We'll be presenting at the 4th Annual Adolescent Literacy Summit at Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre. Our thanks to the Manitoba Reading Association for organizing what is sure to be an amazing conference. We look forward to seeing you there!
Students are more motivated to write when it matters: when they have choice, when their writing is relevant to their everyday lives, when they have real audiences, and when they feel their writing can make a difference. This session will feature a panel of teachers who will take us into their classrooms and into the writing projects that have mattered to their students. Together we’ll explore why we write: how writing can expand students’ understanding of and relationships with people, places, artifacts, concepts and issues that matter. We’ll also explore how we teach writing: how writing connects to reading, inquiry, social justice and interdisciplinary studies and the interests students have in multimodal writing and publication. The session will also include time for conversations about how we can continue to develop our own identities as writers and writing teachers, reflecting on some of the challenges and insights arising from our work.
Students are more motivated to write when it matters: when they have choice, when their writing is relevant to their everyday lives, when they have real audiences, and when they feel their writing can make a difference. This session will feature a panel of teachers who will take us into their classrooms and into the writing projects that have mattered to their students. Together we’ll explore why we write: how writing can expand students’ understanding of and relationships with people, places, artifacts, concepts and issues that matter. We’ll also explore how we teach writing: how writing connects to reading, inquiry, social justice and interdisciplinary studies and the interests students have in multimodal writing and publication. The session will also include time for conversations about how we can continue to develop our own identities as writers and writing teachers, reflecting on some of the challenges and insights arising from our work.