WNYYWS2

During the second season of the WNY Young Writers' Studio, a variety of new writers and teachers joined our community. We played with digital forms of writing, and many of us either began or deepened our work as bloggers. This was the year that we began contemplating how we might use our words to make a real difference in the world, and kids began assuming greater responsibility for facilitating learning. We sank ourselves deeper into the study of the Dispositions that year, and I think we emerged from that experience with a profound understanding of their complexity. This shifted the way we approached our work with the Dispositions in future sessions and seasons.

The Underpinnings of Our Work Together:
Studio Middle and High School Curriculum 2009-2010

Studio Elementary Curriculum 2009-2010

Tools and Protocols that Supported Our Work Together:
We deepened our practice our with the tools and protocols established during the previous season, and we also began considering the important role that vision plays in the work of all writers.

Helping Writers Create a Vision of the Writer They Want to Be and the Writing They Want to Produce