Conferring With Primary Writers Includes 60+ Conferences

Conferring with Primary Writers (CD-ROM) is a practical reference and a dynamic staff development tool for Units of Study for Primary Writing One-to-one conferences are at the heart of the process approach to teaching writing. While they appear to be warm, informal conversations, conferences are in fact highly principled teaching interactions, carefully designed to move writers along learning pathways. Building on the transcripts of 61 live-from-the-classroom conferences (with Lucy's coaching commentary) Conferring with Primary Writers CD-ROM models effective conferring practices and creates a forum to reflect on this crucial strategy in the teaching of primary writers. A Practical Reference Referenced at point of use in each Unit of Study, the 61 conference transcripts on this easy-to-sort CD-ROM directly support the conferring strand in Units of Study for Primary Writing. Delivered in an electronic format (pdf files), these conference transcripts (260 printable pages) mirror the struCalkins, Lucy is the author of 'Conferring With Primary Writers Includes 60+ Conferences', published 2004 under ISBN 9780325006383 and ISBN 0325006385.