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Times 10 Publications Mark Writing by Angela Stockman
What happens when creative writing meets the maker space?Easy! Writing and making collide revealing the genius inside of even the most reluctant writers.In Make Writing teacher author writing coach Angela Stockman turns teaching strategies and practice upside down. She spills you out of your chair shreds your lined paper and launches you and your writers workshop into the maker space! Who even knew this was possible? In classic Hack Learning style Stockman provides five rightnow writing strategies that reinvent instruction and inspire both young and adult writers to express ideas with tools and in ways that have rarely if ever been considered. Combining Making and WritingMany schools are converting classrooms to maker spacesvibrant places where students demonstrate learning by constructing things applying newlylearned skills and concepts. With inspired creativity and ingenuity Stockman shows you how to bring modern maker moves into your writers workshop giving birth to a new environment that rockets writers to places that were previously unimaginable. Make Writing is a fastpaced journey inside Stockmans Young Writers Studio alongside students who learn how to write and how to make employing Stockmans unique teaching methods.Learn How to Enrich Writing Skills by Coaching Maker Moves: Shake them out of their seatsPlay through the processTinker with textDraft bit by bitMake words moveable and mixableConnect to real audiencesHack the writing process and repurpose your toolsInspire Creative Writing by Remaking Your Space and Rethinking Your PlaceRedesign your classroom environment incrementally and economicallyEmbrace empty spaces and interactive boards and chartsMake writing a physical collaborative endeavorDesign with gaming in mindCoach creative theftHost an exhibitionUnearth your own best teaching methodsReimagine writers workshopThe secret sauceYou may get caught up in the stories about young writers but you wont get lost as each chapter is neatly wrapped in the formula that thousands of Hack Learning Series readers have grown love: The Problem (a single writing issue that needs a Hackers mentality)The Hack (a ridiculously easy solution that youve likely never considered)What You Can Do Tomorrow (no waiting necessary; you can make writing immediately)Blueprint for Full Implementation (a stepbystep action plan for capacity building)The Hack in Action (yes people have actually done this)Are you ready to Make Writing?Scroll up and grab a copy today.show more