Episode 431: Get Your Students Actually Enjoying Writing with this FUN Activity

from Teaching Middle School ELA · host Caitlin Mitchell

Another Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast episode, Most students can pull a quote. The hard part is explaining why that quote proves anything. We’re tackling the #1 skill gap middle school ELA teachers keep naming again and again: justification (also known as analysis or explanation) and we’re doing it with one of my favorite high-energy writing activities.Grab the free download at ebteacher.com/pearls and join our FREE 3-day writing workshop at ebteacher.com/writing-workshop. If this helps your students, subscribe, share the episode with another ELA teacher, and leave a quick review.

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