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Lisa Morris

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United States - Florida - Winter Park

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"Care about what is around you. Let your whole body touch the river you are writing about."

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Practicing Lessons for the Writer's Notebooks

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5 Compassion Lessons

By Lisa Morris

Teaching our students to be compassionate with one another makes for a friendly and welcoming classroom environment. These lessons are project based and use the fabulous book, The Hundred Dresses to make each days lesson point. These five lessons

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Literature, Character Education, Writing

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Lesson

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Mentor Texts for Teaching Writing

By Lisa Morris

This collection of over 50 pages of mentor text titles will be an invaluable resource for teachers who teach reading and writing. I use these lists of books to help me plan my lessons, guide my instruction, and teach as well as demonstrate the craft

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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45 Literacy Activities Using the Newspaper

By Lisa Morris

News develops every day. The beauty of the newspaper in the classroom is it comes to your door fresh and filled with the latest news and information. Newspapers are a great resource for teaching concepts and strategies of reading and writing. They

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Unit Plans, Lesson, Centers

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Practicing Lessons for the Writer's Notebooks

By Lisa Morris

Practicing is the first essential step of the writing process. These lessons are designed to give students reasons to write. It is important that students are allowed time to practice different genres in a risk-free environment. This "practice" is

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Lesson

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Everything You Need to Know About the Writer's Workshop

By Lisa Morris

The basic fundamentals that teacher's need to set up a working workshop. This "no-nonsense" guide will help teachers feel ready to teach writing. The information in this product is based on the published book I wrote: Awakening Brilliance in the

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English Language Arts, Professional Development, Writing

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Classroom Forms, Lesson

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15 Quick Writes to Increase Writing Fluency

By Lisa Morris

Writing fluency is often an unknown component of the writing workshop. At the beginning of the year an initial assessment should be made. Then, several times a week, a quick write is administered and recorded. The goal is to see how many words can

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Writing-Expository, Writing, Test Preparation

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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Music as Mentor Texts

By Lisa Morris

Music...what a Great way to spark an interest in our students to write. Each of these lessons have been tried and tested with magnificent results. Teachers and students will never look at writing instruction the same way again!! These 10 ready to

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Music, Writing, Poetry

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Lesson, Centers

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45 Literacy Lessons Using the Newspaper

By Lisa Morris

These lessons are short, sweet, but effective! I have used these as mini-lessons as well as printed individually for station work.

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Lesson, Centers

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W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2

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Quotes for the Writing Process

By Lisa Morris

A collection of 20 quotes. Here are some ways to use each quote: Slide 2- Show don't tell Slide 3- Publishing Slide 4-Drafting Slide 5-Collecting Ideas Slide 6-Writing for an Audience Slide 7- Finding ideas Slide 8- Visualizing

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Reflective Journals for Teachers, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

W.4.5, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.6.4, W.6.5

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!4 Collecting Lessons to Generate Ideas for Writing

By Lisa Morris

I am not a huge fan of prompts. So I came up with some lessons that help students reflect on their own lives. I typically "collect" using only 2-3 lessons at a time. You will find that your students generate tons of ideas to write about. Then I

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Literature, Writing

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Lesson

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Everything You Need to Know About Revision

By Lisa Morris

Revising is the key element to writing success and the main focus for writing instruction. This "no-nonsense" guide will show teachers "what to teach when." This is an excerpt from a book I published. I also use this information when I conduct

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Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Writing

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Teacher Manuals, Lesson

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20 Apps for the I-Pad!!

By Lisa Morris

Add a little technology to your classroom. Use these slides to project to a whole class or print and put in a computer station. The students will love them!

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Writing, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Internet Activities, Games

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Questions About My Writing

By Lisa Morris

These slides are used after my students have published. The questions help give them a place to start when self-assessing what they learned by writing the piece. Self-assessment helps guide my students with setting goals and reflecting. After each

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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A Year at a Glance

By Lisa Morris

I wanted to show teachers a simple way to think interms of "Long-range" planning.

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Literature, Writing

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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A Year at a Glance

By Lisa Morris

I wanted to show teachers a simple way to think interms of "Long-range" planning.

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Literature, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Lesson

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am starting my 23rd year in the classroom. I teach Language Arts and Reading. Feel free to check out my book Awakening Brilliance in the Writer's Workshop. This book is published through Eye on Education. You can also purchase it on Amazon. My second book RTI in the Writing Workshop will be released December. It is published through Corwin Press. I train hundreds of teachers each year about the writing process and simplifying instruction to recieve maximum results.

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I was Teacher of the Year in 2010. And the fact that I have 2 books published and 3 more on the way is heart-warming in itself.

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Arts & Music, Music, Literature, Professional Development, Character Education, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Poetry, Informational Text, Test Preparation

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