DirectorDr. Pauline Sahakian
“As a result of coaching, the overall quality of the teacher demonstrations improved immeasurably.”
Jim Gray, Founder of the National Writing Project
“As professionals, teachers need to immerse themselves in the why as well as
the what of their work.” Jim Gray
Teresa Pitta – John Muir
Promoting Fluent Readers and Writers: Power of Imagery
Enhancing Literary Comprehension by Getting “inside” a Character
John HundleyMitchell Senior
Atwater
“Butterfly Man” with Tolowin man & woman
The Daily Log: How my students answer the question, “What did you learn in school today?”
Lynn KahnParker
Tenaya MiddleSchool
Writing Successful Narrative with Adolescents
Valeria Nelsen – Weaver School
Keeping Writing Real
Acquainetta StreetLivingston Middle School
Readers in Training, Writers in TrainingAn Integrated Approach to Literacy
Belinda BittnerDos Palos
Elementary
Go Kenny, Go Kenny, Go Kenny, Go! Go! Go!
Kenny and the Little Kickers
Rae OwensAtwater High
Internalizing Style While Creating Independent Revisers
Creating a Reading & Writing Environment for Emergent Literacy
Pam Royer - Franklin Elementary
Suzanne ReilardSan Luis High
Los Banos
The Art of Voice & Style in Formal Expository Prose
Juanita Beavers – Campus Park School
Teaching More
Than the Book
Maureen FreitasMerquin
Elementary
Creating Successful Learners by
Thinking
Aloud
Building Community Through Writing Poetry
Ocean Jones - Merced High
Lynn Taliaferro
Tenaya Middle
Facilitating Writing Fluency with Underachieving Students
Helping Your Students to Believe That They Are Real Writers
Ron JohnsonMcSwain
Elementary
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Day 2 - Valeria
Day 3 Acquainetta
Day 4 John
Day 5 Lynn & Maureen
Singing the Writing Project Anthem
Day 8 - Suzanne
Day 9 -Maureen Day 11 -Nita
Day 6 - Ocean
Day 7 Ron
Day 10-Belinda
Day 12 -Rae
Day 14 -Pauline
Day 13 -Pam
Day 13 Lynn
Nita Beavers
Maureen Freitas
Lynn Parker
Suzanne Reilard
Acquainetta Street
John Hundley
Lynn Taliaferro
Pam Royer
Rae Owens
Belinda Bittner
Ron Johnson
Concept and DesignSuzanne Reilard & Nita Beavers
Assisted byAcquainetta Street & Ocean Jones
A special thanks to all of our UCMWP fellows for your invaluable contributions.
Your sensitivity, sharing, caring, expertise, writing and food made our institute a great success!
Thank you John Hundley and Lynn Parker for your leadership, guidance & patience.
Our heartfelt thanks to you, Pauline, our grammar queen and director supreme!
We all appreciate Teresa for her lessons and her warm hospitality.
Photography and PowerPoint byOcean Jones
Assisted by Ron Johnson