UC Merced Writing Project 2003

UC Merced Writing Project 2003

A 4-week Summer A 4-week Summer Invitational InstituteInvitational Institute

Chancellor Carol Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Tomlinson-Keasey welcomes the new welcomes the new FellowsFellows

We Started Each Morning by Journaling

We Started Each Morning by Journaling

Good writing teachers write themselves. The Daily Journal is a good place to start.

Daily JournalingDaily Journaling Journaling

provides a non-threatening place in which writers experiment with ideas and with language.

We wrote for 20 minutes every morning.

Daily JournalingDaily Journaling Journaling

allows for a variety of ways to think & process information.

“Let me see what I think.”

Writing the Daily LogWriting the Daily Log

Journaling is followed by the reading of the Daily Log.

The Daily Log is a record of each day’s events.

Writing a Daily Log gives opportunities to be creative with report writing.

Clever Daily LogsClever Daily Logs

Reading the Daily LogReading the Daily Log The Logs take on

the genres of letters, stories, poems, songs, tests, news articles, myths, plays, and so on

Each day was artistically captured by the Daily Log

Best Practice DemonstrationsBest Practice Demonstrations Teaching demonstrations

are the core of this Leadership Training Institute for Fellows.

Each demonstration begins with a formal introduction of the presenters by their interview partners (Yet another way of writing).

Observational Journal Writing

Teaching DemonstrationsTeaching Demonstrations Showing and discussing

student work is an integral component of the demonstrations

Creating Experience

Fellows Actively Participate In All The Presentations

Fellows Actively Participate In All The Presentations

Writing to Promote Comprehension

All Presentations Require Participants to Write

All Presentations Require Participants to Write

Using Sensory Details in Narrative Writing

Group WritingGroup Writing Teaching

demonstrations encourage participants to work together and share their knowledge.

Writing to Connect to Historical Events

Presenters Address The Spectrum of K-12

Teaching

Presenters Address The Spectrum of K-12

Teaching

Teaching writing from kindergarten through high school…it’s the same process!

Collaboration During Presentations

Collaboration During Presentations

The composing process often involves the collaboration of ideas and discussion of how to best express those ideas.

Speaking of Tarantulas: Finding Your Writer’s Voice

Collaboration Makes Writing FunCollaboration Makes Writing Fun

Revision at the Sentence Level

Best Practice Teaching Demonstrations We Won’t

Forget

Best Practice Teaching Demonstrations We Won’t

Forget

Writing Groups:Compose, Respond, Revise, Edit

Writing Groups:Compose, Respond, Revise, Edit

We wrote a new essay for every Monday and revised it by Thursday.

The type of writing changed from narrative to exposition to persuasive.

Successful Writing Groups Involve:Successful Writing Groups Involve: Building Trust Being Honest Close Reading Identifying

Opportunities for Development

Taking the Challenge

Reading Research on the Teaching of WritingReading Research on the Teaching of Writing

We read & discussed books and articles written about the teaching of writing.

Graduation Day!Graduation Day!

From Fellow to Teacher Consultant For UC Merced Writing Project

Opportunities AboundOpportunities Abound Professional

Development is the key to continual growth as an educator

UC Merced Writing Project Offers many opportunities for our Teacher Consultants

Summer Presenter or Returning Fellow, for Example

Life After the Summer InstituteLife After the Summer Institute

Inservice Presenter Inservice Coordinator Teacher Researcher Writing Group Member School Partnership

Coordinator or Coach Special Interest Study

Group Member (ELL)UCMWP Co-Directors: John Hundley & Teresa Pitta

Thank you!Thank you!

We hope you will call the UC Merced Writing Project for your Staff Development needs in the teaching of writing.

We are a NCLB authorized agency.

We’re ready!