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New Article Published by NCWP Teacher-Consultant |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
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“Long Term English Learners Writing Their Stories” is a new article in the July 2008 English Journal, written by NCWP site leader Lynn Jacobs. It chronicles the publication of a book written by her students about their lives, and is, frankly, quite inspiring. Lynn shared a lot of this work with the NCWP’s Summer Institute back in the beginning of July, and it’s wonderful to see the way she's taken her work to the public sphere in such a compelling way. |
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Improving Student Academic Writing |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
The NCWP, in conjunction with the California Writing Project, is pleased to offer the Improving Student Academic Writing program to north state teachers at the secondary and post-secondary levels. An ongoing, multi-year project, ISAW engages critical issues in the effective teaching of academic writing. Areas of inquiry include:
- What is the nature and purpose of academic writing?
- How can I demystify analytical writing for my students?
- How do I strengthen students’ critical reading skills?
- How can I help my students write analytical essays that are clear, compelling, contestable, and complex?
- What effective strategies can I use to help students to explore the relationship between their ideas and the writer’s while demonstrating insight into the implications of the texts they read?
- How can the ISAW improvement continuum help me assess and guide my students’ understanding of academic writing, inform my teaching practice, and develop next steps in my instruction?
The ISAW Brochure has full details of the program.
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Invitational Summer Institute |
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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2009 Summer Institute Information
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The Invitational Summer Institute is the centerpiece of the Northern California Writing Project's work with teachers. Bringing together up to twenty experienced teachers from across grade levels and disciplines, the Summer Institute focuses on teachers sharing their knowledge about how writing can be effectively taught and used in the classroom. It is a truly collaborative professional learning community.
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