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to the Experts: Linda Rief's Reflections Workshop 1: Creating a
Community of Writers I think in a writing program, if you're
dedicating your language arts to a really in-depth process of
writing for kids, the very first thing you have to have is a
community of writers who respect each other and who trust each
other so that you can share what you really think, what you
really believe, what you really feel. And I think that takes
teachers who write, teachers who read, to be models for the
kids. It takes giving the kids a lot of time—real writing for
real reasons, for real audiences, I think, is essential in a
writing classroom. One of the other components I think that's
really important in a writing classroom is teachers who model
that writing. I think when I'm not writing with the kids I don't
get writing that's as effecti