Changing Your Classroom Writing Culture

Educators often find that students resist the need to revise. But for me as a writer, it’s a part of the process I truly enjoy—as I noted in this past blog post that highlights my very first novel for middle graders, Shelter from the Wind. If revising is something that your students struggle with, you might want to take a look at my post as well as these thoughtful suggestions from an educator—“Revising Hard! Changing Our Classroom Writing Culture”—for ideas about how to inspire your students to take on the revision task with more enthusiasm.