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Programs and Practices
Writing Across the Secondary School Curriculum

Edited by Pamela B. Childers, The McCallie School, Tennessee, Anne Ruggles Gere, University of Michigan, Art Young, Clemson University

ISBN 978-0-86709-334-6 / 0-86709-334-X / 1994 / 286pp / Paperback
Imprint: Boynton/Cook
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Grade Level: 6-12

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    My experiences as a secondary school teacher and as a WAC program coordinator tell me that this is a book that will serve us well. I am happy to recommend it to anyone who wants to know how a WAC program can be started in a high school.

    —Alabama English

In Programs and Practices contributors describe and critique various ways that writing across the curriculum (WAC) has been incorporated into schoolwide, districtwide, and statewide programs. WAC efforts, which most often begin with small groups of teachers working in a limited number of classrooms, can and often do expand and become the catalyst for systemic change. In these pages readers will find the philosophical foundations for WAC programs and numerous specific classroom applications that provide the explanatory power of practical experience. In addition teachers and administrators will discover ways others are nurturing WAC by creating environments in which WAC becomes central to an institution's educational mission. They will also discover how individual schools, school districts, and state agencies have begun to institutionalize WAC.

Table of Contents

    Contents:
    I. Contexts for Change: Problems and Possibilities 1.
    Resistance as Inspiration in a Language and Learning Program 2. Teachers as Decision Makers: Creating Classroom, School, and Systemwide Changes 3. Letters from the (Cutting) Edge: Promoting Writing Across the Curriculum Through Assessment 4. A High School/College Writing Across the Curriculum Project: Successes and Constraints 5. Student-Developed Multimedia: An Ideal Vehicle for Writing Across the Curriculum II. Ways of Collaborating 6. Four Collaborative Projects 7. Writing Across the Curriculum at Shorewood High: Integrative Models, Student Investments 8. Using a Team Approach in High School to Increase Student Achievement 9. Writing to Learn Science 10. The Puget Sound Literature Project: Secondary and University Instructors in a Teaching Team 11. Technology: An Invitation for Writing and Collaboration 12. Collaboration as Sharing Experiences: A Detroit Public Schools/University of Michigan Course III. Ways of Implementing Programs 13. One Vision at a Time 14. The Little Guys Can Do It Too 15. Writing Across the Curriculum at the McCallie School 16. Development of Writing Across the Curriculum at Berkshire School 17. Projects and Partnerships: Writing, Teaching, and Learning in the School District of Philadelphia 18. From Top Down to Grass Roots: Writing Across the Curriculum Districtwide 19. An Open Letter: Why Should Teachers Become Involved with Writing Across the Curriculum

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