Hannah created this handout for a Teachers Week talk. The document below offers options for informational, narrative, and persuasive writing, among other styles. Hannah also offers resources for poetry and recommended print and...

Writing can be a difficult subject to teach and it can be a difficult task for students to complete. Staring at a blank page can sometimes be overwhelming to a student. I find that teaching students to prewrite before actually...

In the last month of school, I find myself and my students coasting in for a finish. To help us all continue to do our best, rather than doing the minimum required, I give them a challenge. Last year I called it “Sundae Best.”...