Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum

Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum

Search
MENU
Write in the Middle
Rotating Graphic Write in the Middle title
Write in the Middle
Resond to Student Writing

 
About the Workshop Support Materials Site Map

Students at computers

 Workshop 1:
Creating a Community of Writers
Strategies that help teachers create a nurturing, supportive, and engaging environment for young writers

Students using the Internet

 Workshop 2:
Making Writing Meaningful
An exploration of how middle level teachers encourage students to connect to writing and understand its power

Student reading poetry draft

 Workshop 3:
Teaching Poetry
Using the immersion technique and other instructional strategies to help students develop as writers and readers of poetry

Students listening in class

 Workshop 4:
Teaching Persuasive Writing
Prewriting strategies that help students understand effective persuasive writing

Student writing in notebook

 Workshop 5:
Teaching Multigenre Writing
Two divergent applications with commentary by Tom Romano, author of Writing With Passion

Class brainstorming activity

 Workshop 6:
Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student
Improving student writing and monitoring progress through formal and informal student/teacher conferences

Student reading peer's writing

 Workshop 7:
Responding to Writing: Peer to Peer
Strategies for teaching students to respond to each other's writing

Students engaging in writing conference

 Workshop 8:
Teaching the Power of Revision

Classroom practices that help even reluctant writers see the power and purpose of revision

 

 

| Top |

What do successful teachers do to help their students become confident and proficient writers?

Write in the Middle: A Workshop for Middle School Teachers addresses that question in an eight-part professional development workshop.

Special Web Site Features

Interactive Practice:
Respond to Student Writing
Use an interactive rubric to evaluate student writing and then compare your responses to another teacher's.

Listen to the Experts
Download audio files of interviews with national experts:

Best Practices in Teaching Writing
Download this list of best practices featured throughout the workshop.

 

KET - The Kentucky Network

Home | Video Catalog | About Us | Search | Contact Us | Site Map | | Follow The Annenberg Learner on Facebook

© Annenberg Foundation 2013. All rights reserved. Legal Policy.