Tag Archives: College-Ready Writers Program

The College, Career, and Community Writers Program in the Middle School

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

The middle school animal is a breed of its own.  Those who work with students in lower or higher grades look at middle-schoolers and shudder.  One can almost hear the audible ‘Ughhhh’ accompanying that shudder.  Middle-schoolers revel in being loud, … Continue reading →

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From the College, Career, and Community Writers Program to the SAT Essay: A Simple Step

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

The nuanced claim, authorizing, illustrating, and borrowing:  These are some of the moves used in argument writing as promoted by Joseph Harris in Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts, a foundational text of The College, Career, and Community Writers … Continue reading →

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The College-Ready Writers Program at the Chippewa River Writing Project

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Janet Neyer

For the 2016-17 school year, teacher consultants from the Chippewa River Writing Project have been involved in the national scale-up of the College-Ready Writers Program. This is the first in a series of posts about our experiences implementing this powerful … Continue reading →

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