Professional Books & Articles - THE TEACHING OF WRITING

Articles

• Writing to Change the World: Teaching Social Justice through Writers Workshop
• The Essentials of Writing Instruction

These books pair well with a Social Justice themed Writers Workshop

• Being the change: Lessons and strategies to teach social comprehension - Sarah Ahmed (Social Comprehension)
• Changing the World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials - Lucy Calkins & Kelly Boland Hohne
• Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre - Matt Glover (choice)

On writing instruction
From NYCore.org - New York Collective of Radical Educators:

WE build classroom relationships that value democracy with a little "d," supporting voice and context. 

WE choose critical texts to support the content of our writing. WE find insight in power dynamics. WE create empowerment in the belief that change is possible. WE value students' lived experiences. WE foster connections with real people and real audiences. WE reflect on how we participate in a system that does not empower young people. WE ask how do we create the same experiences in our own working environments