Discuss with your class about what to do when writing gets hard.1. Read to help find ideas.
2. Take a break from writing. 3. Look at what other writers in the class are writing about. 4. Explain what troubles you are having with someone. 5. Reread what you have written. 6. Free write 7. Skip where you got stuck and continue writing. 8. Write something different about the topic. |
Taberski, S. (2011). Time to write: Children's writing nourishes their reading growth. In Comprehension from the ground up: Simplified, sensible instruction for the K-3 reading workshop (pp. 81). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.