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Teacher with Students The SJAWP (San Jose Area Writing Project) is a California Subject Matter Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project and the California Writing Project. An organization of, by, and for teachers, SJAWP is dedicated to improving the teaching and uses of writing at all grade levels (K–16) and in all disciplines. Teachers helping teachers.

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Young Writers' Workshops
Registration Now Open

A series of low–cost writing workshops
for 4th–10th grade students.

Young Writers' Academy
July 22–26, 2013

Young Authors' Institute
July 29–August 2, 2013

Learn more and register here!

ISI Extended Deadline
Summer Open Programs

2013 Summer Open Program
Registration Now Open

Six different week–long workshops
for K–12 educators

Learn more and register here!


Summer Open Programs

  • June 17, 2013: Getting to the Core of the New ELD Standards
  • June 17, 2013: Expanding the Non–Fiction Writing Curriculum: "Into and Beyond" the Common Core Standards
  • July 8, 2013: Take a Stand: Informational and Opinion Writing Models and Strategies
  • July 8, 2013: Middle School Matters: Teaching Writing Across the Disciplines with a Focus on Unit Planning
  • July 22, 2013: Exploring the Expository: Engaging Students in Response to Nonfiction
  • July 29, 2013: Yes, Your Words Matter: Information and Opinion Reading & Writing Workshop

Coming soon!

The fruit of five years of writing, revising, writing, and revising again by twelve hard–working San Jose Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants. The resulting book, Teaching Writing Grades 7–12 in an Era of Assessment: Passion & Practice, will p_p_cover be available as a Pearson Educational publication in late summer 2013. Co-edited by Mary Warner and Jonathan Lovell, each of the book's ten chapters contain great teaching ideas on a wide range of topics. Pre-order your own copy today. Even better, come to a Saturday Seminar next fall to have your copy signed by one of the book's co-editors!


Alexis Doucette Introduces Children
to the Joy of Writing

Transcript of this KQED Perspectives broadcast.

Alexis Doucette is a Teacher Consultant for the San Jose Area Writing Project and an instructional coach in the Sunnyvale School District.

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