January+7


 * Workshop Time:**
 * Introductions
 * A hope, a fear, a question
 * Community Norms
 * Writer's Notebooks
 * //Higher on the Door//
 * Reading Neighborhoods
 * Pick one idea, write for 10 minutes


 * Class Time:**
 * Jigsaw Activity: NCTE Beliefs About the Teaching of Writing
 * Review of Syllabus and Course Expectations
 * Homework:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Times; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msohansithemefont: minor-latin;">Read Three Myths That Keep Teachers from Writing <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Times; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msohansithemefont: minor-latin;">, pp 30-36
 * Read The Six T’s of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction
 * Email Lisa:


 * 1) What is your best experience as a writer? Your worst?
 * 2) Do you like to write? Why or why not?
 * 3) Where, when, and how often do you write?
 * 4) What do you usually write about? In what genre(s)?
 * 5) What are your strengths/challenges as a writer?