Across the Curriculum

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After observing the way North Carolina is shifting the way that 7th graders submit writing samples from a paper environment to an electronic environment, my interest in assisting students with the research process has been renewed.  In the practice writing scenario, students are given a writing prompt, with which they are supposed to spend a [...]

In the past few weeks I have received several emails asking me to share 7 Things About Myself that others may not know.  At first I dismissed the requests as email abuse via excessive forwarding of chain letters.  It would only be fair for me to admit that I did in fact read each of [...]

Of course by “them” I mean students!  What are they passionate about?  How do we as educators extract that passion from them?
In another attempt to find ways to engage students in writing across the curriculum, I have discovered the Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future project.  This is a collaborative effort between Google [...]

Writing is emphasized in all grade levels and all content areas, often stated as “Writing Across the Curriculum”.  How are we supposed to cover curriculum and simultaneously integrate writing skills?  How are we supposed to develop a continuous supply of engaging, thought provoking writing prompts?
My proposal for developing authentic writing prompts is to use a [...]