Brooke Campbell and Laura Kebart will introduce themselves and the topic at hand, the reasons for why this session is important, and what teachers will walk away with upon exiting this session.

Critical questions: Why don't we make our kids write more frequently in the classroom? What challenges do we have when it comes to providing our students with opportunities to write? Teachers discuss and write problems/challenges/barriers to writing on sticky notes and post on the board. Gallery walk/sort into categories/discuss as a group. Acknowledge the problems.

Campbell and Kebart provide interesting and relevant research-based data about the importance of writing, the impact of writing on personal and academic development, and the kind of writing and the intensity of writing at the university level.

Discuss the concept of formal and informal writing opportunities. Writing can mean formal procedural papers or it can mean daily "quick writes" and all kinds of other opportunities in between.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_CAwsY7Fx0

Participants write words/phrases that stood out to them from the video.

Campbell and Kebart pass out the writing packet and provide an overview of the exit tickets, graphic organizers, and creative writing opportunities in the packet. Kebart will discuss and provide examples of "A-Z" writing project useful in any content area to provide more writing opportunities without taking up any class time.

Short Response Writing Across the Curriculum (5:20)
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egGHvpDlF9A


Participants write words and phrases that stood out to them related to the video.

Kebart will teach ways to get kids thinking on higher levels and provide ways for students to write their own questions. This is applicable to any content area and provides simple yet consistent ways for students to write each day. Kebart will provide samples of manipulatives used in the classroom to guide students through the writing process.

Teachers will break up into grade levels and / or content areas to discuss and plan how they will implement writing each day or in each content area.

Groups can present observations, findings, and ideas before leaving for the day.

Show the "Critical Thinking and Writing" closing Haiku which summarizes the main points for today's "Writing Across the Curriculum" lesson.