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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED

Join the University of California Merced Writing Project's Summer Invitational Institute to explore the power of daily journaling in enhancing creativity and critical thinking skills. Learn from experienced writing teachers, experiment with different genres, and develop note-taking and report writing strategies. Participate in best practice demonstrations, engage in writing groups for feedback and revision, and become part of a supportive community of teacher consultants. Graduation leads to various leadership opportunities in writing education.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED

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  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAMERCED WRITING PROJECT 2008 Summer Invitational Institute

  2. Daily JOURNALING for 20 min. • Good writing teachers are writers themselves. • They know the Daily Journal is a good place to THINK: experiment with new ideas, clarify ideas, and store ideas for later use.

  3. Writing and reading the DAILY LOG . . . • The Daily Log is a record of each day’s events. • Writing a Daily Log teaches note-taking and note-making strategies as well as creative report writing. • Log keepers experimented with many genre such as letters, stories, poems, songs, news articles, plays, and myths.

  4. GOOD WRITING INSTRUCTION ISN’T MAGIC! It is knowing what works, when it works, and why it works….

  5. Best Practice Demonstrations • Coaching and demonstrating best practices are the core of our Leadership Training in the Invitational Institute.

  6. Examining Student Work • Showing and discussing student work is integral to best practice demonstrations “This is what my students were doing. This is what they do now.”

  7. Fellows Actively Participate as Students in Each Other’s Presentations

  8. WRITING GROUPS: Respond, Revise, Edit! • Fellows wrote and revised 4 five-page essays • Writing groups responded with praise & questions to clarify • The types of writing varied but included both personal and professional pieces

  9. Successful, Writing Groups Require: • Building Trust • Being Honest • Pointing to what works • Reading closely to identify an opportunity for development • Writers who are willing to consider readers’ needs.

  10. Reading, Writing & Discussing Research in Teaching Writing Fellows studied three books on teaching writing and did a book-talk on a fourth.

  11. GRADUATION DAY! From Fellow to Teacher Consultant of The UC Merced Writing Project A California Writing Project Site – Affiliate of the National Writing Project

  12. Leadership Opportunities for our Teacher Consultants • Workshop Presenter • Inservice Coordinator • Teacher Researcher • Writing Group Member • Book Study Group Member • School Partnership Coach • Special Interest Study Group— • ELL Network • Embedding State Writing Standards • K-3 Network—Emergent Writers • ISAW Network—Academic Writing • Adopted Texts and Writing Instruction • Technology and Writing • Advanced Institute Participant • Returning Fellow • Young Writers Academy Leader • Summer Seminar Leader • CWP Statewide Program Participant

  13. Thank you for your support! UCMWP Teachers-Teaching-Teachers We develop teachers’ knowledge-base of composition theory and examine best practices through classroom research. *NCLB authorized agency Please call for your professional development needs.

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