Resources

Writing To Learn, Writing in the Disciplines, and Writing Across the Curriculum

Hull, G., & Schultz, K. (Eds.). (2002). School's out! Bridging out-of-school literacies with classroom practice. New York: Teachers College Press.

Lewin, L. (2003). Paving the way in reading and writing: Strategies and activities to support struggling students in grades 6–12. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Offers detailed descriptions of writing-based activities for content area learning in many subjects.

Moore, D.W., Moore S.A., Cunningham, P.M., & Cunningham, J.W. (2002). Developing readers and writers in the content areas K–12 (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Peterson, A. (Ed.). (2003). Celebrating 30 years with 30 ideas that work. Berkeley, CA: National Writing Project.

Thirty "classroom-tested" ideas from teachers involved with the NWP are summarized here in brief.

Rothstein, E., & Lauber, G. (2000). Writing as learning: A content-based approach. Arlington Heights, IL: Skylight Professional Development.

Resource book designed for teachers at all grade levels offering suggestions for using writing to facilitate metacognitive learning strategies.

WAC Clearinghouse Web site

http://wac.colostate.edu

Writing Centers

Farrell, P.B. (Ed.). (1989). The high school writing center: Establishing and maintaining one. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Hobson, E.H. (Ed.). (1998). Wiring the writing center. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press.

Although already somewhat dated, Childers, Jordan, and Upton's article, "Virtual High School Writing Centers: A Spectrum of Possibilities," offers some valuable insights into how writing centers were created at three different high schools, as well as the thinking behind the use of computers in the three labs.

International Writing Centers Association

www.writingcenters.org

Writing and Culture

Buchoff, R. (1995). Family stories. Reading Teacher, 49(3), 230–233.

Christensen, L. (2000). Reading, writing, and rising up: Teaching about social justice and the power of the written word. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools.

Faltis, C.J. (2001). Joinfostering: Teaching and learning in multilingual classrooms (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

Heath, S.B. (1983). Ways with words: Language, life, and work in communities and classrooms. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Monroe, B. (2004). Crossing the digital divide: Race, writing, and technology in the classroom. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Ummel-Ingram, L. (2004). Narrative writing works magic in the ELD classroom. Quarterly of the National Writing Project, 26(1), 3–6, 15. Retrieved October 29, 2004, from www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1284

Zemelman, S., Bearden, P., Simmons, Y., & Leki, P. (1999). History comes home: Family stories across the curriculum. York, ME: Stenhouse.

High School-University Collaboration

Thompson, T.C. (Ed.). (2002). Teaching writing in high school and college: Conversations and collaborations. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Service Learning in Composition

Benson, C., & Christian, S. (with Goswami, D., & Gooch, W.H.). (Eds.). (2002). Writing to make a difference: Classroom projects for community change. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Writing Assessment

Culham, R. (2003). 6 + 1 traits of writing: The complete guide, grades 3 and up. New York, NY: Scholastic Professional Books.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's 6+1 Trait™ Writing

www.nwrel.org/assessment/

Program Assessment

Yancey, K.B., & Huot, B. (Eds.). (1997). Assessing writing across the curriculum: Diverse approaches and practices. Greenwich, CT: Ablex.

Although the articles in this book deal primarily with evaluating college WAC efforts, K–12 educators developing a model for assessing their own WAC program may find many of these writers'insights valuable.