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Watch the 30-minute video “Teacher as Writer.” Apply what you have learned in “Building a Community of Writers” as you watch the extended video of other teachers’ classes.
Answer the questions that follow each segment, jotting down your answers in your notebook or using them as discussion starters.
Christine Sanchez’s Class
Christine Sanchez talks about a piece she is writing for her mother and shares a story web she developed as a prewriting exercise.
Christine Sanchez: Lesson Background (PDF)
Latosha Rowley’s Class
Latosha Rowley shares a poem she has written about her baby to include in the body of poetry the students are studying as writing models.
Latosha Rowley: Lesson Background (PDF)
Silvia Edgerton models her thinking as she goes through her writer’s notebook looking for ideas for a nonfiction piece.