Writing Workshop: The Essential GuideIs the writing workshop the only way to teach writing? No. There are a variety of approaches or programs, but none of them matches the writing workshop when it comes to growing strong writers. That's why, despite the pressures of testing, the writing workshop has endured and even flourished in thousands of schools across the country. Today we face a time when as many as ten million new teachers are entering the profession. It is for these teachers, and others who are unfamiliar with writing workshop, that Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi wrote this book - as a way to introduce and explain the writing workshop . . . to reveal what a potent tool the writing workshop can be for empowering young writers. Above all Writing Workshop is a practical book, providing everything a teacher needs to get the writing workshop up and running. In clear language, Fletcher and Portalupi explain the simple principles that underlie the writing workshop and explore the major components that make it work. Each chapter addresses an essential element, then suggests five or six specific things a teacher can do to implement the idea under discussion. There's also a separate chapter entitled "What About Skills," which shows how to effectively teach skills in the context of writing. The book closes with practical forms in the appendixes to ensure that the workshop runs smoothly. Fletcher and Portalupi's twenty-plus years working with teachers have convinced them that there is no better way to teach writing. This important book is the culmination of all their years of effort, a synthesis of their best thinking on the subject. |
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... finished piece . Such a form might ask them to judge their work on a scale ... pieces every so often , and use them as springboards for more writing on the ... FINISHED FOLDER Figure 3-3 Sample Finished - Folder Self - 30 • Writing Workshop.
... ( finished pieces ) over process ( how we wrote them ) . It might seem that by emphasizing process , the writ- ing workshop devalues the finished piece of writing . Not so ! No one would deny that the quality of the student's finished ...
... finished pieces with the whole class . 3. Let primary kids draw pictures . Drawing will make them dwell in the story ... finish it in half a page . My goal for you is to find the kind of topic you can sink your teeth into , write a whole ...
Contents
The Writing Workshop | 1 |
The Essentials of Time and Space | 7 |
ShortTerm Goals | 21 |
Copyright | |
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