Natalie
Goldberg, author of WRITING DOWN THE BONES, has said that she learned
to write by teaching. When I first heard that, I realized just how true
that is for all of us who teach writing, no matter what the age of our
students. Through the use of a writer's notebook and daily writing
routines, we teach our students to write, and they, in turn, teach us
to write. Each day is a day of discovery as we become a community of
learners and friends through our stories.
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| Writing Workshops / Staff Development |
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Since
my first book, TODAY I'M GOING FISHING WITH MY DAD, came out in 1993, I
have modeled lessons in classrooms, presented workshops at educational
conferences at the state, regional, and national level, taught classes
at the college-level on creativity and the craft of writing, and served
as a writing consultant for individual teachers and schools. Below is a
listing of some of the more popular presentations that I have given.
Each of these can be scheduled as an independent day-long workshop, or
a district may want to create a day-long workshop by selecting 2 or 3
of these topics in combination. Districts may also opt to divide a
workshop into a morning and afternoon session, with one session
directed toward K-2 staff and their needs and the other session
directed toward the 3-5 staff and their needs.
*Teaching Writing in the Primary Classroom
*Teaching Writing in the Intermediate Classroom
*Six-Traits and the Elementary Writer
*Sitting in the Author's Chair: Developing Your Own Skills as a Writer
*Taking Note!: Keeping a Writer's Notebook
*Lessons in the Craft: Creating an Effective Piece of Writing
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Author Presentations for Students
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One-Day Visits:
One-day school visits focus on the trait of ideas and my personal
experience of becoming a published author. I can work with large
groups, small groups, or a combination of both, and will give five-six
presentations per day. Presentations that I have found to be most
successful are:
*Finding Stories in Stories (This is most appropriate for grades K-1.)
*Big Ideas and Little Ideas (This is most appropriate for grades 1-2.)
*Where Do You Get Your Ideas? (This is most appropriate for grades 2-3.)
*Keeping a Writer?s Notebook (This is most appropriate for grades 3-6.)
*The Author-Illustrator Connection (This presentation is appropriate for grades, 3-6.)
*The Story Behind the Story (This presentation is most appropriate for grades 4-6.)
Writer-in-Residence Visits:
Another option for school visits is to schedule me for a minimum of 5
days, where I would work with 4-5 small groups (10 to 15 students per
group) on the the process of writing, using the Six Traits of Writing
Model as our evaluation tool. This can either be scheduled as a
one-week visit, or it can be scheduled over a 5-week time span, with
the visits scheduled for one day each week.
Normally, with a Writer-in-Residence visit, a school opts for 4 small
group sessions, and 1 large group presentation each day. By the end of
the 5 days, I usually have had the opportunity to interact with all
students at least one time, while working in depth on a particular
writing piece with 40-60 of the school?s children.
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