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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED. WRITING PROJECT 2009 Summer Invitational Institute. Daily JOURNALING for 20 min. Good writing teachers always write themselves. They know Daily Journaling is a good place to THINK: -experiment with new ideas, -clarify ideas, -store ideas for later.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED

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  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAMERCED WRITING PROJECT 2009 Summer Invitational Institute

  2. Daily JOURNALING for 20 min. • Good writing teachers always write themselves. • They know Daily Journaling is a good place to THINK: -experiment with new ideas, -clarify ideas, -store ideas for later

  3. Writing & 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 experiment with many genre such as letters, stories, poems, songs, news articles, plays, and fairytales.

  4. GOOD WRITING INSTRUCTION ISN’T MAGIC!It is knowing what works, when it works, and why it works. It comes from being a teacher who writes.

  5. Best Practice Demonstrations • Coaching and demonstrating best practices are the core of our Leadership Training

  6. Examining Student Work • Showing and discussing student work is integral to best practice demonstrations

  7. Fellows Share their Writing in “Authors Chair”

  8. WRITING GROUPS: Respond, Revise, Edit! • Fellows wrote and revised 4 five-page essays • Writing groups responded with praise & clarifying questions • The types of writing varied but included both personal and professional pieces

  9. 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.

  10. Reading, Writing & Discussing Research in Teaching Writing Fellows studied three books on teaching writing and did a book-talk on a fourth.

  11. GRADUATION DAY! From Fellow to UC Merced Writing Project Teacher Consultant A California Writing Project Sight- CWP Affiliate of the National Writing Project- NWP

  12. 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 Teacher • Summer Seminar Facilitator • CWP Statewide Program Participant

  13. Thank you for your support! U C M W P Teachers-Teaching-Teachers We develop teachers’ knowledge-base of composition theory and examine best practices through classroom research and continued study. *authorized agency for NCLB, Title I, ELL, etc. We can meet your professional development needs. writingproject.ucmerced.edu

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