Writing Rock Stars: An After-School Community Partnership in Childhood Literacy

In this essay, we explain the development, implementation, and preliminary findings of an innovative writing program that drew upon a peer collaborative model and a community literacy perspective. Developed as an after school program, this project represented a community-university partnership desig...

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Published in:Community literacy journal 2010-09, Vol.5 (1), p.57-73
Main Authors: Gring-Pemble, Lisa M, Garner, Pamela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
After School Programs
Community Programs
Cooperative Learning
Elementary School Students
Literacy Education
Parents
Partnerships in Education
Peer Relationship
Program Effectiveness
School Community Relationship
Universities
Virginia
Writing Assignments
Writing Instruction
Young Children
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Summary:In this essay, we explain the development, implementation, and preliminary findings of an innovative writing program that drew upon a peer collaborative model and a community literacy perspective. Developed as an after school program, this project represented a community-university partnership designed to provide an enjoyable forum for teaching and learning writing techniques and principles outside of the constraints of state curricular guidelines. Preliminary case study data suggest important benefits of this partnership for young children, parents, and the surrounding community. (Contains 6 figures.)
ISSN:1555-9734
2162-6324
2162-6324
DOI:10.1353/clj.2010.a471045