Writer

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Writers Workshop

• The bare essentials

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What it is

• Writers Workshop is a framework of lessons that
  allow students to write daily.
• The goal is to move students from a focus lesson
  to independent writing.

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The power of WW

• more opportunities are given to write
• the teacher led instruction comes from what was
  observed in the student work
• differentiation is naturally built in the
  teacher can work individually with a student, or
  with a small group
• students share and talk about their work
• Students see themselves as writers

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Teach/Model Mini-lesson (5-15 min)

• Teacher connects lesson to prior student work
• Teacher models lesson focus or topic
• Students practice for a short time (minute or 2)
• Teacher can scaffold work to show student samples
• Teacher clarifies/summarizes what was taught.

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Practice/confer (30-50 minutes)

• Students write, using teaching point from
  mini-lesson
• Teachers walk room and confer, either
  highlighting successful students, or conferring
  individually and in small groups with those
  needed guidance.

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Workshop mid point(5-10 minutes)

• After monitoring, regather students to teaching
  point
• Purpose is to refocus and re-engage student
  writers

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Share time(5-15 minutes)

• Always end with sharing. This gives insight into
  the lesson and students learn how to respond to
  peer text.

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A KEY POINT Dont just write in LA!

• Aspects of WW need to occur in content. Only
  difference is in the GOAL of the lesson.

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Sample of content goals

• SS Use a set of historical facts to create a
  sequence paragraph
• SS Build a position and support with facts
• SS Write a letter to a congressman
• SCI Identify a problem and state solutions

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• See accompanying powerpoints
• Journaling
• Conferring