March (Online):
Reading: Approaching Student from a Position of STRENGTHS, and not a Deficit viewpoint
Kate Roberts: “Setting Literacy Goals Your Students Can Keep (with a little help from Jillian Michales)”
February:
Teachers as Leaders by Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller
Insta-Poem – Julia Ponder
Saturday, November 2nd: HVWP ECLI Inquiry Cycle graphic
Saturday, November 2nd: Julia’s Inquiry Project
Monday, 7/22
Introducing the Writer’s Museum
Teaching the Way Children Learn by Beverly Falk
- Big Paper Community Reading Strategy
Writing Groups: Responding to Writing
Concentric Circles Strategy for writing
Community Project Expectations: and link to a project from last year’s group!
Annotation Strategy: adapted from the National School Reform Faculty’s 4As protocol for professional development (and extended version; both are popular in “Critical Friends” teacher inquiry work). You can find some additional modifications for students here.
Tuesday, 7/23
Why we write: Famous Authors and George Orwell
Peter Elbow’s Ranking, Evaluating and Liking (portions read in class, homework to read the entire article)
Random Autobiography by Mary Ann Larson
Design thinking about our students/ communities: The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Concentric Circles activity for examining social interactions/ connections between groups
Wednesday, 7/24
A Spectrum of Argument – Valerie Hughes’s TIW (teacher inquiry workshop)
Starting place to read more on Teacher Inquiry Workshops from the NWP (National Writing Project)
Thursday, 7/25
Found Poetry documents from Terri’s TIW: Slideshow with Resources, Handout
Some links to info on Author’s Chairs!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xLWB7zUEdLQVUojevbK2Gvy8OPgMADXa4jNFBXFFDLU/edit – images and uses (elementary)
https://dwwlibrary.wested.org/system/resources/documents/000/001/120/original/1862120-3861191-Tips_for_Using_an_Author’s_Chair_Activity-primary.pdf?1466819980 – article with tips
Monday, 7/29
Robert Yagelski: Writing as Praxis
I Wonder worksheets & activity for thinking though critical questions
They Say, I Say and So worksheet & activity for developing an argument
Possible questions for your colleagues!
Tuesday, 7/30
Visual Thinking Strategy Teacher Inquiry Workshop – presented by Christine McCartney and Jacqueline Hesse
Wednesday, 7/31
RAFT Writing – a Teacher Inquiry Workshop ROUNDTABLE presented by Julia Ponder!
Writing with the Leadership in the Teaching of Writing Cohort! The Politics of Correction and Moving Beyond Judgement – both by Linda Christensen
ECLInstitute - HVWP 2019-2020 