WritingFix: Community for Writing Teachers

Using the “Ages and Stages” Lesson

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the song “Cat’s in the Cradle” sung by Harry Chapin. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1) What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2) What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3) Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below. Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Beyond “Happily Ever After” Conclusions

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O’Malley.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Turning Point Poems” Lesson

WritingFix has an enjoyable (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Ellen Hopkins’ chapter book, Crank. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Death Personified” Lesson

WritingFix has an enjoyable (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Markus Zusak’s chapter book, The Book Thief. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Find a Special Place” Lesson

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Things I Love”Poetry Assignment

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the song “I Love” sung by Tom T. Hall. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Poems vs. Lyrics” Lesson

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the song “Addicted” sung by Kelly Clarkson. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using “The Teenage Tale” Lesson

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the song “Heaven” sung by Bryan Adams. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Call For Change” Lesson

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the song “The Times They Are a-Changin’” sung by Bob Dylan. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “I Say to You…I Have a Dream” Lesson

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the song “Pride (in the Name of Love)” by U2. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.