Writing Instruction

 

Writing PLC Members:

Kristen Whitcomb

Jennifer Martinez

Danae Duke

Marcy Olson

Laura Stuckey

Duane Wise

Christi Wise

Sherry Triantos

Jeanne Schleicher

Theresa Bartalo

Rosanna Czarnecki

Julie McClelland

 

Scroll down for Key Elements for Writer's Workshop, Good overviews of the Writer's Workshop, Resources, Grammar and Mechanics Resources

 

Ideas for District 11's Participation in the NCTE Day on Writing.

 

Research Question

How can a D-11 Writing Project impact teachers' comfort levels with writing? 

PLC minutes 

Nov. 7th, 2008 meeting minutes

 

Donald Graves Talks About Putting Voice in Writing Tests

 

                                                                                                               

 "The voice of the writer is in the text. Don't subvert that."

 

 

 

 

Key Elements for Writer's Workshop

click on a link below to go to resources and discussion specific to those topics

Using Writer's Notebooks

Mentor Texts

Conferring with Students

Mini Lessons

Writing as a Process 

 

Good overviews of the Writing Workshop

Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide by Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi

Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing, by Lucy Calkins (K-2)

A Guide to the Writing Workshop, by Lucy Calkins    (Grades 3-6)

The Writing Workshop by Katie Wood Ray (Grades 6-8)

Write Beside Them by Penny Kittle (9-12)

 

Resources

Heineman Resources on Writing

Lucy Calkins bio

Writer's Notebook Suggestions from CCIRA / Colorado Writers Project

Writers Workshop and CSAP  

Ralph Fletcher podcast on boys and writing (from Stenhouse Publishing) 

Colorado Writing Project Website

 

Grammar and Mechanics Resources

This handout provides a framework for thinking about what principles to adhere to when teaching editing skills.

Ten Tenets of Teaching Editing Skills.doc

 This packet designed to help teachers decide which grammar skills to target when responding to student writing. 

Planning for Grammar.doc

 

Writers or Test Takers?

Adolescent Literacy In Perspective:  Unconventional Conventions: Teaching Grammar and Mechanics

 

 

 

PLC Materials

Use the Action Plan linked below for your Team's work.  Click on the link, save the Plan to your computer; save the Plan as Your Team's Name_Action Plan_2.29.08.  As a Team, complete as much of the Action Plan as you can.  Then upload the revised plan to this page by going to "edit page" and then "Attach File."

Teaching Compare-Contrast Writing in the 21st Century

 

Teachers as Writers Plan.doc

 

Discussion:

Please use the comments link to discuss the article by Gregory Brooks.  The article is attached below.

 

BrooksArticle.pdf