- How we teach the writing process: Over time and frequent usage, some of our favorite teaching strategies can become rigid. Coppola gives a candid account of how her enthusiasm for the writing process as an undergraduate led her to teach writing for years as a set of pre-determined steps. Now she teaches that there are many variations of the writing process and many twists and turns along the path. One foundational strategy used is opening up her own process as a writer and her writer's notebooks to students and encouraging them to think and talk about their process with classmates.
- What we mean by Writing: Coppola argues that drawing isn't an accompaniment to writing; it is writing. It's another form of composition through which students can tell stories, convey ideas, and engage readers. The book is full of visual compositions by students as well as Shawna's wonderfully simple and evocative sketches from her writer's notebook.
- The tools we use to teach writing: The most ubiquitous tools used to teach writing from anchor charts to graphic organizers to sentence starters etc. tend to be teacher-centric rather than student-centric. Renew! invites students into the process of constructing tools that are meaningful and helpful to them. The book includes a range of examples of tools built collaboratively with students.
- How we assess and evaluate student writing: Coppola draws a distinction between assessments which should be an interactive conversation with students and evaluation, which is about judging and categorizing what'students know and can do. Renew! offers a range of examples and resources that illustrate effective feedback for student writers, including online videos of teacher-student and peer-to-peer conferences.
Renew! also offers ideas for how teachers can nurture their own writing lives and thus reinvigorate their instructional practice. Through rethinking, revising, and renewing their practice, teachers can not only strengthen students'skills as writers, but also nurture students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and risk-takers in the classroom and in our rapidly changing world.
- How we teach the writing process: Over time and frequent usage, some of our favorite teaching strategies can become rigid. Coppola gives a candid account of how her enthusiasm for the writing process as an undergraduate led her to teach writing for years as a set of pre-determined steps. Now she teaches that there are many variations of the writing process and many twists and turns along the path. One foundational strategy used is opening up her own process as a writer and her writer's notebooks to students and encouraging them to think and talk about their process with classmates.
- What we mean by Writing: Coppola argues that drawing isn't an accompaniment to writing; it is writing. It's another form of composition through which students can tell stories, convey ideas, and engage readers. The book is full of visual compositions by students as well as Shawna's wonderfully simple and evocative sketches from her writer's notebook.
- The tools we use to teach writing: The most ubiquitous tools used to teach writing from anchor charts to graphic organizers to sentence starters etc. tend to be teacher-centric rather than student-centric. Renew! invites students into the process of constructing tools that are meaningful and helpful to them. The book includes a range of examples of tools built collaboratively with students.
- How we assess and evaluate student writing: Coppola draws a distinction between assessments which should be an interactive conversation with students and evaluation, which is about judging and categorizing what'students know and can do. Renew! offers a range of examples and resources that illustrate effective feedback for student writers, including online videos of teacher-student and peer-to-peer conferences.
Renew! also offers ideas for how teachers can nurture their own writing lives and thus reinvigorate their instructional practice. Through rethinking, revising, and renewing their practice, teachers can not only strengthen students'skills as writers, but also nurture students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and risk-takers in the classroom and in our rapidly changing world.

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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781625311047 |
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Publisher: | Stenhouse Publishers |
Publication date: | 05/31/2017 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 128 |
Product dimensions: | 6.01(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.30(d) |
Age Range: | 5 - 13 Years |