Katherine Bomer has taught primary and intermediate grades in New York, Indiana, and most recently, Texas. She worked for five years at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, and she continues today her association with that community. With Lucy Calkins, she wrote The Writer’s Bookshelf for Harper Junior Books, and with Randy Bomer, she wrote For a Better World: Reading and Writing for Social Action. Her most recent book is Writing a Life: Teaching Memoir to Young People. She consultants across the country on various reading and writing topics.
View Katherine Bomer's Resume/vita, Publications and Workshops.
Level: K-12
Writing and Reading Process/Workshop Model Standards-based Instruction Literature-based Reading Instruction Content Literacy Writing across the Curriculum Guided Reading/Reading Recovery Critical Literacy Writing for Social Action
Writing A Life: Teaching Memoir to Young People
Workshops and Presentations
Day-long, multiple-day, and weekend interactive professional development presentations on all aspects of literacy instruction, including writing workshop, reading workshop, genre studies, assessment, strategies for emergent readers and writers of all ages, curriculum development, literature circles, and read-aloud discussions.
Demonstration Teaching and Coaching
Classroom demonstrations of minilessons, conferences, share sessions. Assisting classroom teacher as she/he tries on role of literacy workshop teacher.
Keynote Speeches for Conferences
Hour-long formal and informal speeches on all topics pertaining to literacy instruction.
Teacher/Administrator/Literacy Coach Study Groups
After school, weekend, and online facilitation of study groups on self-selected topics in literacy instruction and curriculum design. Recent topics have included: essay writing (middle school), school-wide literacy reform, assessment, curriculum planning, and memoir writing.
Courses
From one week to semester long beginning and advanced courses designed around topics of literacy instruction. Recent course titles have included: "Creative Nonfiction: Can Teach Control, Craft, and Conviction, Grades 3-8," "Teaching the Qualities of Good Writing in K-3 Classrooms," "Exploring Reading/Writing Connections, Grades K-3".