It is a fun practice process that brings students into writing
with ease, creativity and a great deal of enthusiasm. It is not a
substitute for writing instruction, nor is it simply more
“homework”; it is a way to “hook” students into writing
meaningfully. Students receive a new writing prompt and
supporting graphic organizers, revision ideas, and editing
checklists for each weekly packet on Monday. Teachers provide a
mini-lesson each day that guides that night’s step in the writing
process:
Monday: prewriting with a graphic organizer
Tuesday: drafting
Wednesday: revision with a weekly focus
Thursday: editing
Friday: publishing and sharing
We have had great success with the project for the last 7 years.
Teachers from 4 northern California districts have contributed
their lessons to make it a truly teacher designed program. Your
involvement with professional
development services from knoxeducation.com gives you access
to these lessons in Microsoft Word format so you can change them
as you may need or PDF format so you can just print them out as
is. All we ask is that you consider contributing lesson ideas to
make Night Writing constantly new and fresh for all teachers.
Join us, the Night Writers!
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