Tag Archives: Writing Instruction

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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Write With Them; Write For Them: The Power of Teacher-Created Mentor Texts

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

In the April 2014 edition of Educational Leadership, renowned reading and writing teacher Kelly Gallagher writes about the power of mentor texts and how teachers can use them to help students improve their writing.  The article, entitled “Making the Most … 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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A Visit with Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

On August 25, the Chippewa River Writing Project welcomed Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein — authors of They Say, I Say:  The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing — to Central Michigan University.  During the morning, they led a roundtable … 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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