Beyond the Paragraph: Teaching Writing in Middle School with Structure

How To Get Kids to WANT to Write Teaching Writing in Grades 3-8 Ep. 29

June 18, 2026·6 min
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How do I get students to actually want to write? It's the question every ELA teacher and homeschool parent runs into, and it's where I start this brand-new 5-Minute Flash Training series for summer. Here's the heart of it: most writing instruction assigns writing instead of teaching it. We hand kids the finished cake and say "now you make one." In this quick training I share why desire to write matters more than we admit, and why confidence and stamina have to come before the essays, the par...

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