Easy as PIE and a whole lot more.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Teaching students to write for a specific purpose is one of my favorite skills to teach. Students enjoy drawing sketches that illustrate different writing

What used to be viewed by many as one of the least exciting areas of an organization is now one of the most dynamic places to work. Human resources is evolving into more than just hiring and firing and having a huge impact on the employee experience and the future of work. I have explored this in my recent book on Employee Experience. Here are just a few of the ways HR is evolving: [...]

This file includes 8 reading response question cards (4in x5in) and individual question cards for each story element! Story elements covered include: author, illustrator, setting, plot, theme, style, mood, and character. These higher level questions will get your students thinking and responding to what they have read or listened to during read alouds! The individual question cards can be used to help focus students during silent reading! Print, cut, laminate and keep these cards in a basket or on a ring next to your whole group area for quick reference. Keep the individual cards in a bucket for students to randomly choose from after read alouds or use as a focus question for silent reading. The possibilities are endless! These questions are a great way to get your class thinking and responding to the text that you use in your classroom!

Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

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Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Anchor charts that will engage your students while they learn about identifying the author's purpose in a nonfiction text!

Verb Tense Review for Present, Past, FutureThis is a simple exercise to review the verb tenses, past, present and future. The sentences are short and the vocabulary is easy. - ESL worksheets

Each week, I post a different writing prompt at writersdigest.com/prompts. And each week, a collection of lovely writers responds to them. Here were some of our best writing prompts of 2018.

A 2nd grade summer early finishers reading worksheet focusing on author's purpose PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain).

But first, the publishing stories worth reading this week: Amazon is Quietly Eliminating List Prices (David Streitfeld for The New York Times): A fascinating look at the deterioration of the list price/discount marketing tactic and how it’s influencing online commerce, including the massive online book business. I thought this was a must-read this week, and it’s […]

Easy as PIE and a whole lot more.

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Discover how to quit your day job and be a full-time writer, including tips for setting deadlines and creating a detailed business plan.

Crapulous may sound like a word that you shouldn't use in polite company, but it actually has a long and perfectly respectable history (although it's not a particularly kind way to describe someone).

My best tips for teaching story grammar elements, plus my packet of visual supports and 13 no-prep short stories for story grammar practice.

From the Klingon language in the Star Trek universe to the Na'vi language from James Cameron's Avatar, fictional languages can go a long way towards making a work of fiction feel real. Making a can be an intense undertaking because the...

Slow-burn romance is one of the most popular formats in literature and here's how you can write your own amazing story with one!

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Setting a purpose for reading can keep our readers from becoming overwhelmed by giving them a specific reason for reading. Helping students set a purpose for reading purpose also helps them understand the value of tapping into their prior knowledge. Today, I’m sharing some tips for setting a purpose and showing how to use it in ... Read More about Setting a Purpose for Reading {with Freebie}

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Some act like there are plotters and pantsers and nothing in between, but there's really no end to the mix of approaches we can use in our drafting.

Here is a collection of eight class discussion techniques to structure classroom discussion and ensure all students' equal participation.

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We know how important it is to teach our students to make inferences when they read. It's a tricky concept, and one that needs to be taught again and again. Students often confusing inferring with making predictions and observations, and some are just confused all together! Som