Writing Buddies

For any teacher who has not ever used Writing Buddies in their classroom, I HIGHLY recommend it!  My students absolutely LOVE having someone to talk to about their writing other than the teacher!  We are currently working on an Imaginative Narrative, and we are taking it very slow paying close attention to details and strong adjectives.  The students’ writing has just taken off and hit new levels.  This week, I had my students take their writing a little deeper, and after they did, they met with their Writing Buddy to switch notebooks and chat about what they wrote.  There are so many reasons I love this!  #1-I love to hear the students talk about what they are writing and asking questions to get advice from their buddy.  #2-They really take this as an opportunity to teach each other!  What’s better than teaching 18 students??  Having 18 teachers teach each other!!!