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Demonstration topics: Writing Processes
(Teaching demonstrations are in .pdf format.)
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Generating ideas
Staking Your Claim Sean Bailey, 2015
Agree-Disagree Discussions Jimmy Dreese, 2015
“You Ought to Be in Pictures” Alison Humpal, 2015
Describe a Room, Describe a Person Joanna Imm, 2015
Writing as Pre-Reading: One Way to Find Meaning (and Joy) in Texts: Valuing the Primacy of Writing Linda O'Malley, 2015
Making the Small Moments Count Zua Vang-Kong, 2015
Writing “Where I’m From” Poems Kristen Wilking, 2015
Snapshots and Sensory Details Elisabeth Charboneau, 2013
Easing into Poetry: Thinking Poetically and Creating with Found Text Nathan Miller, 2013
Campfire Memories: Introducing the Writing Process with a Focus on Revision Katie Houlihan Belanger, 2012
Roadside Poetry Mindy Christianson, 2012
Active Brainstorming Clara Hutchinson, 2012
A City in the World: A Descriptive Essay with a Persuasive Twist Bianca Suglia, 2012
Screaming Trees! Josh Wetjen, 2012
Embodying Your Author and Finding Metaphorical Significance in a Vignette from Their Life Anthony Jacobs, 2011
Creative Inspirations Julie Stauber, 2011
Using Play-Doh to Teach the Writing Process Jennifer Peterson, 2010
Utilizing Four Corners to Amplify Claims, Refutations and Accommodations Heidi Jones, 2010
What Stories Do Our Scars Tell? Elizabeth Barniskis, 2010
Strategy Instruction: Prewriting Debi Krengel, 2009
Quickwrites Lauren McClain, 2009
"Emotion, Motion, What's Your Motion?" Michelle Shaw, 2008
Slice of Your Life Dan Kirkham, 2007
A Map of My Heart Erica Schatzlein, 2006
Touchstone Texts as Writing Prompts Mary Verbick, 2006
Tornado: A Freewriting Activity Melissa Castino Reid, 2005
Bag Stories Rita Jolly, 2003
The Writer's Notebook and Haiku Christine VeLure Roholt, 2003
Beyond the Boring: Writing with Primary Students Sharon Lapensky, 2002
Skywriting [Using Observations] Steven Smarjesse, 2002
Organizing
A Day With Abby Sunshine, A Sequencing Lesson Lisa Monson, 2013
Theme in Comic Strips Nick Ross, 2013
Silent Conversation Elisabeth Haen, 2012
Red, Blue, Green Paragraph Erin Mohr, 2012
Reverse Outlining Charles Barniskis, 2010
The Golden Thread Bob Burton, 2008
From Transcendentalism to Today: Connecting Ideas through Multigenre Composition Ann Johnson, 2007
The Idea Web: A Graphic Organizer for Collecting Ideas Mary Lilly, 2002
Revising
Staggering Sentences Andrew Currie, 2013
Radio Journals: Finding Story and Voice through Writing, Revision, and Recording Josh Hirman, 2012
Paint Chip Poetry Rebekah Lund, 2012
Screaming Trees! Josh Wetjen, 2012
Forbidden and Freed Fragments Katie Kunz, 2011
Revision through Modeling Clay Zachariah Prowell, 2011
Using STAR to Teach Revision Sandra Sandberg, 2010
Discovering Your Voice in Writing Julie Blenkush, 2009
Words That Stick: Using Precise Language in Writing Anne Moening, 2009
Revising with Sentence Stretchers Deb Stortz, 2009
Using Grammar Instruction to Improve Writing and Brush Strokes Cheat Sheet Sherri Larson, 2007
Creating Imagery in Writing Joan Knutsen, 2006
Mentor Author Joyce Malwitz, 2006
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Craft Julia Winn, 2006
Team GORP: Making Metaphors with Munchies Ann Lindsey, 2005
Voice Lessons (Mini-lesson in Syntax) Nora Wise, 2005
When I Set My Hat at a Certain Angle: Trying on Zora Neale Hurston's Voice to Dress-up Prose Jen Budenski, 2005
Combining Sensory Details with Visual Images JeanMarie Z. Burtness, 2004
Developing Editing & Style through Sentence Combining Janelle Hallberg, 2003
Developing Fluency Jessica Breed, 2003
Focusing on Imagery through Your Senses Robyn Van Horn, 2003
Legal Fireworks: Barry Lane's Exploding the Moment, or How to Truly Make your Writing da bomb Mary Cathryn Ricker, 2002
Personification and Parsley: Beautifying Your Writing without Ruining the Flavor Mara Corey, 2002
Editing
Parallelism Audrey French, 2013
I AM WILD: Using Figurative Language JoAnn Blatchley, 2011
Voice Out/Voice In: Developing Personal Voice Marie Hansen, 2011
Writing the Prairie—Diction and Author Perspective Stephanie Lundorff, 2011
Show Some Character! Kristin Gifford, 2011
Words Alex Papp, 2010
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Student Writing Amanda Marek, 2008
Using Lumber to Help Students Avoid Fragments and Fused Sentences Paul Martin, 2002
Writing workshop
Real-World Writing in the Classroom Kay Rosheim, 2015
Making the Small Moments Count Zua Vang-Kong, 2015
Staggering Sentences Andrew Currie, 2013
A Day With Abby Sunshine, A Sequencing Lesson Lisa Monson, 2013
Introduction to Poetry Megan Peterson, 2013
Campfire Memories: Introducing the Writing Process with a Focus on Revision Katie Houlihan Belanger, 2012
A City in the World: A Descriptive Essay with a Persuasive Twist Bianca Suglia, 2012
Nonfiction-Text/Personal Description-Text of a Frog Grethe Viken-Moksnes, 2012
I AM WILD: Using Figurative Language JoAnn Blatchley, 2011
How Do You Use Mentor Text in the Primary Classroom? Cary Yang, 2011
How Do You Use Mentor Texts in the Primary Classroom? Denise Bade, 2010
Watermelon Stories to Seed Stories Kim Moore, 2010
Peer Conference as Conversation Karla Bisco, 2009
The Importance of Sharing Lindsey Anderson, 2008
