Welcome to my blog index page featuring posts for upper elementary students who want to improve their writing skills. Teaching writing can be challenging, so I’ve compiled a range of posts to help you with your lessons.
My post categories include writing strategies, writing skills, capitalization and punctuation, narrative writing, teaching text structures with songs, teaching text structures, teaching persuasive techniques with commercials, and parts of speech. You’ll find ideas and free teaching materials to make your lessons more effective and engaging.
You can browse my posts by clicking on the images below or using the search bar on the right. You can also subscribe to my newsletter for updates on new posts and freebies. Whether you’re looking for tips on enhancing your students’ skills, making writing more fun and interactive, or integrating writing with other subjects, you’ll find something worthwhile on my blog.
I hope these posts will support your upper elementary students’ writing development and inspire them to become confident writers. Happy teaching!
Oct 24
Conjunctions may be tiny words, but they do some heavy lifting in sentences. Without them, our writing would sound choppy and robotic: I like pizza. I like pasta. I like tacos. (Yawn.) Throw in a conjunction and suddenly things flow: I like pizza, pasta, and tacos. Much better! If you’re looking for ideas to make …
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Oct 03
Take some of the stress away from teaching endless rules for understanding pronouns with some of these fun hands-on activities. Try teaching pronouns using these posters as a classroom display for students to reference. Turn practice into game-like activities. Read fun books and play catchy songs. Finally, show videos that review rules. Your students will …
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Sep 19
Adjectives bring language to life, and teaching them should be just as colorful. This post offers eight classroom-tested activities to help students master adjective clauses, ordering rules, and comparative forms through literature, visuals, and sensory experiences. Teaching Video with Organizer This video is a great overview of several rules about adjectives. It includes definitions and …
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Aug 29
Nouns are the building blocks of language, and teaching them can be both playful and powerful. This post offers nine classroom-tested activities to help students master concrete vs. abstract nouns, singular and plural forms, possessives, and more through literature, visuals, and movement. If you would like to read more about teaching vocabulary, here’s a link to a …
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Aug 22
Interjections are the punctuation of emotion, and teaching them can be just as expressive. This post offers seven classroom-tested activities to help students master strong vs. mild interjections through visuals, literature, and movement. Teaching Video with Organizer This video is a great overview the definition of interjection as well as definitions and examples for mild …
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May 09
Do you want your students to be able to incorporate different persuasive techniques into their writing? Should students be able to make informed opinions about which products to purchase? Do you want your students to recognize different devices used in political advertising? Is the bandwagon persuasive technique effective? This series of posts helps answer these …
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Aug 10
For some students, knowing when to use formal or informal language comes naturally. For others, it is a skill that must be taught in steps. This post offers six teaching ideas from recognizing what is formal and informal to creating formal and informal texts. Start by getting the handout Formal vs Informal Language using the …
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