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PISD SUMMER WRITING INSTITUTEAUGUST 1ST, 2013
Good morning!• Sign in.• If possible, try to sit with your
grade-level team.• Set up the name tent you
created yesterday.
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OUTCOMESIn this 3-day session, participants will:
Understand how the Writing Workshop structure can help middle and high school students become better writers.
Plan units, mini-lessons, procedures, and strategies to be implemented in their own classrooms.
Use the Workshop structure to take a piece of their own writing through the writing process.
SCHEDULEDay 1: July 31st
Day 2: August 1st
Day 3: August 2nd
• What is Workshop?
• Setting up notebooks
• Model Lesson/Time to write
• Workshop routines and procedures
• Genre studies
• Planning time
• Mini-lessons
• Model Lesson/Time to write
• Conferring
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Student panel
• Publishing our writing
• Debrief
PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK
LATTIMER JIGSAW As you read your section:
What squares with your current thinking?
What new ideas changed your thinking?
What questions are circling in your mind?
THE WRITING CYCLE
Collecting in
notebook
Choosing a topic
Envisioning a text
Drafting
Revising and
rethinking
Editing
Publishing
Self-Evaluation/Reflection
GENRE STUDY: MEMOIRIMMERSION(Weeks 1-2)
What are the defining features of memoir?
Mentor text packet
Genre features poster
PLANNING AND DRAFTING
(Weeks 3-4)
What writing strategies and techniques do memoir writers use?
Writing and rewriting in notebook
Planning a structure
EVALUATING AND PUBLISHING
(Weeks 5-6)
What do I need to do to prepare my memoir for an audience?
Self-evaluation with rubric
Six-word memoir video project
DURING THE BREAK…Do you have comments, questions, concerns, or feedback about…• Writing Workshop?• This presentation?• The presenter’s deep affinity for
cats?
If so, go to:
goo.gl/M5mki
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING FOR GENRE STUDIES
Set a publication date first—begin with the end in mind
What mentor texts will you use to introduce this unit of study?
What types of mini-lessons might be included within the reading and writing workshops?
Reflect on student noticings in an effort to answer: What kinds of topics are appropriate for the genre? How do writers of this genre develop their topics? How is this genre crafted in ways that make it compelling for
readers?
LET’S EAT!
We will start the afternoon session at 1:00 PM.
Bring your notebook with you during lunch.
SCHEDULEDay 1: July 31st
Day 2: August 1st
Day 3: August 2nd
• What is Workshop?
• Setting up notebooks
• Model Lesson/Time to write
• Workshop routines and procedures
• Genre studies
• Planning time
• Mini-lessons
• Model Lesson/Time to write
• Conferring
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Student panel
• Publishing our writing
• Debrief
MINILESSON STRUCTURE
1. ConnectionI’ve noticed in your writing that…
2. Teaching PointToday I’m going to teach you about…
3. DemonstrationWatch me while I…
4. Active EngagementRight now I’d like you to…
5. LinkSo, today and every time you write…
6. Follow UpIn a conference? Share time? Next mini-
lesson?
TYPES OF MINILESSONS Procedural Lessons: important information about
how the workshop runs (how to get or use materials, where to confer with a friends, etc).
Writing Process Lessons: strategies writers use to help them choose, explore, or organize a topic
Qualities of Good Writing Lessons: information to deepen a student’s understanding of literary techniques: use of scenes, influence of point of view, strong language, leads and endings, etc.
Revision and Editing Skills: strategies for looking at writing in new ways; information to develop understanding of spelling, punctuation and grammatical skills
DURING THE BREAK…Do you have comments, questions, concerns, or feedback about…• Writing Workshop?• This presentation?• What style the presenter should
ask for when he gets his next haircut?
If so, go to:
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WRITING WORKSHOP: MODEL LESSON
Mini-lesson(10 minutes) Work time
(30 minutes)Share
(10 minutes)
SHARE: EXIT TICKETGo to
goo.gl/O6sK1to complete a brief exit ticket about your writing
today.
HOMEWORKContinue to live the life of a writer.
Bring your notebook with you and write down thoughts, musings, or topics you can come back to later.
Optional homework: Practice using Google Forms to create your own online exit ticket:www.drive.google.com
