Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom: Modeling Effective Writing, Reading, and Thinking Strategies for Student Success

Urbanski, Cynthia D.

ISBN 10: 1412925495 / ISBN 13: 9781412925495

Published by Corwin, 2005

About this Item

Take a peek into an effective workshop-based classroom and discover how you can enhance adolescents' technical and creative abilities in reading, writing, and thinking. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320. . 2005. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom: Modeling Effective Writing, Reading, and Thinking Strategies for Student Success
• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412925495
• ISBN 13: 9781412925495
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Take a peek into an effective workshop-based classroom and discover how you can enhance adolescents′ technical and creative abilities in reading, writing, and thinking.

About the Author

Cynthia D. Urbanski is a Co-Leader of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Writing Project, where her focus is teacher research, summer institutes, and structuring professional development for surrounding areas. Since graduating from the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1995 and while completing a master′s of English education at UNC-Charlotte in 2000, she has worked with writers from middle grades through the undergraduate level. As an instructor at North Mecklenburg High School since 2000, she has worked with student writers in the International Baccalaureate Program as well as standard-level English courses. Her mission has been to help all students improve their literacy skills by making their writing, reading, and thinking meaningful to them. She continues to run regularly and considers it an integral part of her writing process and her life. Currently she is working to develop the concept of her second book project and spending time with her family in Charlotte, North Carolina.