Workshop 1: Creating a Community of Writers

Related Reading

• "Developing the Craft of Writing in the Sixth-Grade Classroom" by Judith K. Eggemeier in Primary Voices K-6, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 1999, pp. 23-32. Copyright 1999 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission. (pdf)
• "Minimizing Writing Apprehension in the Learner-Centered Classroom" by LaVona L. Reeves, English Journal, October 1997, pp. 38-45. Copyright 1997 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission. (pdf)
• "Nancie Atwell's In the Middle and the Ongoing Transformation of the Writing Workshop" by Marcy M. Taylor in English Journal, September 2000, pp. 46-52. Copyright 2000 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission. (pdf)
• "The Young Adolescent Reader" by Fran Salyers and Carol McKee. (A summary of the developmental characteristics of middle-level students commissioned for the workshop.) (pdf)

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