Summer 2008

San Jose Area Writing Project
Summer Classes

June 23, 2008
through
August 15, 2008

All sections are conducted by San Jose Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants.

June 23, 2008
to
June 26, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Thursday
9:00 AM
to
3:00 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $250.00 for two full–semester units of credit
• School teams of two or more:
  $200.00 for two full–semester units

The Struggling Writer in Middle School

For 6–8 Grade Teachers

ATTENTION: Program Improvement middle schools and districts. This workshop will address the needs of Grade 6–8 teachers with a high percentage of English learners or Basic/Below Basic students in writing.

• Background: Why do students struggle with writing in middle school?
• Research-based instructional writing routines to implement
• Explicit and direct teaching: Response to Literature, Summary, Persuasive Writing
• Strategic teaching to meet the CST challenge
• How to monitor writing progress: charts, record-keeping, and rubrics
• Create a writing lesson plan from your text: Holt, MacDougal–Littel, Prentice Hall

Margaret Tomita
6–12 Language Arts Resource Teacher
San Jose Unified School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Clark Hall
Room 226

June 23, 2008
to
June 27, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Friday
8:30 AM
to
1:30 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $250.00 for two full–semester units of credit
• School teams of two or more:
  $200.00 for two full–semester units

Improving Student Academic Writing
(ISAW)

For 9–12 Grade Teachers

Let's face it: most of our students will not choose to become English majors in college. Yet much of our writing instruction in English classes is developed as if they were. The principles and practices of ISAW—which focuses on developing analytical writing skills—will illuminate your mission as a teacher of writing, allowing you to help students move beyond the restrictions of the five–paragraph theme and truly prepare for the various demands of college writing. Join us for a weeklong institute of strategies for empowering students to write analytically, academically—and engagingly!

Marie Milner
Andrew Hill High School
East Side Unified School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Marty Brandt
Independence High School
East Side Unified School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Clark Hall
Room 227

June 30, 2008
to
July 3, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Thursday
9:00 AM
to
5:00 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $300.00 for three full–semester units of credit

Making Every English Classroom
an AP Classroom

For 9–12 Grade Teachers

AP and non-AP teachers alike will benefit from this weeklong immersion in writing strategies, analytic modes, mythological study, alternative approaches to style and grammar, and expanding your writing curriculum. Going beyond the five-paragraph essay, we will cover multiple approaches to research, varied analytic techniques, and a wide range of structures to prepare students to compose poetry, the personal essay, feature writing, persuasive pieces, and critical analyses. Our study in mythology will explain how to unlock major themes in all literature and use those themes to compose reflective and analytic writing. Finally, we will explore alternative approaches to style to illustrate how studying diction, syntax, and tone is key to developing voice.

Jeff House
College Board Reader and Lecturer
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory High School
California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS)
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Sweeney Hall
Room 120

July 14, 2008
to
July 18, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Friday
8:30 AM
to
1:30 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $250.00 for two full–semester units of credit

Writer's Workshop and Your Classroom:
It Can Succeed

For K–2 Grade
and
3–5 Grade Teachers

Spend one week this summer learning how to get the most out of next year's Writer's Workshop! Whether you have just begun to set up Writer's Workshop in your classroom, or you have been working with the workshop model for some time, this intensive training is guaranteed to help you refine your goals and mini–lessons for your core genres of writing. You will learn how to teach your students reflective, transferable strategies for planning, expressing, and revising their writing. Your students will begin to see themselves as successful, independent writers, and you will see how the cohesive design of your units can optimize your efficiency as a writing instructor.

Elena Melendez
Escondido Elementary School
Palo Alto Unified School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Sweeney Hall
Room 120

July 28, 2008
to
August 1, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Friday
9:00 AM
to
2:00 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $250.00 for two full–semester units of credit

Prescription for Teaching Your English Language Learners

For K–5 Grade Teachers

Do you need a refill on your prescription to engage English learners? Learn how to make whole group instruction multilevel with cooperative groups, community building, descriptive peer coaching, research and brain-based strategies, and engaging structures.

Active ingredient: Large doses of talking and moving.

WARNING: Participation in this workshop may cause laughter and enjoyment.

Continue use. No Expiration.

Maria Smith
Literacy Coach
Berryessa Union School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Sweeney Hall
Room 120

July 28, 2008
to
August 1, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Friday
9:00 AM
to
2:00 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $250.00 for two full–semester units of credit

Forget Fast Food; Serve Them a Banquet!

For 6–12 Grade Teachers

The workshop will focus on the way in which EL students can be empowered through strategies that amplify rather than simplify material. Using her 20 years of experience working with ELD, SDAIE (Sheltered) and mainstreamed English Learners, Marie Milner will show how she helps EL students access challenging material, develop higher order thinking skills, employ critical thinking and discover their own speaking and writing voices. One key is lowering the students stress level (affective filter), and Marie will provide lessons and student writing samples while discussing the application of language acquisition theory to successful classroom practices.

Marie Milner
Andrew Hill High School
East Side Unified School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Clark Hall
Room 226

August 4, 2008
to
August 8, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Sweeney Hall
Room TBA

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Schedule

Cost

• Individuals:
  Program free to all participants.

Reading Institute for Academic Preparation
(RIAP)

For 6–12 Grade Teachers

The Reading Institute for Academic Preparation (RIAP) gives teachers across the curriculum the tools to become effective literacy instructors. Participants will learn strategies for teaching academic language, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills in an organized, systematic way. Participants will also develop content area-specific lesson plans and complete a case study of their work in their own classrooms.

Participants will receive a $750.00 honorarium upon completion of the institute requirements, in addition to 2 to 3 salary-enhancing semester units from SJSU. (Some districts may match CSU's honorarium for a total of $1,500.00) Furthermore, participation in RIAP may be used to satisfy some second–year induction requirements. The program, including all workshops, materials, books, and resources, is free to all participants.

To enhance the impact of the program, we hope to recruit teams of teachers from each school site. This year we are urging Social Science and Science teachers to enroll, although teachers from every content area are welcome.

For more information or to register, contact Tom Reisz, RIAP Co-Director, by e-mail, or call Mr. Reisz at 408-924-3221.

Leadership Team

Dr. Marina Aminy
Assitant Professor
Department of Secondary Education
San José State University

Tom Reisz
Early Assessment Program Coordinator
San José State University

Dr. Jonathan Lovell
SJAWP Director
San Jose Area Writing Project
San José State University

Dr. Mary Warner
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project
San José State University

Steven Sinclair
English Language Arts Coordinator
Santa Clara County Office of Education

Brook Wallace
English Teacher
Westmont High School
Campbell Union High School District
San Jose Area Writing Project

RIAP E-mail Registration

August 11, 2008
to
August 15, 2008

San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets

Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.

Monday through Friday
8:30 AM
to
1:30 PM

Cost

• Individuals:
  $250.00 for two full–semester units of credit

Un-complicating the CAHSEE:
Exploring Ways to Help All Students Succeed

For 7–12 Grade Teachers

A team of presenters, led by Kathy Gonzalez will guide participants through successful strategies for CAHSEE Prep courses. Topics will include

• knowing the format of the test and how the standards are tested.
• exposure to the test item "stems" --the format of the questions and practice as well as deconstructing items (Why is this the right answer? Why are the others the wrong answers)
• practice with timed quick-writes, and timed writing with a formula (yes, a formula for a 20 minute writing)
• attitude adjustments (not only by students but teachers, too!)
• examining the CAHSEE released items as the most useful test practice.

Kathleen Gonzales
Santa Teresa High School
East Side Union High School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Sweeney Hall
Room 120

or
call (408) 924-4412

The San José Area Writing Project
Presents:
Young Writer's Camp!

July 28th–August 1st

Give your child a jump–start on school in July.

This summer, the SJAWP will again gather our top teachers from the South Bay to teach our 2nd annual Young Writer's Camp. Students entering grades 2–6 will be grouped in small classes to facilitate individualized support and instruction. They'll experience writing in various genres, make books, and learn important grammar and editing skills. Classes are California standards–based and will support student writing on the 4th and 7th grade STAR Writing Assessments.

What kind of instruction will students have over the course of the week?

Click here for more details.

2008–2009

Super Saturday Dates & Themes

Overall Theme: Better Modeling than Done on a Paris Runway

Throughout the Super Saturday Series, Teacher Consultants will demonstrate teaching writing, using modeling and mentor texts.

September 13, 2008

Theme:

Across the Great Divide: Writing with ELs

October 11, 2008

Theme:

One Step Closer to Knowing: Expository/Essay Writing

November 8, 2008

Theme:

Can You See the Real Me? Narrative Writing

March 7, 2009

Theme:

Get Your Head in the Game: Writing on Demand

April 4, 2009

Theme:

Rant and Roll: Fluent Writing

May 2, 2009

Theme:

Everyday I Write the Book: Reading Like a Writer

Will Hobbs
Young Adult Author:
Crossing the Wire, Down the Yukon, Leaving Protection, and others.