Featured Articles

Volume 2, Number 1:
Writing Across the Curriculum in Language Arts and Reading

These featured articles appeared in Volume 2, Number 1 issue of the Write Connections quarterly newsletter. View or download other archived newsletters, a topical organization of all newsletters, or sign-up to receive notification when the next newsletters are ready to download.

Quarterly newsletter featured articles in this edition included:

The Sails of Literacy

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This article offers ideas on how reading and writing are interconnected. Considered reciprocal in nature, reading and writing ... support each other.

Write About Reading

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The use of literature to stimulate writing allows students to construct meaning from sounds and symbols and how they work together. This article offers literature response ideas that allow writers to experience a story again.

Reading and Responding Refresher

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A brief review on two books that offer suggestions for ways to encourage students to write about their reading.

Writing Supports Reading Instruction

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Discover how reading and writing are linked. There are common elements in the reading and writing processes. Writers develop ideas for text, while readers predict what a text is about.

Debunking the Myths of Creative Writing

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Why most English teachers avoid teaching creative writing—and a rationale for changing their minds.

Select an archived edition:

Volume 4, Number 4

Diversified Instruction

Volume 4, Number 3

Going Green

Volume 4, Number 2

Memoirs

Volume 4, Number 1

Politics and Elections

Volume 3, Number 4

English Language Learner

Volume 3, Number 3

Project Based Learning

Volume 3, Number 2

Research

Volume 3, Number 1

Writing Across the Curriculum: The Arts

Volume 2, Number 4

Writing Across the Curriculum: Social Studies

Volume 2, Number 3

Writing Across the Curriculum: Science

Volume 2, Number 2

Writing Across the Curriculum: Mathematics

Volume 2, Number 1

Writing Across the Curriculum: Language Arts/Reading

Volume 1, Number 3

Poetry in the Classroom

Volume 1, Number 2

Writing Across the Curriculum: general theme

Volume 1, Number 1

Effective Writing Prompts: general theme