Writing Instruction & Note Taping
What’s in the video
- Why you should keep your current grammar and writing lessons just the way they are (unless you are looking for a change).
- Introduction to Doug Stark’s Mechanics Instruction That Sticks and why I use it.
- How to include your grammar and writing lessons in The Writer’s Notebook.
- Note taping vs. note taking.
- Why you should plan your writing instruction way ahead.
- Having your students keep their writing lesson in their notebook gives them the best chance of connecting your teaching with their practice.
More Resources
- Join the Writer’s Notebook Support Group on Facebook
- Doug Starks’ Mechanics Instruction That Sticks (MITS)
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- Based on Kelly Gallagher’s Write Like This &
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- Jeff Anderson’s Everyday Editing & Mechanically Inclined
- What’s the 1 Thing You Can Do to Make Your Students Better Writers?
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I appreciate the reference to the grammar book. I looked it over and it looks very good. I will order.
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Keep in mind that it’s a word and PDF download, not a book per se.
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I passed the link on to a colleague who ordered it … and she said it’s coming as a book. Is it possible, a year since your post, that MITS is now available in hard copy?
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I found success with MITS last school year. My 9th graders loved the format and concrete examples/application opportunities. Your comment that note taping “brings proximity of writing and grammar together” hits home with me! Thank you for sharing your insights and experiences with the WNB.
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I see the note taping as especially practical and, as you said, providing more writing and application time.
The index at the back is definitely a smart idea.
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Your ideas are so sensible! I love the idea of proximity.
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Awessome blog you have here
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