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Writing to build deeper readers & writers
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 by bryan
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Kelly Gallaher (www.kellygallagher.org) spent a day helping educators throughout Alberta obtain a deeper understanding of the process to use in building adolescent writers. The entire day was as engaging as it was informative.
Through-out the day Kelly modeled teaching strategies to more effectively engage students in our classrooms. The premise is to make writing "real" to students through simple strategies intended to allow students to "fail safe" in their writing. He explains that writing for purpose is key and identifes six purposes for writing, namely; express and reflect, inform and explain, evaluate and judge, inquire and explore, anlayze and interpret, take a stand/propose a solution. Follow Kelly on Twitter @kellygtogo.
For more information see www.kellygallagher.org
