Strategies and Discussion Topics at ISD Writing Institute 2011-2012

• Teaching Writing, Not Just Assigning Writing
• RAFTS (Role, Audience, Format, Topic, Strong verb)
• 6 Traits Writing (Conventions, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Voice, Organization & Ideas)
• Being a Writing Model
• Whole-School Writers' Notebooks
• Accessible Assessment of Writing
• Writing to Learn
• Mike Schmoker's Literacy Framework
• Writing/Teaching with Writing in the 21st Century