university of california merced writing project 2008 summer invitational institute
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAMERCED
WRITING PROJECT
2008 Summer Invitational Institute
• Good writing teachers are writers themselves.
• They know the Daily Journal is a good place to THINK: experiment with new ideas, clarify ideas, and store ideas for later use.
Daily JOURNALING for 20 min.
Writing and reading the DAILY LOG . . .• The Daily Log is a record of
each day’s events.
• Writing a Daily Log teaches note-taking and note-making strategies as well as creative report writing.
• Log keepers experimented with many genre such as letters, stories, poems, songs, news articles, plays, and myths.
GOOD WRITING INSTRUCTION ISN’T MAGIC! It is knowing what works, when it works, and why it works….
Best Practice Demonstrations• Coaching and demonstrating best practices
are the core of our Leadership Training in the Invitational Institute.
Examining Student Work
• Showing and discussing student work is integral to best practice demonstrations
“This is what my students were doing. This is what they do now.”
Fellows Actively Participate as Students in Each Other’s
Presentations
WRITING GROUPS: Respond, Revise, Edit!
• Fellows wrote and revised 4 five-page essays
• Writing groups responded with praise & questions to clarify
• The types of writing varied but included both personal and professional pieces
Successful, Writing Groups Require:
• Building Trust• Being Honest• Pointing to what
works• Reading closely to
identify an opportunity for development
• Writers who are willing to consider readers’ needs.
Reading, Writing & Discussing Research in Teaching Writing
Fellows studied three books on teaching writing and did a book-talk on a fourth.
GRADUATION DAY!From Fellow to Teacher Consultant of
The UC Merced Writing Project
A California Writing Project Site –
Affiliate of the National Writing Project
Leadership Opportunities for our Teacher Consultants• Workshop Presenter
• Inservice Coordinator
• Teacher Researcher
• Writing Group Member
• Book Study Group Member
• School Partnership Coach
• Special Interest Study Group—– ELL Network – Embedding State Writing Standards– K-3 Network—Emergent Writers– ISAW Network—Academic Writing– Adopted Texts and Writing Instruction– Technology and Writing
• Advanced Institute Participant• Returning Fellow• Young Writers Academy Leader• Summer Seminar Leader• CWP Statewide Program Participant
Thank you for your support!
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We develop teachers’ knowledge-base of composition theory and examine best practices
through classroom research.
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