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

Apologies to RonAlthough you

seldom slow down To catch in a clear photo

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from viewing your fine presentation.

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