[LIT] Writing Centers in Middle School?

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http://www.umaine.edu/edhd/newsreleases/06/writingcenterbook.htm

I'm sure if you email Rich Kent he'll respond to you... Cathy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beverly Maddox" <bmaddox at comcast.net>
To: <bpunchak at verizon.net>; "'A list for improving literacy with focus on 
middle grades.'" <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject: [LIT] Writing Centers in Middle School?


> The Nov/Dec issue of "The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational
> Strategies, Issues, and Ideas" is a special issue focused on "The
> Writing Center and Beyond." I found the articles interesting
> discussions of the writing center at high schools and colleges.  As
> one of the articles indicated, implementing a writing center is being
> proactive in the education crisis.
>
> I'm wondering if there is a middle school somewhere that has opened a
> writing center?  I'm thinking of proposing that to my principal as a
> way to strengthen "writing across the curriculum," something he is
> pushing the faculty to institute.  Unfortunately, he doesn't have a
> clear vision of what "writing across the curriculum" would entail, so
> he is pushing instead of leading, but that's another story..
>
> To repeat my query, do you know of a middle school that has a writing
> center?  How is it used and how is it staffed?
>
> Bev Maddox
> The trouble with life is there's no background music.
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