UC Merced Writing Project 2004

• Day One of A Day One of A

4- week Invitational 4- week Invitational Summer InstituteSummer Institute

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

We Started Each Morning by Journaling

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

Daily Journaling

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

• We wrote for 20 minutes every morning.

Daily Journaling

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

“Let me see what I think.”

Writing 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.

Reading 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 captured artistically by the Daily Log

Clever Daily Logs

Best Practice Demonstrations

• Teaching demonstrations are the core of our Leadership Training Institute for Fellows.

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

Teaching Demonstrations

• Showing and discussing student work is an integral component of the demonstrations

“This is what my students did.”

Fellows Actively Participate In All The Presentations

Don’t look at me like that! Put on your sweater!

Is this not your sweater?

All Presentations Require Participants to Write

Group Writing

• Teaching demonstrations encourage participants to work together and share their knowledge.

Presenters Address The Spectrum of K-12 Teaching

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

Collaboration During Presentations

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

Collaboration Makes Writing Fun

Writing Buddies!

Writing Groups:Compose, Respond, Revise, Edit

• We wrote a new essay for our writing groups every Monday and after substantial feedback revised it by Thursday.

• The type of writing varied from narrative to exposition to persuasive.

Successful Writing Groups Involve:

• Building Trust• Being Honest• Close Reading• Identifying

Development Opportunities

• Taking the Challenge

Reading Research on the Teaching of Writing

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

Graduation Day!

• From Fellow to Teacher Consultant For UC Merced Writing Project

Opportunities Abound

• Professional Development is the key to continual growth for all educators

• UC Merced Writing Project Offers many opportunities for teachers to grow

Summer Presenter or Returning Fellow, for Example

Life After the Summer Institute

• Inservice Presenter• Inservice Coordinator• Teacher Researcher• Writing Group • Reading Group • School Partnership

Coordinator or Coach• Special Interest Study

ELL Network• State Standards• Advanced Institutes

Thank you!

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

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