and Google Forms

Ever want to categorically exclude responses on Google Forms? How do you address round pegs in square holes?

Nov 23, 2024 •

🖥️ Three Big Benefits to Teaching with Student Writing

Students learn through student writing. So collect and curate it.

Sep 30, 2024 •

Humor

📰 They always had pencils?

After more than 170 days of coming to class without pencils and paper, a locker clean out reveals students had supplies all along.

May 16 •

📰 Teen Completes State Test in Record Five Minutes

Trailblazer torches previous record of fifty questions in eight minutes.

Apr 16 •

📰 Student Walks Paper to Basket, Immediately Checks Grade

Teacher demands to know when he had time to grade paper.

Apr 6 •

📰 Entire Midwest Town Drives to Madeira Beach

Entire Midwest Town Drives 1,000 Miles to Get Away

Mar 22 •

Dual Coding Theory

🧠 My Ditch That Textbook Guest Post (Ten Ways Pictures Boost Learning)

How did I end up on Ditch That Textbook?

Oct 8, 2024 •

🧠 Blue Trucks and Reading Dances: Five Fast Implications to Dual Coding Theory

What is the most effective reading comprehension strategy ever?*

Sep 16, 2024 •

🧠 What is Dual Coding Theory? (Hint: Not Computer Related.)

Hint: DCT deals with the brain, not computers.

Sep 7, 2024 •

Quilted Writing (Conference Preview)

A preview of an upcoming workshop on dual coding theory.

Jul 15, 2024 •

Recent posts

🚌 Open Chalkboard: Teachers in June

Grab the chalk and leave a comment.

Jun 7 •

🖥️ How Google Forms Automate Grading

Tired of learning new school software every ten seconds? Ever wish quizzes would grade themselves? What if Google Forms both collected and graded work…

Jun 5 •

🖥️ Google Forms for Teachers: A Primer (+ Templates)

Learn why Google Forms is the most versatile tool you don’t use. This post gives a board overview along with how to’s and templates.

May 29 •

✏️ Teach Writing Reactively (James Moffett’s Action-Response Model)

What if students created the context for their own content? What if we waste our time by teaching mistakes students haven’t made? Check out James…

May 24 •

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