Effective teachers of writing model the craft in front of their students and make explicit the kinds of decisions made by proficient writers. Don Graves and Penny Kittle's Inside the Teaching of Writing seminar helps teachers discover new insights about high-quality writing instruction and explores how to model the central elements of the craft: topic choice, rereading, details, response, conventions, and most of all, the writing life.

Teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the link between instructional theory and their own day-to-day classroom teaching practices. Throughout the day, they will also use their own Quick Write Notebooks to practice and reflect on their own writing, find prompts for in-class quick writes, and make connections between their writing process and that of their students.

Recommended Grade Level
Grades K - 6

Included Text
Donald H. Graves, Penny Kittle
Inside Writing: How to Teach the Details of Craft