Episode 33: Teaching Writing Can Be a Struggle

Do you feel like you’re trying strategy after strategy to improve your students’ writing . . . and none of them is really working? You’re not alone. Teaching writing is one of the most challenging (yet important) things we do as English teachers. There are so many resources and strategies available; it can be overwhelming to know where to start and frustrating when highly-touted resources that seemingly work for everyone aren’t working for your students. In this episode, we’re tackling the teaching writing dilemma and sharing what ultimately worked for us: a structured paragraph format that reinforced the claim-evidence-commentary foundation essential for successful academic writing.