Ralph Fletcher is a pioneer when it comes to teaching writing to both teachers and students. He began his teaching career at Teachers College as a student of Lucy Calkins in the early days of The Writing Project, and he popularized the Writer’s Notebook. To date, he’s written over 40 books ranging from getting boys to enjoy writing to craft lessons.

Join host Anthony Arno as he talks with Ralph Fletcher about his entire career, beginning with his interest in taking careful notes while traveling to the South Pacific as a college student to his latest interest in photography- which is sort of like a Writer’s Notebook as described by Ralph.

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Photographic Images: Instagram Pictures

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• Earliest memories of encouraging teachers who inspired Ralph Fletcher as a student in writing class

• Travel experiences to South Pacific which had early roots in the Writer’s Notebook

• Asking Lucy Calkins to allow him to enter her writing class at Teachers College after two classes had already taken place

• The Writer’s Notebook

• Thoughts on encouraging boys to write, even if it’s about gore, violence, and farts

• Suggestions to improve writing in your classroom tomorrow

• Next generation of authors admired by Ralph Fletcher

• What is Ralph Fletcher most excited about in education today?

• Ralph Fletcher on the web

• Latest interest in  photography as a writer and how it relates to Writer’s Notebook