Rebekah O'Dell
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social
Full-Time Teacher, Author, Consultant
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So excited to share my new book is out in the world! It's beautiful, but it's also SO practical -- including videos to show your students, workbook reproducibles to print. I can't wait for you to see it! Available from Solution Tree or on Amazon!
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Mini Moves for Every Writer
Whether used in classrooms or across the district, this source will provide a path to successful writing instruction in content areas like mathematics, science, and history. Educators using this guide...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So excited to share my new book is out in the world! It's beautiful, but it's also SO practical -- including videos to show your students, workbook reproducibles to print. I can't wait for you to see it! Available from Solution Tree or on Amazon!
www.solutiontree.com/mini-moves-f...
www.solutiontree.com/mini-moves-f...
I wish I had Brett’s wisdom last year….if you teach writing, this is a must-read.
Cheating with #AI in English class is a big problem, but here are four helpful lines I use to get kids talking and valuing their own voice.
Maybe you’ll find some to adapt and use next school year 🙂
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
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Maybe you’ll find some to adapt and use next school year 🙂
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
movingwriters.org/2025/06/23/w...
When AI Wrote the Essay: Four Strategies for Addressing AI Cheating with Students
What can we say to students when they turn in writing that was clearly manufactured by AI?
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June 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I wish I had Brett’s wisdom last year….if you teach writing, this is a must-read.
Reposted by Rebekah O'Dell
Cheating with #AI in English class is a big problem, but here are four helpful lines I use to get kids talking and valuing their own voice.
Maybe you’ll find some to adapt and use next school year 🙂
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
movingwriters.org/2025/06/23/w...
Maybe you’ll find some to adapt and use next school year 🙂
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
movingwriters.org/2025/06/23/w...
When AI Wrote the Essay: Four Strategies for Addressing AI Cheating with Students
What can we say to students when they turn in writing that was clearly manufactured by AI?
movingwriters.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Cheating with #AI in English class is a big problem, but here are four helpful lines I use to get kids talking and valuing their own voice.
Maybe you’ll find some to adapt and use next school year 🙂
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
movingwriters.org/2025/06/23/w...
Maybe you’ll find some to adapt and use next school year 🙂
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
movingwriters.org/2025/06/23/w...
Join me for a summer of planning!
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A Moving Writers Summer of Planning!
Featuring a new platform and free PD all summer long!
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June 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Join me for a summer of planning!
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When your math-teacher-bestie takes your latest book obsession on location with her for a reading sesh. @katemessner.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When your math-teacher-bestie takes your latest book obsession on location with her for a reading sesh. @katemessner.com
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New post up at Moving Writers about how I teach my students to build a metaphor throughout a college entrance essay! movingwriters.org/2025/03/25/m... #mentortexts @rebekahodell1.bsky.social
Metaphor as an Organizing Force in the College Entrance Essay
March 25, 2025 The college entrance essay: Should we teach it or shouldn’t we? This year, the guidance department of our high school, New Directions Secondary School in the Bronx, NY, asked m…
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March 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New post up at Moving Writers about how I teach my students to build a metaphor throughout a college entrance essay! movingwriters.org/2025/03/25/m... #mentortexts @rebekahodell1.bsky.social
Join us at the Moving Writers Community this summer for 10 weeks of PLANNING together for the 2025-2026 school year!
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Announcing Our 2025 Summer of Planning!
A summer full of FREE PD for Moving Writers Community Members!
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May 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Join us at the Moving Writers Community this summer for 10 weeks of PLANNING together for the 2025-2026 school year!
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Loved working with Grasslands teachers and seeing together how #minimoves can quickly transform writing!
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#ABeducation #ela #english #edusky
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#ABeducation #ela #english #edusky
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Loved working with Grasslands teachers and seeing together how #minimoves can quickly transform writing!
amzn.to/4ivpelv
#ABeducation #ela #english #edusky
amzn.to/4ivpelv
#ABeducation #ela #english #edusky
Some happy news to share!
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Mini Moves for Every Writer: Fifty Transferable Techniques for Writing Across the Content Areas (Writing strategies to build stronger student writers)
Mini Moves for Every Writer: Fifty Transferable Techniques for Writing Across the Content Areas (Writing strategies to build stronger student writers) [Sam Futrell, Rebekah O’Dell] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mini Moves for Every Writer: Fifty Transferable Techniques for Writing Across the Content Areas (Writing strategies to build stronger student writers)
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March 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some happy news to share!
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My brain is a little bit broken right now, and I need some suggestions: a text to teach above-level 7th grade readers with a focus on character analysis.
Help?
Help?
February 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My brain is a little bit broken right now, and I need some suggestions: a text to teach above-level 7th grade readers with a focus on character analysis.
Help?
Help?
I have questions about the San Diego Quick Assessment of Reading Ability.
Anyone use it? Or know anything about it?
Anyone use it? Or know anything about it?
January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have questions about the San Diego Quick Assessment of Reading Ability.
Anyone use it? Or know anything about it?
Anyone use it? Or know anything about it?
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"The goal of a flash draft is *not* to do incredible writing," reminds educator @rebekahodell1.bsky.social "The goal is ... to overcome our fear of the blank page."
Here's how she supports her Ss in achieving it:
Here's how she supports her Ss in achieving it:
January 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"The goal of a flash draft is *not* to do incredible writing," reminds educator @rebekahodell1.bsky.social "The goal is ... to overcome our fear of the blank page."
Here's how she supports her Ss in achieving it:
Here's how she supports her Ss in achieving it:
@thevogelman.bsky.social has a new book coming out this year about AI and writing instruction! And he's hosting a Moving Writers webinar about it next month!
movingwriters.org/2025/01/13/a...
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Artful AI for Writing Instruction: A New Live Event!
Our dear Brett Vogelsinger has a NEW BOOK coming to the world in 2025 — all about using not fighting AI in our writing instruction. He’s hosting a new live (and recorded) webinar next m…
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January 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@thevogelman.bsky.social has a new book coming out this year about AI and writing instruction! And he's hosting a Moving Writers webinar about it next month!
movingwriters.org/2025/01/13/a...
movingwriters.org/2025/01/13/a...
I've been thinking a lot about the death of the research paper and the rise of authentic research in EVERY mode of writing ...
#edusky #english #ela
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#edusky #english #ela
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Moving Writers’ Guide to Authentic Writing in Each Mode
I’ve been working on an 11-page digital primer to begin changing the way we think about research-writing. No more semester-long research papers, rife with inauthentic, teacher-driven rules an…
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January 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I've been thinking a lot about the death of the research paper and the rise of authentic research in EVERY mode of writing ...
#edusky #english #ela
movingwriters.org/2025/01/11/m...
#edusky #english #ela
movingwriters.org/2025/01/11/m...
I've Changed My Mind about _______.
This is a great #mentortext for student argument writing:
* Previous opinion? (Previous Claim + Outline of Previous Reasons)
* Why revise? (New Reasons +Evidence)
Mine would be about WICKED. :) What would yours be about?
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This is a great #mentortext for student argument writing:
* Previous opinion? (Previous Claim + Outline of Previous Reasons)
* Why revise? (New Reasons +Evidence)
Mine would be about WICKED. :) What would yours be about?
drive.google.com/file/d/1JhNd...
nytimes.com-Ive Changed My Mind Audra McDonald Was Right.pdf
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January 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I've Changed My Mind about _______.
This is a great #mentortext for student argument writing:
* Previous opinion? (Previous Claim + Outline of Previous Reasons)
* Why revise? (New Reasons +Evidence)
Mine would be about WICKED. :) What would yours be about?
drive.google.com/file/d/1JhNd...
This is a great #mentortext for student argument writing:
* Previous opinion? (Previous Claim + Outline of Previous Reasons)
* Why revise? (New Reasons +Evidence)
Mine would be about WICKED. :) What would yours be about?
drive.google.com/file/d/1JhNd...
While @candersonwriting.bsky.social ‘s fabulous book is marketed as k-6, I used his activities with huge success with 8th graders!
Let's all resolve in 2025 to prioritize high-engagement writing units of study--like fantasy writing! Details: corwin.com/books/teachi...
January 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
While @candersonwriting.bsky.social ‘s fabulous book is marketed as k-6, I used his activities with huge success with 8th graders!
Reposted by Rebekah O'Dell
Let's all resolve in 2025 to prioritize high-engagement writing units of study--like fantasy writing! Details: corwin.com/books/teachi...
January 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Let's all resolve in 2025 to prioritize high-engagement writing units of study--like fantasy writing! Details: corwin.com/books/teachi...
Mentor text uploading ….
January 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Mentor text uploading ….
Readers’ Guides: Helping Students Think About Informational Text – Choice Literacy
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December 13, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Me too! 😊 I wrote about it here: community.theeducatorcollaborative.com/writing-help...
December 13, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Me too! 😊 I wrote about it here: community.theeducatorcollaborative.com/writing-help...
Reposted by Rebekah O'Dell
How I’m teaching game design for hope in the Ella classroom: movingwriters.org/2024/12/10/t...
Teaching Game Design for Hope
Image via: Never Alone, Upper One Games. I’ve been thinking about hope lately. It’s winter here in New York City. There are certain things about the season here that feel hopeful: the s…
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December 11, 2024 at 2:28 AM
How I’m teaching game design for hope in the Ella classroom: movingwriters.org/2024/12/10/t...
Feels like freedom.
December 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Feels like freedom.