Strategic Writing Conferences: Smart Conversations that Move Young Writers Forward (Firsthand)

1. The Teacher’s Guide outlines the principles that shape Carl’s approach to conferring and provides tools for diagnosing common writing problems.
2. Three conference books present over one hundred conferences organized around three stages of writing―identifying topics, crafting drafts, and polishing finished projects. Each book opens with a diagnostic guide that helps you locate a conference that addresses a student’s particular area of need.
3. Two Carl on Camera DVDs provide video-based professional development support.
   1) On Introducing Strategic Writing Conferences Carl explains the elements of an effective conference, conferring concepts, and ways to assess young writers.
   2) On Modeling Strategic Writing Conferences eleven full length conferences let you eaves drop on Carl as he confers with students at various stages of the writing process.

Carl Anderson is an internationally recognized expert in writing instruction for grades K-8. He works as a consultant in schools and districts around the world.  Carl is the bestselling author of numerous books including How to Become a Better Writing Teacher, A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts K-5, A Teacher’s Guide to Writing Conferences, Assessing Writers, and How’s It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers.