Tag: students

• The Writing Classroom – Summer Reading Story Quilts

  

  Writing coach Robin Rivers shows off the Summer Reading Challenge Quilt her students made as a result of reading 100+ novels this summer.

  Robin Rivers

  August 20, 2019

  In The Writing Classroom, Young Authors

  British Columbia, Canada, classroom, close reading, creative writing, creative writing coach, Creative writing instruction, creative writing teacher, English teacher, kids, Learning, novels, reading quilt, Robin Rivers, students, summer learning, Summer reading challenge, Vancouver, writing coach, writing coaching

• The Summer Reading Challenge Quilt

  

  Writing Coach Robin Rivers shows how her students are creating a Summer Reading Challenge Quilt as they complete their Summer reading lists.

  Robin Rivers

  July 14, 2019

  teaching, Young Authors

  British Columbia, Canada, child literacy, creativity, literacy, quilt, students, Summer reading challenge, Summer reading list, summer reading quilt, teen literacy, Vancouver, writing coach, Young Authors

• When Kids Learn to Love Poetry

  

  I admit it, poetry was never my favourite thing. In fact, it’s easy and honest to say that I’ve spent pretty much no significant period in my life reading any sort of rhythm or rhyme. For a long time, I dismissed such musings outright. Who wants to read stuff that you have to guess at […]

  Robin Rivers

  June 24, 2019

  Young Authors

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• Why Summer Reading Makes You Smarter (Reading Lists for Every Age Included)

  

  Summer Reading Book Lists For Kids – 2019

  Robin Rivers

  June 19, 2019

  Free Downloads, Young Authors

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• Fan Art From My Students

  

  Sometimes, as a writing coach, you get fan art from your kids to remind you that life is good.

  Robin Rivers

  June 18, 2019

  Everyday Life, teaching, Young Authors

  appreciation, creative writing, fan art, student art, students, teaching, thank you, writing coach

• Young Author Feature – Mac Boy by Quintin Dong

  

  Note: When I am not writing novels of my own, I lead creative writing groups for young writers in Vancouver. Each week, I feature one young author and their original work here as a celebration of creativity and the power of story. This week, the classic tale of good vs. evil in Saskatchewan—where macaroni is […]

  Robin Rivers

  May 17, 2019

  Young Authors

  British Columbia, Canada, Children, creative writing, English, Learning, Richmond, students, teaching, Vancouver, writing, Young Authors

• Day 25 – The Teacher

  

  As a writer, I have found nothing more aggressively instructive in the best of ways than teaching creative writing to others. Unless you’re wealthy by other means, a writer’s life requires a day job or a side hustle to make the pieces fit together. Not to get all cheesy, but teaching writing is really the […]

  Robin Rivers

  May 10, 2019

  Young Authors

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