Professional+Resources

On this page are articles, essays, and web links related to teaching writing, teaching in general, and other professional matters. Remember that some of these are copyright and we use them within this course only.

Shelly D. Smede, "Interior Design: Revision as Focus." //English Journal//, Sept. 2000

Northern Nevada Writing Project site with writing prompts, lessons, activities: with the goal of "fixing" teachers who think writing can't be fun! [|Writing Fix]

Herb Budden's wiki: wonderful resources about teaching writing, especially writing across the curriculum. Includes NWP 6-Traits Rubric. Budden Wiki




WRITING TO LEARN, WRITING IN ALL CONTENT AREAS
Rhoda Maxwell on the Three Levels of Writing

Rhoda Maxwell on Journals

Kate Kiefer, Integrating Writing into Any Course

ESL-RELATED ARTICLES (valuable to any teacher!)
//English Journal// article by HWP TC Susan Adams

"Accelerated Schooling for English Language Learners," Thomas and Collier. "A bilingual education model that uses both English and the student's primary language results in improved academic achievement and dual language proficiency--especially when used in a curriculum rich in subject-matter content and cultural relevance."

"Affirming Identity in Multilingual Classrooms," Cummins et al. "By welcoming a student's home language into the classroom, schools actively engage English language learners in literacy."

An annotated bibliography of numerous ESL related materials! This is great!

BOOK ON CREATIVE WRITING

 * Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing (3rd ed) by Dan Kirby, Dawn Latta Kirby, and Tom Liner **

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

National Writing Project Ann. Bib. on Teaching Vocabulary

Hoosier Writing Project Annotated Bibliography