Heinemann Professional Development Speakers: Penny Kittle

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Penny Kittle

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Speaking Topics

Writing for your students, writing for yourself: maximize the power of your teaching
Storytelling: how studying narrative binds a community of writers at any grade level
Inside Writing: how to teach the details of craft
Revision, rereading and quick writes: how to motivate students to invest more in their writing
Genre Studies in narrative, argument, and poetry that clarify writing expectations
Effective literacy coaching in elementary school
High School Writing Workshop
Strategies for struggling writers: from storyboard to essay
Writing from your teaching life

Speaker Bio

As a professional development coordinator for the Conway, New Hampshire, School District, Penny Kittle acts as a district-wide literacy coach and directs new-teacher mentoring. In addition, she teaches writing at Conway’s Kennett High School. Penny is the author of three books with Heinemann—Inside Writing (2005), coauthored with Donald H. Graves, The Greatest Catch (2005), and Public Teaching (2003)—and she is a Heinemann Professional Development Provider.

Grades: K - 12

Available From Penny Kittle

Books

Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing (Paperback + DVD)
My Quick Writes: For INSIDE WRITING (Paperback)
Inside Writing: How to Teach the Details of Craft (Paperback + DVD)
The Greatest Catch: A Life in Teaching (Paperback)
Public Teaching: One Kid at a Time (Paperback)

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Inside the Teaching of Writing

Speakers

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