Launching Writing Workshop

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Launching Writing Workshop

• Thinking About Focus Lessons

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What is a Focus Lesson?

• AKA Mini Lesson
• Short Less than 15 minutes
• Direct, explicit instruction
• Need based
• Writer to writer tone
• A part of a larger unit of study

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What do you do in a FL?

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• Connect
• Teach
• Try It
• Link

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Types of Focus Lessons

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• Management
• Writing Process
• Craft
• Conventions

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Less than 15 minutes? Are you kidding?

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• Learning happens by doing
• Think about how you learned your favorite hobby.
• String lessons together so that understanding
  develops over time

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A String of Focus LessonsExample 5th Grade
Persuasive Letter Study

• Monday Where do issues come from?
• Tuesday Try an issue (reasons)
• Wednesday Planning (using reasons)

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A String of Focus LessonsExample Primary Small
Moment

• Day One Read Small Moment Stories
• Day Two Tell Small Moment Stories
• Day Three Sketch Small Moment Stories

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Using Resources

• Lets get together as grade levels and
• Consider a few initial focus lessons
• Look through the resources
• Talk about your vision for the early days of
  workshop.