Jeff's Workshop Offerings

E-mail Jeff Anderson for more information at jander231@earthlink.net

Mechanically Inclined: Teaching Grammar and Editing in Context, Grades 4-10

The words grammar and editing aren’t popular with most students (and many teachers). How do we help students become a part of this vital element of the writing process? Using wall charts, literature, and patterns, teachers discover how merging craft with grammar and editing can and will engage students.

Everyday Editing: Invitations to Write and Edit, Grades 4-8

Make editing a meaningful endeavor that encourages rather than discourages intermediate and adolescent writers. The power to edit comes from concept development and using editing more as a creational facility rather than a correctional one.

Revision Decisions: Revising with Writers, Grades 4-8

Adolescent and young writers alike cringe when they are asked to revise. How do they know what to do and when to do it? By creating a conversation about the craft of writing and applying specific strategies, we can begin to answer these questions.

Other Workshops Available

• The Writer's Notebook: A Playground for Creation, Revision, and Grammar
• Writing Strategies that Work for the Middle School Student
• Connecting Reading and Writing
• On-Demand Writing: Preparing Students for Writing Tests
• Using Literature to Inspire Writing
• Deck The Walls: Use Wall Charts to Make Grammar and Mechanics Stick
• Teaching Reading in Middle School
• That's WAC: Teaching Writing Across The Curriculum