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12 Writing-to-Learn Activities | Thoughtful Learning K-12

Consider using any of the following writing-to-learn activities, or adapt them to fit the needs of your students. Each activity takes just 10-15 minutes to ...

Writing-to-Learn Activities - The WAC Clearinghouse

Writing-to-Learn Activities · The Reading Journal · Generic and Focused Summaries · Response Assignments · Synthesis Assignments · The Discussion Starter.

10 Fun Writing Activities for Kids to Improve Writing Skills

1. Write a comic book/graphic novel. Using a template, students create their own comic strip or graphic novel complete with speech bubbles and annotations.

What is Writing to Learn? - The WAC Clearinghouse

When we consider how Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) has been implemented at a range of universities, we see that writing assignments generally fall ...

Writing to Learn: Critical Thinking Activities for any Classroom

Writing to learn activities are short, low stakes assignments or activities in class. The most basic activity might be asking your students to write for five ...

10 Fun Writing Activities for Reluctant Writers - Literacy Ideas

10 fun writing activities for the reluctant writer · 1. Poetry Scavenger Hunt · 2. Story Chains · 3. Acrostic Associations · 4. The What If ...

Writing to Learn - Writing Across Curriculum

Writing to Learn · Help to build students' confidence and comfort level with writing · Encourage students to brainstorm and explore ideas · Focus students on the ...

Writing to Learn - Center for Writing in College, Career and ...

Writing to Learn · Pick ideas (i.e., decide what to write about) · Organize notes (i.e., brainstorm and organize possible writing ideas into a ...

10 Writing Activities To Teach Communication and Creativity - Indeed

10 writing activities for school or work · 1. Throwing snowballs. This group writing activity, also known as a story chain, is a fun way to ...

22 Writing Activities To Help Kids Hone Their Writing Skills - Prodigy

Create your own comic strip ... Students learn in all sorts of ways. For visual learners, creating a comic strip to accompany their story can help ...

Some Sample Writing-to-Learn Activities

Some Sample Writing-to-Learn Activities. 1. These varied mini-papers can bring considerable writing into the classroom. While writing might typically receive ...

Quill.org | Interactive Writing and Grammar

Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for middle and high school students.

Classroom Activities | First-Year Writing Program

Past Context: Ask students to bring a laptop or tablet to class, or divide them into groups (at least one student in each group should have a laptop). Using ...

In-Class Activities | Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning

Writing activities that support lecture/discussion · What questions do you have about the topic or text we are discussing? · What new ideas does this text or ...

7 + 1 Fun Activities to Easily Improve Student Writing Fluency

Picture Prompts: Using picture prompts can help students with ideas of topics to write about. While students are writing a draft, lower the emphasis on spelling ...

Writing-To-Learn (WTL) - Sites at Penn State

Writing-to-learn (WTL) activities are typically short, informal writing assignments that are informational and often assigned at the spur of the moment as an ...

Fun Writing Workshop Activities and Ideas | Event Espresso

Creative writing activities can make writing fun for reluctant writers. Students learn about the writing process, expand vocabularies, learn ...

Writing Activities for Your Second Grader | Reading Rockets

Make sure your child sees you writing. She will learn about writing by watching you write. Talk with her about your writing so that she begins to understand why ...

Teaching writing with short assignments - Learning in Room 213

The way I used to teach writing · Shorter assignments build skills · Create a list of writing skills students need. · Scaffold skills with short ...

10 Fun Writing Activities for K-6 Students - Minds in Bloom

From drawing pictures and writing sentences in kindergarten to crafting detailed research projects in sixth grade, these activities are designed to inspire ...