2. UC Merced Writing Project 2003  A 4-week Summer Invitational Institute  Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey welcomes the new Fellows

3. We Started Each Morning by Journaling  Good writing teachers write themselves. The Daily Journal is a good place to start.

4. Daily Journaling  Journaling provides a non- threatening place in which writers experiment with ideas and with language.  We wrote for 20 minutes every morning.

5. Daily Journaling  Journaling allows for a variety of ways to think & process information. “ Let me see what I think. ”

6. Writing the Daily Log  Journaling is followed by the reading of the Daily Log.  The Daily Log is a record of each day ’ s events.  Writing a Daily Log gives opportunities to be creative with report writing.

7. Clever Daily Logs

8. Reading the Daily Log  The Logs take on the genres of letters, stories, poems, songs, tests, news articles, myths, plays, and so on  Each day was artistically captured by the Daily Log

9. Best Practice Demonstrations  Teaching demonstrations are the core of this Leadership Training Institute for Fellows.  Each demonstration begins with a formal introduction of the presenters by their interview partners (Yet another way of writing). Observational Journal Writing

10. Teaching Demonstrations  Showing and discussing student work is an integral component of the demonstrations Creating Experience

11. Fellows Actively Participate In All The Presentations Writing to Promote Comprehension

12. All Presentations Require Participants to Write Using Sensory Details in Narrative Writing

13. Group Writing  Teaching demonstrations encourage participants to work together and share their knowledge. Writing to Connect to Historical Events

14. Presenters Address The Spectrum of K-12 Teaching  Teaching writing from kindergarten through high school…it ’ s the same process!

15. Collaboration During Presentations  The composing process often involves the collaboration of ideas and discussion of how to best express those ideas. Speaking of Tarantulas: Finding Your Writer ’ s Voice

16. Collaboration Makes Writing Fun Revision at the Sentence Level

17. Best Practice Teaching Demonstrations We Won ’ t Forget

18. Writing Groups: Compose, Respond, Revise, Edit  We wrote a new essay for every Monday and revised it by Thursday.  The type of writing changed from narrative to exposition to persuasive.

19. Successful Writing Groups Involve:  Building Trust  Being Honest  Close Reading  Identifying Opportunities for Development  Taking the Challenge

20. Reading Research on the Teaching of Writing We read & discussed books and articles written about the teaching of writing.

21. Graduation Day!  From Fellow to Teacher Consultant For UC Merced Writing Project

22. Opportunities Abound  Professional Development is the key to continual growth as an educator  UC Merced Writing Project Offers many opportunities for our Teacher Consultants Summer Presenter or Returning Fellow, for Example

23. Life After the Summer Institute  Inservice Presenter  Inservice Coordinator  Teacher Researcher  Writing Group Member  School Partnership Coordinator or Coach  Special Interest Study Group Member (ELL) UCMWP Co-Directors: John Hundley & Teresa Pitta

24. Thank you! We hope you will call the UC Merced Writing Project for your Staff Development needs in the teaching of writing. We are a NCLB authorized agency. We ’ re ready!