writer's workshop
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Writer's Workshop
K-2
Why Writer's Workshop?
From an early age, children make marks in an attempt to communicate with others.
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A writing workshop program can provide the students with a structured writing curriculum that enhances writing and reading skills.
Drawing is important
- Beginning writers represent and understand meaning
- Children can be heard
- Develops language
- Allows for children to go deeper into the story
- Craft of writing is being explored
Writer's Workshop creates a learning environment that develops the skills needed to be a good writer along with fluency and confidence that children need to be successful. (Fletcher & Portalupi, 2001)
The Workshop Model
- Mini-lesson
- Writing time
- Sharing time
Mini-lesson
10-15 minute lesson that focuses on workshop procedures and/or writing skills
Writing Time
Independent writing & drawing and conferences
Share Time
Author's chair, class book tub, hang writing on bulletin board
Students who share their work with their peers have a greater desire to work harder when they write to produce stories that are meaningful (Clay, 2001).
The Writing Process
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Prewrite/Brainstorm
Lists
Heart Map
Word Webs
Thinking Maps
Drawings
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Drafting/Writing
- Students draw and write independently
- Student choices
- Conferences
Publish
Reading/Writing Connections
"If you can think it, you can say it.
If you say it, you can write it.
If you write it, you can read it."
-Melanie Maxwell
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