by Danielle DeFauw | May 21, 2018 | ASK Program
Have you ever wanted to interview a published children’s book author? Would you like to connect your own students to such interview experiences? Are you looking for ways to help your students connect with the content they read at deeper levels to acquire layers of...
by Danielle DeFauw | May 14, 2018 | Teacher-Writers
I had the pleasure of writing for the #TeachWrite Chat Blog, a blog created by a great organization: Teach Write, LLC. I invite you to read my post about the enemies and friends that join me throughout my writing process.
by Danielle DeFauw | May 7, 2018 | Publication, Teacher-Writers
Yesterday morning, I received the kind of email every writing teacher loves to read. A former student of mine, Jowan Nabha, let me know the piece she planned to NOT publish just had to be submitted! I love it when a teacher-writer discovers the power of her voice. The...
by Danielle DeFauw | Apr 30, 2018 | Family Dialogue Journals, Parent-Writers
One highlight of my daughter’s sixth birthday is her new family dialogue journal. She picked out her composition notebook covered in rainbow hearts on Saturday morning’s shopping trip. I planned to wrap it, but she snuck it out of the bag and beat me to the first...
by Danielle DeFauw | Apr 23, 2018 | Revision
Writers don’t write. They rewrite. As a teacher-writer, I welcome the inherent challenges of rewriting. Even this short blog post took more rewrites than I anticipated! Yet, isn’t that always the case with writing? Teaching others to embrace the myriad opportunities...
