Indiana University Southeast Writing Project

The seven conditions for effective writing. Written by, Donald Graves. Buy A Fresh Look at Writing. Click Here for Amazon.

I‘ve often been asked, “What is your method for teaching writing?” I think in my earlier books I tried to respond to the question by giving specific instructions—first this, then that. Granted, there are some systematic and highly structured elements to teaching writing, but I didn’t realize until I wrote the introduction to Nancie Atwell’s In the Middle that good writing doesn’t result from any particular methodol­ogy. Rather – the remarkable work of her students was a result of the conditions for learning she created in her classroom. This chapter is intended to give you an overview of the conditions that encourage good writing (most of them will be explored in greater depth in sub­sequent chapters). Continue reading »

written by David Stoner

The Wilson Education Center will be offering another session of the Indiana Writing Initiative this October, 2007. This is a four day work shop. The first two days are Tuesday, October 30th and Wednesday, October 31st, 2007. You may receive 3 grad credit hours for an additional fee.

The workshop will address state standards, writing workshop, writing mini lessons and more. Please contact Melissa Branham,
Director of Staff Development and projects and Programs for the Wilson Education Center in Charleston, IN. Melissa’s phone number is (812) 256-8000, or she can be reached by email by clicking here on her address.

written by David Stoner