Writing Clubs: Fostering Community, Collaboration, and Choice in the Writing Classroom

Ask teachers about their biggest challenges in elementary and middle school, and many will say the teaching of writing. It is often difficult for students find the joy, discovery, and satisfaction writing can yield.

Author: Lisa Eickholdt, Patricia Vitale-Reilly
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/17/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781625313232
ISBN10: 1625313233
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | General
- Education | Teaching | Subjects | Language Arts
- Education | Schools | Levels | Elementary

About the Author
Patty Vitale-Reilly's career in education spans 30 years and varies from being a teacher, staff developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, author, and founder of a literacy consulting group, to her current roles as consultant, author, and speaker. Patty is the coauthor of The Complete Year in Reading and Writing Grade 2 (Scholastic 2008), and the author of Engaging Every Learner (Heinemann, 2015) and Supporting Struggling Learners (Heinemann 2017).

Lisa Eickholdt has worked as a teacher, interventionist, coach, and professor for twenty-eight years. Today, she is a middle school literacy coach, consultant, and writer. She's the author of Learning from Classmates: Using Students' Writing as Mentor Texts (Heinemann, 2015), and the co-author of The Night Before Christmas at the Zoo (Chronicle Books, 2023) with Lola Schaefer.