Topic: Youth Scribes

What makes a student want to write? How can we help students with long-held aversions to writing come to view writing as an invitation to create, to become, and to belong? Listen to the audiobook of Youth Scribes: Teaching a Love of Writing, written and read by R. Joseph Rodríguez

How can we create meaningful opportunities for students to find their voice through poetry, storytelling, and personal narratives?

What does it mean to be a scribe? How can we empower students to write with their identities? In this book talk, author R Joseph Rodríguez discusses the journey of Youth Scribes with his editor, Louisa Irele.

To empower students to survive and live empathetically, invite them to write about moments of discrimination. Included is a student example and assignment outline.

Understanding and exploring writing categories enables students to hone their craft and self-expression.

Invite students' diverse cultures and background knowledge into writing assignments. Learn what autoethnography is and how it fosters young scribes.

How can we address the hurdles that adolescent writers face? One way is through an invitation to become a modern-day scribe.

R. Joseph Rodríguez outlines the scribe's elements of literacy and scribal practices to help students gain a life long love of writing.

What does it mean for students to be scribes, not just writers? R. Joseph Rodríguez explains how this distinctive method can center students' knowledge and meaning-making and increase joy for writing.

How we can build dignity and self-regard in our students?