Writing from the Core of Our Lives

 Highlights, IWP Winter Conference Day, Feb. 27, 2015
Held at York High School, Elmhurst, IL for teachers across the Chicago metro area

“Spectacular Things Do Happen,” Keynote talk by Brian Schultz, Northeastern Illinois University. Read his fascinating book on fifth grade students’ learning through their campaign to get a new school built – Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way.

Selected breakout sessions:

“I Don’t Wanna Write . . . Ideas to Engage Student Writers Beyond Pencil and Paper,” Mary Greska, Rebecca D’Angelo, and Nancy Galas. Activities using technology, photos, props and other strategies to enhance students’ writing skills in non-essay forms.

“Supporting EL Writers,” Stacie Noisey. Easy-to-implement strategies to meet the unique learning needs of EL students.

“Revision and Editing that Support the Core of Writing,” Dr. Patricia Braun. Showing students how to revise and edit their work and being accountable for it.

“Writing Circles,” Dr. Debra Gurvitz. Instructional and management techniques to differentiate and engage students in the writing process.

“Discovering Writing in the Places of Our Lives,” Janice Booth and Mary Hausner. A read-aloud and visual imagery to help create powerful and personally significant writing – and connections to the Common Core.

. . . and much more.

For professional development on these and other elements of teaching writing at your school, contact IWP!