Write+Beside+Them

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Meeting Dates: 1st and 3rd Mondays
Author: Penny Kittle xv - 19 ||  || * Study/Reader's Guide Here. 22-34 ||  || Writer's Notebooks
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 * Oct. 19 ||  || Part 1: Foundations
 * In Chapter 1, Penny says, “If you’d told me in my first year of teaching that I’d feel this way so many years and students and grade levels and states later, I’d have laughed that snorting kind of laugh that people find amusing. But I’m content here in this land of teenagers. I sing on my way to work. I’ll be writing with my students today: composing, rehearsing, thinking, crafting. I’ll be playing with words in a line, listening to students try to make sense of experience, and I’ll be surprised to look up and realize we’re out of time.” Consider your life as a teacher. Would you say you are content? If not, what is in your way?
 * Focus Topic: Writer's Notebooks
 * Are they effective ?
 * How might we use them?
 * Eng 10
 * Eng 11
 * Eng 12 ||
 * Nov. 2 ||  || Part 2: Collecting Thinking
 * "The notebook is a place for all of that bad writing that is essential to uncover good writing."

Additional Resources 34-51 ||  ||   || Collecting Thinking 51-61 ||  ||   || 62-82 ||   ||   || 82-101 ||   ||   ||
 * ReadWriteThink: "How to Start a Writer's Notebook"
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 * Ralph Fletcher
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 * My Writer's Notebook ||
 * Nov. 16 ||  || Part 2: Collecting Thinking
 * Dec. 7 ||  || Part 2:
 * Jan. 11 ||  || Part 3: Writer's Workshop
 * Jan. 18 ||  || Part 3: Writer's Workshop