Teaching Writing Can Be a Struggle

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Feb 15 2023 • 18 mins

Do you feel like you’re trying strategy after strategy to improve your students’ writing . . . and none of them is really working? You’re not alone.

Teaching writing is one of the most challenging (yet most important) things we do as English teachers. There are so many resources and strategies available, and it can be overwhelming to know where to start and frustrating when these highly-touted resources don’t seem to work for your students.

In this episode, we’re tackling this dilemma and sharing what ultimately worked for us: a structured paragraph format that reinforced the claim-evidence-commentary foundation that is essential for academic writing.

Come find us so we can chat some more!