by Language Arts Lady | Sep 7, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I bring you how to use describing words in writing for upper elementary and middle school students. Describing words, for this lesson, include adjectives, adverbs, and several literary devices. Students learn...
by Language Arts Lady | Sep 7, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I go back to the littles for descriptive writing! Even very young students, as early as second grade, can be taught to complete descriptive writing if they are given the tools—and especially the framework—to do...
by Language Arts Lady | Aug 30, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….in this episode, I am ready to teach you with quotation examples for dialogue! Dialogue writing is tough for students, so the more quotation examples we can give them, the better! And that is why I go to great (and expensive due...
by Language Arts Lady | Aug 24, 2021 | How I Teach, Uncategorized
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this eisode, we are going to dig into all things dialogue for students. Story writing in high school usually requires a certain savviness of dialogue for students. But how do we get our students to the level where they can...
by Language Arts Lady | Aug 15, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I teach a skill that many writing teachers shy away from: quotation marks. If we want students to write well, they need to learn how to put quotes in their papers—and how to properly punctuate with...
by Language Arts Lady | Aug 9, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episdoe (second part of Twice-Told Tale!) It’s time to look at the second part of this Twice Told Tale lesson—The Emperor’s New Clothes. This fool-proof story writing technique takes even non-story writers by the...
