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How to Use a Reading Response Journal (Without Getting “It Was Good”) Do you want your students to really love a book? Engage with a story? Deepen their own writing? Maybe even grow into stronger writers? You already build community every time your students laugh at the same line, hold their breath at the same […]
Making Nonfiction Writing Just as Magical as Creative Writing Nonfiction writing doesn’t have to feel flat. Kids will write when they have a reason to care, and the secret is giving them that reason. In creative writing, purpose is built in—they tell a story to entertain. But with nonfiction, we often hand students a template, […]