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This Tip for Tomorrow explores the art of essay writing beyond the traditional structure and formula. Stacey delves into "writing to think" and how students can infuse microstories into their essays to enhance their ideas. From choosing relevant stories to crafting concise microstories, she provides practical guidance on engaging the reader and connecting these stories to the central message of the essay. By balancing storytelling with other writing techniques, students can create impactful essays that take their readers on a journey of thought.

Go Deeper:
Essay: What I Think, What I Am by Edward Hoagland Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay: Expand the Possibilities of the Genres You TeachThe Journey Is Everything: Teaching Essays That Students Want to Write for People Who Want to Read Them by Katherine Bomer*****

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In this episode, we address the challenge of finding enough time to teach writing workshop daily in elementary school. We discuss the importance of writing instruction for students' literacy development and provide practical strategies for teachers to maximize their writing instruction time. This episode covers topics such as establishing efficient writing routines, ways to prioritize writing instruction, integrating writing across the curriculum, utilizing technology for writing instruction, and offering practical examples and activities to promote writing in various subject areas. 
Research mentioned in this episode:
Changing How Writing Is TaughtTeaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective WritersGo Deeper:
Jump Into WritingLeaning into Spontaneous Writing MomentsMaximizing Writing Time Blog Series*****
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This Tip for Tomorrow episode explores ten practical tips for keeping minilessons brief and effective. Stacey discusses the importance of preparedness, including having all teaching materials ready and communicating clearly with students about what they should bring to the meeting area. She highlights the benefits of assigning "talking partners" and minimizing interruptions during the lesson. In addition, she delves into using checklists, teaching management skills, recording lessons for self-reflection, and time management. Listen now for essential tips to optimize your minilessons and enhance student engagement.

More on Minilessons:
Structuring a Minilesson: A Digging Deeper DialogueTWTBlog Archive of Minilesson Posts Welcome to Writing Workshop: Engaging Today's Students with a Model That Works by Stacey Shubitz and Lynne R. Dorfman*****


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Sarah Valter, one of our TWTBlog co-authors, joins Melanie this week to discuss ways to inspire word explorers, the children in our classrooms who, for various reasons, need additional support or scaffolding to commit words to the page.

For more inspiration, check out these books, podcast episodes, and blog posts:
Discover What Writers REALLY Need By KidwatchingEmbrace an Asset-Based Approach: A Digging Deeper DialogueEvery Child Can Write: Entry Points, Bridges, and Pathways for Striving Writers by Melanie MeehanExample of using video in the classroom for narrative storytellingWord Explorers*****

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Give the kids the freedom to tell many kinds of stories during a narrative writing unit. Melanie shares three ideas you can use to help students have a surge of writing during a narrative writing unit.
Go deeper with these posts from the TWTBlog archives:
Continuing Along the Narrative PathwayLet's Pretend!Narrative Writing: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You TeachSome Narrative Writing FunTapping Into the Power of Some New Mentor Texts*****
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