Resources that Level-up Learning
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Classroom-tested resources that elevate your instruction, make writing more relevant for students, and bring the spark back into your teaching.
Teach Argumentative Writing Skills in One Week (without assigning another essay)
A ready-to-use teaching resource that builds reasoning skills without the grading grind.
Argumentative Writing Activity
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Teaching the thinking behind essays—without assigning one! This robust training bundle will help you replace repetitive essay-draft cycles with hands-on, visual learning your writers will love.
Video Workshop Series +
Full Resource Bundle
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This multimedia-based mini-project will take your writers from burnt-out to bought-IN!
Video Workshop Series + Resource Kit
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Grounded in my signature, 'high-interest, low-stakes' writing framework—designed to help students practice writing often, in ways that *actually* light them up, and in formats that actually exist outside school — without turning every draft into a grading event.
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Evidence isn’t the problem—reasoning is.
The Photo Essay strategy slows the writing process down by removing words and forcing writers to think visually about claim, support, and sequence.
Conclusion Paragraphs That Don't Suck
writing essay conclusions
your students will love!
A brainstorming tool that's anything *but* basic...
Brainstorming framework
Rather than generating a quick list of disconnected ideas out of obligation, The Compass Method gives your writers a clear system for mapping ideas, organizing thinking, and testing their assumptions—before they write a single word.
If you want better writing, you don’t need more writing.
You need better thinking. The Compass Method delivers on that!
Are your writers stuck at the start?
Teach the one move that sets their essays effortlessly into motion.
The 'Start Smart' strategy teaches writers to draft stellar, essay introductions that *actually* hook their reader—through 5 simple steps.
Essay Introductions—the Smart Way
drafting essay introductions
Ordering Ideas Logically
line of reasoning
Students are quick to identify problems—but their solutions stop at the obvious.
The Innovator’s Challenge pushes writers to investigate real-world problems, test ideas, and build workable solutions through structured reasoning. As students prototype and pitch their ideas, reasoning becomes practical, purposeful, and grounded in impact—not wishful thinking.
line of reasoning
Teaching acronyms like PEEL (point, evidence, explain, link back), but students are still treating evidence like a drop-and-dash?
The Tree of Reasoning is the visual strategy your writers need to see how ideas actually connect—so evidence stops floating and starts feeling more anchored to the point it’s meant to support.
Elements of an Argument
Student-Led Writing Conferences: A Step-by-Step Guide
strategies for students
Build Your Future (Teacher!) Self with this AI Tool
teacher mindset
5 Ways to Teaching Writing as a Tool, Not Just a Task
make writing matter
Micro-Choices That Restore Student Voice Inside a Locked Curriculum
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