Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom
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Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom by Cynthia D Urbanski
Take a peek into an effective workshop-based classroom and discover how you can enhance adolescents technical and creative abilities in reading, writing, and thinking.
"Both new and veteran English teachers will learn new strategies that will enrich their students′ lives while greatly improving their writing clarity, voice and precision" -- Charles M. Longbottom, International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator
"This book offers motivation and inspiration for preservice and novice English teachers and provides reassurance and encouragement for the veteran teachers who feel burdened by the standardization of education. It takes into account the high-stakes accountability of our current environment and documents results from research based practices. The examples and lessons reassure us that effective teaching does not have to give way to ′teaching to the test′." -- Nelda R. Cockman, Clinical Assistant Professor
"Drawing from her experience as a coach, the author demonstrates the importance of modeling in the classroom by reading and writing alongside her students, taking risks, and building a strong community of learners in the process. This book will inspire good English teachers to become great literacy coaches." -- Robin Boswell, Middle School Language Arts Instructor
"This book offers motivation and inspiration for preservice and novice English teachers and provides reassurance and encouragement for the veteran teachers who feel burdened by the standardization of education. It takes into account the high-stakes accountability of our current environment and documents results from research based practices. The examples and lessons reassure us that effective teaching does not have to give way to ′teaching to the test′." -- Nelda R. Cockman, Clinical Assistant Professor
"Drawing from her experience as a coach, the author demonstrates the importance of modeling in the classroom by reading and writing alongside her students, taking risks, and building a strong community of learners in the process. This book will inspire good English teachers to become great literacy coaches." -- Robin Boswell, Middle School Language Arts Instructor
"It is possible to balance test preparation with advanced thinking, reading, and writing skills. This book shows you how."
-- Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, May 2006
Cynthia D. Urbanski is a Co-Leader of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Writing Project, where her focus is teacher research, summer institutes, and structuring professional development for surrounding areas. Since graduating from the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1995 and while completing a master′s of English education at UNC-Charlotte in 2000, she has worked with writers from middle grades through the undergraduate level. As an instructor at North Mecklenburg High School since 2000, she has worked with student writers in the International Baccalaureate Program as well as standard-level English courses. Her mission has been to help all students improve their literacy skills by making their writing, reading, and thinking meaningful to them. She continues to run regularly and considers it an integral part of her writing process and her life. Currently she is working to develop the concept of her second book project and spending time with her family in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781412925495 |
| ISBN 10 | 1412925495 |
| Title | Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom |
| Author | Cynthia D Urbanski |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2006-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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