Jaimie Thomas shares her powerful journey from grammar worksheets to rich literature conversations that spark a love for reading and language.
Listen to the full episode:
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Jaimie Thomas shares how giving kids the freedom to experiment with language builds confidence in their writing. Hear more from this incredible homeschool educator on the latest PoPCast episode. Listen to the full episode
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🎙️ "They're like my buddies now." When author @cherylolsten started writing Punctuation to the Rescue, she didn't expect to get so attached to her characters — four punctuation marks with big personalities. Hear how they came to life on the latest PoPCast episode. Link in bio!
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▶️ YouTube: https://youtu.be/V1SjCsvt3s4
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Punctuation to the Rescue was born from author @cherylolsten pushing herself to try something completely different and being surprised by the voice that came out. A reminder that growth happens outside your comfort zone.
Hear the full conversation on PoPCast.
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▶️ YouTube: https://youtu.be/V1SjCsvt3s4
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Poetry Month and writer's craft work collide! In this lesson, students explore sentence boundaries through the poem "Hope Survives" from Leafy Landmarks by Michelle Schaub. They read, discuss, sort lines into sentences and fragments, and then co-create an anchor chart — all through discovery, not correction.
This is just one example of the kind of practical, ready-to-use strategies you'll experience at the first annual Uplit Writing Conference: two days of best practices for writing, grammar, and STAAR with Heather Alambarrio, Stephen Briseño, Kayla Briseño, and me.
📅 June 8–9, 2026
📍 Georgetown, TX
🕘 9:00–3:30 both days
Grab your spot: https://bit.ly/UplitEventbrite26
#UpLitConference #PatternsOfPower #GrammarInstruction #WritingInstruction #ELATeachers #TeacherPD #SentenceBoundaries #GrammarAsCraft #TexasTeachers #STAAR #WritingWorkshop #ProfessionalDevelopment #SecondaryELA #MiddleSchoolELA
Part 2 of our chat with @pmgmcgee is out! @wlarocca and I loved continuing our conversation about becoming a contemporary grammarian with her. Check out the ep. wherever you get your podcasts or here:
Spotify: https://bit.ly/4c3uzQy
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Nw9i9g4oQDw
#grammar#ELA#notyourgrannysgrammar#patternsofpower#education
A contemporary grammarian chat with @wlarocca and @pmgmcgee :
YouTube: bit.ly/4uxZQ5i
Spotify: bit.ly/47cDr3x
or wherever you get your podcasts
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Come listen to Popcast where I had a blast talking grammar with @wlarocca and @learning_leech about the glow up version of the traditional grammarian: the contemporary grammarian.
What if grammar wasn't about right and wrong — but about craft and curiosity? In our latest episode, @pmgmcgee joins us to redefine what it means to be a grammarian in today's classroom. 🎙️ Listen now!
Spotify link: https://bit.ly/47cDr3x
YouTube link: /watch?v=aGgnojbc7gs
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One sentence. Five prepositional phrases. One craft move your students can try tomorrow.
Swipe through to see how Patterson & Kwame Alexander zoom a camera from a single object to an entire city in Becoming Muhammad Ali — and grab the quick write prompt for your class.
This is the kind of craft work we dig into at UpLit Writing Conference — two days of writing, revising, and studying craft alongside fellow ELA teachers.
📍 June 8–9, 2026 · Georgetown, TX
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/UpLit2026
#CraftMoves #MentorSentences #TeachWriting #WritingCommunity #MiddleSchoolELA #uplit #WritingInstruction #TexasTeachers #SummerPD
In the newest PoPCast episode, we discuss the POWER behind the process. Have a listen!
Youtube: youtu.be/fV23FRM0lVk
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or wherever you listen to podcasts
#grammar#writing#patternsofpower
