Monday, June 15

Writing into the Day (WITD): Start with Why - Simon Sinek

• Why did you choose to invest your time with the summer institute?

• How has writing and/or teaching writing affected your life?

• What does your writing life currently look like?

Writing Group Breakout Rooms

• Initial introductions and sharing of your WITD

Major Themes

• Planning, processing -- how to engage in this work

• At some point we discovered that writing is a part of us and that we want to explore, and to help our students explore

• More experience with technology and how to hook our kids in the fall, worries about participation, lack of closure

• All are anticipating many ways to prepare, and none of us have a clear idea quite yet (expect at one community college)

• What is inspiring us right now to read and write, and it makes us vulnerable when we share

  • CRWP Teachers as Writers Blog

• Middle School Crew!

  • We are all here to collaborate, and we are probably going to be doing something like this in the fall.

  • We often see kids who identify themselves as readers, and we need to help identify themselves as writers.

• "In these uncertain times..." this is a great equalizer. Making meaning.

10:30 - 10:45 - BREAK