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ISAW Statewide & Regional Programs
For more information about ISAW, email the CWP Statewide Office or your local writing project. To find contact information for your local writing project, visit the Regional Sites page. To contact the CWP Statewide Office, email [email protected].
ISAW Program Examples
For Teachers and Teacher Teams | For Students
Programs for Teachers and Teacher Teams
Improving Students’ Analytical Writing Mini-Institute
Area 3 Writing Project
Through a hands-on, collaborative, discussion-based approach, teachers will:
Area 3 Writing Project
Through a hands-on, collaborative, discussion-based approach, teachers will:
- Learn specific strategies to strengthen students' critical reading skills
- Study the characteristics of analytic writing and explore research-based approaches to teach analytic reading and writing, including informational and argumentative text types
- Explore ways to use writing to help students become better readers
- Gain a clearer understanding of writing assessment to drive instruction
- Identify ways to scaffold and modify assignments to meet the needs of all students Learn to examine student work to plan next steps
- Strengthen the continuity of instruction in relation to concepts and skills within and between grade levels.
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People, Get Ready:
An ISAW Workshop for Integrating
the Common Core Standards
for College and Career Readiness
San Jose Area Writing Project— For 8–12 Grade Teachers
What we teach in our classrooms about writing and how we teach it will stay with our students when they go off to college—a place where, after years of right/wrong CAHSEE and STAR Test questions—they will suddenly themselves required to "sustain a play of mind upon ideas," and to consider the "contradictions and ambiguities and frailties of text." So what can we do to ensure that when this moment comes, we will have prepared them? This workshop series, presented by two veterans of the California Writing Project's Improving Students’ Analytical Writing inquiry and study group, will use student work, sample assignments, and published materials from the College Board, UC, and CSU to help us sharpen our focus on the problem of college preparation.
San Jose Area Writing Project— For 8–12 Grade Teachers
What we teach in our classrooms about writing and how we teach it will stay with our students when they go off to college—a place where, after years of right/wrong CAHSEE and STAR Test questions—they will suddenly themselves required to "sustain a play of mind upon ideas," and to consider the "contradictions and ambiguities and frailties of text." So what can we do to ensure that when this moment comes, we will have prepared them? This workshop series, presented by two veterans of the California Writing Project's Improving Students’ Analytical Writing inquiry and study group, will use student work, sample assignments, and published materials from the College Board, UC, and CSU to help us sharpen our focus on the problem of college preparation.
Improving Students’ Academic Writing Saturday Seminar Series
Cal State Northridge Writing Project
ISAW is the California Writing Project’s nationally recognized program that provides teachers—secondary, community college, and university—with a professional community focused on empowering all students to write academically, analytically, and engagingly. Simply, ISAW shows teachers how to engage students in academic writing--the writing they'll be expected to produce once they leave high school. But, ISAW is about more than getting students ready for college. It teaches students how to participate in the discourse of writing, and gets them writing about what matters in a way that goes beyond the five paragraph essay, preparing them with a basis for writing for life.
Cal State Northridge Writing Project
ISAW is the California Writing Project’s nationally recognized program that provides teachers—secondary, community college, and university—with a professional community focused on empowering all students to write academically, analytically, and engagingly. Simply, ISAW shows teachers how to engage students in academic writing--the writing they'll be expected to produce once they leave high school. But, ISAW is about more than getting students ready for college. It teaches students how to participate in the discourse of writing, and gets them writing about what matters in a way that goes beyond the five paragraph essay, preparing them with a basis for writing for life.
Improving Students’ Academic Writing Workshop Series
San Joaquin Valley Writing Project
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
San Joaquin Valley Writing Project
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
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Examples of Local Site Summer ISAW Programs
I.S.A.W. at the Middle & Secondary Levels
San Marcos Writing Project
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ISAW Mini-Institute
Central California Writing Project
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Engaging Secondary Students in Academic Writing
Great Valley Writing Project
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CWP Statewide ISAW Conferences
CWP/CATE Pre-Convention feature ISAW workshops
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
CWP ISAW Fall Conference
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San Marcos Writing Project
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
ISAW Mini-Institute
Central California Writing Project
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
Engaging Secondary Students in Academic Writing
Great Valley Writing Project
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
CWP Statewide ISAW Conferences
CWP/CATE Pre-Convention feature ISAW workshops
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
CWP ISAW Fall Conference
(download flyer for more information about program content and format)
Programs for Students
Writing the College Application Essay
UCLA Writing Project
This one-week workshop on the UCLA campus is for entering high school seniors only. Students will try their hand at a variety of application topics and analyze sample personal statements. Follow-up sessions in October will take the form of a 45-minute one-on-one conference.
(link for sample flyer)
UCLA Writing Project
This one-week workshop on the UCLA campus is for entering high school seniors only. Students will try their hand at a variety of application topics and analyze sample personal statements. Follow-up sessions in October will take the form of a 45-minute one-on-one conference.
(link for sample flyer)
Writing Before College
UCLA Writing Project
A two-week class for students entering 9 through 12th grades--
Did you know that in most college classes--history, psychology, archeology, biology--students do a good deal of writing? Writing is expected because the act of writing helps you learn the content and lets professors know how their students are understanding the particular discipline's core and its complexities. In this workshop, you'll read engaging university-level materials and write responses to them. You'll learn how to organize, develop, and refine your writing, and how to create your own academic voice. We welcome students who are eager to dive into a rich college-like writing experience.
(link for sample flyer)
UCLA Writing Project
A two-week class for students entering 9 through 12th grades--
Did you know that in most college classes--history, psychology, archeology, biology--students do a good deal of writing? Writing is expected because the act of writing helps you learn the content and lets professors know how their students are understanding the particular discipline's core and its complexities. In this workshop, you'll read engaging university-level materials and write responses to them. You'll learn how to organize, develop, and refine your writing, and how to create your own academic voice. We welcome students who are eager to dive into a rich college-like writing experience.
(link for sample flyer)
Young Writers Camp: Improving Students' Analytical Writing (ISAW)
San Diego Area Writing Project
During this program students will begin to develop the writing skills and tools necessary to succeed in higher education. Instructors will help students to see writing from the perspective of college-level instructors and enable them to develop the resources necessary to deliver the quality of work required in higher education and other post-secondary environments.
San Diego Area Writing Project
During this program students will begin to develop the writing skills and tools necessary to succeed in higher education. Instructors will help students to see writing from the perspective of college-level instructors and enable them to develop the resources necessary to deliver the quality of work required in higher education and other post-secondary environments.
Young Writers Camp: The College Admission & Application Essay
San Diego Area Writing Project
High school seniors and community college transfer students will have the opportunity to develop thoughtful, personal, powerful admission and application essays for colleges, universities, and other post-secondary programs. This time will allow students to read sample essays, learn about the role of personal statements in the application process, and explore a variety of writing styles and topics useful in the process. This program will provide personal attention to each student. (12:1 student/teacher ratio). Fall follow-up session: Students will make an appointment to meet one-on-one in October with an essay counselor to revise and complete their essays.
CWP Improving Students’ Academic Writing Academies for Students in Partnership with GEAR UP and UC Early Academic Outreach Programs
The UC Merced Writing Project has delivered summer academies focused on improving the academic writing of 8th, 9th, and 10th grade GEAR UP students and support the transition from middle to high school.
The Area 3 Writing Project has partnered with the Early Academic Outreach Program at UC Davis to provide two- to three-week summer academies focused on preparing high school students for the analytical writing of the university.
San Diego Area Writing Project
High school seniors and community college transfer students will have the opportunity to develop thoughtful, personal, powerful admission and application essays for colleges, universities, and other post-secondary programs. This time will allow students to read sample essays, learn about the role of personal statements in the application process, and explore a variety of writing styles and topics useful in the process. This program will provide personal attention to each student. (12:1 student/teacher ratio). Fall follow-up session: Students will make an appointment to meet one-on-one in October with an essay counselor to revise and complete their essays.
CWP Improving Students’ Academic Writing Academies for Students in Partnership with GEAR UP and UC Early Academic Outreach Programs
The UC Merced Writing Project has delivered summer academies focused on improving the academic writing of 8th, 9th, and 10th grade GEAR UP students and support the transition from middle to high school.
The Area 3 Writing Project has partnered with the Early Academic Outreach Program at UC Davis to provide two- to three-week summer academies focused on preparing high school students for the analytical writing of the university.