Everybody knows that the first line of a piece, the hook, is the most important part of any essay, story, or article. If you don’t catch your reader’s interest in that first moment, they may never read what you say after that. Trouble is, the first line is also the hardest to write. To keep […]
How To Teach Writing Without Writing
Imagine your kids’ reaction if you said, “today’s writing lesson has no writing.” You’d definitely have their attention. When you remember that writing is just thinking on paper, this makes total sense! You can teach basic composition by having what I call “observation conversations” – by helping kids organize what they see around them and […]