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Writing Workshop Writing Units of Study, and Mentor Texts
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Writing Workshop in RTMRTM Students are WRITERS!
November 9, 2010
Writing Process The movement to encourage “writing
process” in classrooms is more than 30 years old.
It represents a shift from teaching product to process:
We call it “Teach the writer, not the writing!”
Study Driven:A Framework for Planning Units of Study
in the Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop Writing Units of Study, and Mentor Texts
Writing Workshop
Children have choice about topic
Writer’s folders in the primary grades
Writer’s notebooks in the upper grades
Writing WorkshopTeachers are facilitators.
The level of student engagement is VERY high.
Year One Pilot Summer 2009, “units of study”
In 2009-10 seventeen teachers piloted and trained
In 2009-10 visited other school districts
Year Two Pilot
Thirty-three additional teachers joined
All first grade teachers
Teammates of the piloting teachers.
Writing Workshop The time commitment to teaching
this way:
45-60 minutes, 3-4 times per week
Writing, Year Three All remaining grades 1-5 teachers
will be using the new writing units of study in the 2011-12 school year.
Mentor Texts Children develop “vision” before their
writing and re-vision processes
Teachers and students study well-written examples
Mini-Lessons• Plan
• Teach
• Model
• Engage
Writing PartnershipsStudents work with a similar-ability partners
Conferring•Research•Decide•Compliment•Teach
Good recordkeeping during these conferences is essential.
Share Share their work
Talk about their strategies
Listen to/give constructive feedback.