Writing Strategies for Talent Development

Jennifer Gottschalk writes, talks about writing, and thinks about writing every day. Over the past 20 years in education, Jennifer has worked with students in Grades 2–12. During the school year she can be found co-planning, co-teaching, or demo teaching writing lessons in classrooms across the Denver metro area.

Section I: The Means to Write 1. Writer’s Tools 2. Writing Community Section II: The Motivation to Write - Write What You Want to Read 3. Fantasy, Crime, and Science Fiction 4. Humor, Horror, and Romance 5. Sports, Historical, and Realistic Contemporary 6. Fan Fiction: The Super Sneaky and Extra Fun Way to Prepare for Narrative Assessment Tasks 7. Based on a True Story: Narrative Nonfiction 8. Use the Narrative Toolbox to Win Arguments 9. Write What You Want to Learn: Interest-Based Technical Writing Section III: The Opportunity to Write 10. Writing Minutes Versus School Schedules 11. Revision, Sharing, and Publishing 12. Identifying Gifted Writers