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What my students said: May 25, 2021

Spending the first three quarters of this year exploring Writing Assistance tools allowed me to think deeply about feedback and what kind…

3 min readJun 18, 2021

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Balance in all things writing

Reflections: May 28, 2021

2 min readJun 12, 2021

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Balance in all things writing

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Denise Mumm

Feedback — Let Go of the Control

May 25, 2021

3 min readJun 12, 2021

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Student answers raise more questions!

Why are my 8th grade students using writing assistance tools? Are they using these tools to improve their writing? To revise? Or are they…

6 min readApr 12, 2021

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Student answers raise more questions!

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What does the writer say?

What motivates an 8th grader to want to use a revision tool such as Writer’s Workbench or any other writing assistance tool? As I have…

2 min readJan 22, 2021

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What does the writer say?

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“I’ll revise if I know what to revise”

Over my 34 years of teaching students, I have found one thing in common: most students want to be good writers — they want to have a…

4 min readOct 21, 2020

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“I’ll revise if I know what to revise”

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Denise Mumm
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Feedback is a gift

A first look at Writers Workbench

5 min readAug 13, 2020

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Feedback is a gift

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Denise Mumm

Denise Mumm

I teach 8th grade language arts in Kimberly, Idaho. I am entering my 35th year of teaching, and I still love 8th graders! I am married and have 2 grown boys.

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