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Shared Demonstration Lessons of Best-Practice 
A Collection by Top of the Mitt Writing Project 
North Central Michigan College 
This collection of excellent teaching demonstrations represents a main pillar of our  rigorous Invitational Teacher Leadership Institutes. Whether in our classic, five-week Summer Institute Model, or in our new Year-Long Institute Model, exceptional  educators come together to share and refine their practices in the teaching of writing  and the results shared here are striking.  
Teacher participants are always treated to multiple demonstration models of exemplary instructional practices all of which were inspired by the selection of stellar  mentor texts. This collection includes invitations for engaging students in writing from  early elementary through high school senior year.  
In a time when the complexity of teaching is being undervalued by many voices  outside education, we are inspired to share the stellar work of many of our Teacher Consultants as they completed our many National Writing Project institutes with  distinction. Each lesson is shared here in detail to honor the complexity and  intentionality of that work. We took time in these lessons to pay careful attention to the intricacies of thoughtful, purposeful planning and the many challenges we all  face when we strive to engage each learner and inspire every young writer.  
Here we offer multiple demonstrations that brought us to laughter and sometimes  tears—all with brilliantly effective ways to pass along to our students a love of  writing, reading, and a deep appreciation for the power of language. We offer these lessons to our teaching colleagues to revise or adapt for use in their own classroom  communities. We hope our contemporaries will be encouraged to share their own joy  of writing and language with their students. We have made our practice public to  honor the difficulties, challenges, and remarkable rewards of a life in public school  teaching.

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Nature's Noticings in Non-fiction: K-2
Exploring Similes and Metaphors: 3rd grade
Multigenre Study: 4th grade
Candy Memoirs: 5th grade
Writing as Self Affirmation: 5th grade
Embedding the Multi-Genre Project in Science: Elementary
Discovering Mood: 6th grade
The Prologue of Romeo and Juliet: 9th grade
Making Sense of Sonnets: 10th grade
Reflecting and Proclaiming: High School
Creating Picture Books: High School
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