Schoolwide’s Holiday Lesson: Inspire With Writing (12/16/09)

What makes your students special? How do you help them use their special talents to inspire others through writing? In our final lesson of 2009, literacy consultant Ilene Cohn tells us how to transform talent into evocative writing that inspires happiness.

Explore the spirit of sharing the holiday season by learning how to:

• Use Amy Hest’s book Jamaica Louise James to illustrate the power of emotive writing;
• Help students “share from the heart” to create compelling narratives; and
• Build students’ confidence in their writing skills by demonstrating how “everyone is good at something.”

Look for a new lesson the first week of January 2010.

Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year from the entire Schoolwide Team.

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Highlights

Lesson Title: Sharing Our Special Talents

Subject: Writing Workshop / Ideas / The Power of the Writing Process

Audience: Grades K–3

Description: Writers are often inspired to write stories about their special talents and how they use them to make others happy.

Share: Create a common tool for your entire school or school district by sharing the Lesson of the Week and using it to provide consistency. Please contact me at ldavies@schoolwide.com and I will be glad to assist you with this process.


Thanks so much for your participation. Read. Learn, Enjoy!