The Writing Teacher's Companion

Celebrated author and educator Ralph Fletcher provides a practical and illuminating guide to writing workshop for both new and veteran teachers that details the best ways to get started, the components that are vital, and what it takes to sustain a successful workshop across the school year. Fletcher, a wise and witty writing companion, shows us why encouraging choice, purpose, and play helps students find their voices and produce strong, effective writing.

• The Writing Teacher's Companion features indispensable information about how to create, launch, and sustain an effective writer's workshop
• Learn what choice, voice, writing purpose, and play have to do with encouraging abundant highly effective student writing
• Learn how your writing attitude (and your own experiences as a writer) work to shape your students' developing writing aptitude

Ralph Fletcher is a former member of the Teachers College Writing Project and current author and consultant. He is the author or coauthor with his wife, JoAnnn Portalupi, of numerous professional books and videos. Mr. Fletcher speaks at national conferences around the U.S. and abroad. He also conducts his own one-day seminars and does occasional author visits to schools. He is the author of The Writing Teacher’s Companion: Voice, Choice, Purpose, and Play (Scholastic).