The successful high school writing center : building the best program with your students /

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Imprint:New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, c2011.
Description:x, 154 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Language and literacy series
Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8543146
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Other authors / contributors:Fels, Dawn.
Wells, Jennifer, 1977-
ISBN:9780807752524 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807752525 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807752531 (alk. paper)
0807752533 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Promise of Change with One-to-One Instruction
  • 2. Change I Can See: A High School English Teacher's Perspective of the Writing Center's Impact on Bilingual, Hispanic Students
  • 3. The Idea of a High School Writing Center
  • 4. Building a Peer Tutoring Program
  • 5. Revising and Rewriting Roles: Exploring the Challenges of Peer Tutors in a High School Writing Center
  • 6. The Tutors Speak: Current and Former Tutors' Reflections
  • 7. Integrating Reading into the High School Writing Center
  • 8. Connecting Pre-Service Teachers with High School Writers
  • 9. What State Auditors Taught Me About Writing Center Evaluation
  • Appendix A. Tutor Recommendation Form
  • Appendix B. Tutor Interview Form
  • Appendix C. Tutor Contract
  • Appendix D. Teachers and Students as Researchers: Literacy-based, Collaborative Projects for Writing Center Evaluation
  • Appendix E. Words of Wisdom from Writing Center Educators
  • About the Contributors
  • Index