David Stoner Indiana University Southeast Writing Project -2007

Writing Workshop

Writing Workshop

Work with whole class or small groups of students to provide general guidance on any aspects of writing Provide specific instruction via mini-lessons Allow students to often select their own topics with feedback from educators Give individual conferences with writers, giving selected feedback

Work with whole class or small groups of students to provide general guidance on any aspects of writing

Provide specific instruction via mini-lessons

Allow students to often select their own topics with feedback from educators

Give individual conferences with writers, giving selected feedback

Use of word walls, dictionaries, thesaurus, and other resources to help students write Use of words like ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions used by educators and students Use of mini-lessons and mentor texts for honing the craft of writing Examples of books written by the students displayed and celebrated

Use of word walls, dictionaries, thesaurus, and other resources to help students write

Use of words like ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions used by educators and students

Use of mini-lessons and mentor texts for honing the craft of writing

Examples of books written by the students displayed and celebrated

Increase student ownership and responsibility by: helping students choose their own topics and goals using brief teacher-student conferences teaching students to review their own progress Increase class time spent on writing whole, original pieces through: establishing real purposes for writing and students' involvement in the task instruction in, and support for, all stages of writing process pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing

Increase student ownership and responsibility by:

helping students choose their own topics and goals

using brief teacher-student conferences

teaching students to review their own progress

Increase class time spent on writing whole, original pieces through:

establishing real purposes for writing and students' involvement in the task

instruction in, and support for, all stages of writing process

pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing

Increase teachers' modeling writing—drafting, revising, sharing—as a fellow author, and as demonstrator of processes Increase the learning of grammar and mechanics in context, at the editing stage, and as items are needed Increase writing for a real audience; publishing for the class and outside communities Increase writing across the curriculum as a tool for learning

Increase teachers' modeling writing—drafting, revising, sharing—as a fellow author, and as demonstrator of processes

Increase the learning of grammar and mechanics in context, at the editing stage, and as items are needed

Increase writing for a real audience; publishing for the class and outside communities

Increase writing across the curriculum as a tool for

learning

The Process Writing Steps Life Experiences

The Seven Conditions for a Successful Workshop

Writing Workshop Mini Lessons from Data Collection

Whole Group and Small Group Mini Lesson Planning Whole Group Mini Lesson: Date: Craft, Skills or Procedure: Prep Needs: Small Group Mini Lesson: Date: Craft, Skills or Procedure: Prep Needs: Small Group Mini Lesson: Date: Craft, Skills or Procedure: Prep Needs: Whole Group Mini Lesson: Date: Craft, Skills or Procedure: Prep Needs: Small Group Mini Lesson: Date: Craft, Skills or Procedure: Prep Needs: Small Group Mini Lesson: Date: Craft, Skills or Procedure: Prep Needs:

P R O C E D U R A L LESSONS

The Teacher’s Role in a Conference Part II

Part I

The Student’s Role in a Conference Part II

Whitney Sharing at the end of Writing Workshop

Jordan Shares his story about his grandfather.

-I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. -Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. -A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. -It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog. -If you have nothing to say, say nothing. - -The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole life - time, if not asked to lend money. -Always do right! This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain THE END - APRIL 15 th , 2007