Assuming that children understand the elements of a story is assuming too much. These elements must be taught if they are meant to be used in the writing process.
Category: writing workshop
Teaching Writing in Middle School: Notes from the Saturday Reunion #TCRWP
By the time I arrived at Cornelius Minor’s TCRWP workshop, State-of-the-Art Workshop Teaching of Writing in Middle School, harnessing Methods Specifically Described in the New Units of Study, I had been up since the crack of dawn, and had already spent several hours racing from one great workshop to the next trying to learn as… Continue reading Teaching Writing in Middle School: Notes from the Saturday Reunion #TCRWP
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What Do You Know About Being a Writer?
Listen to these kindergarten students respond to the question, "What do you know about being a writer?"
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From Shared to Independent Practice: Drawing Lessons Continued
Last week we looked at a couple of students who were working on the visual plan and the use of drawing lessons. Let's peek in and see how that work is coming along in the shared and independent practice of writing workshop.
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Writing through the visual arts: an “in between” unit of study
We are in that in-between stage right now in writing workshop, having just completed our Personal Narrative unit, and pausing briefly before we begin our unit on memoir. These in-between stages are often perfect for experimenting with something new. My kids have been working hard for the past month, and I wanted a “cool factor”… Continue reading Writing through the visual arts: an “in between” unit of study
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Conversations About Standards-Based Report Cards: Do Your Students Know How They’re Doing?
And with November, comes report cards.
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Visualizing the Plan Part Two: Drawing Lessons
Sometimes when students visualize an elaborate plan it is frustrating when that doesn’t just happen on the page. Here are some tips to get students closer to their vision.
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Student Self-Assessment: Introducing the Writing Checklist
Ever since I first received my copy of the middle school Units of Study in Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing , this book has been in my book bag and on my desk, read and re-read, marked up and festooned with post it notes for quick reference : Why? Because once our writing year begins… Continue reading Student Self-Assessment: Introducing the Writing Checklist
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Creative Scheduling in Middle School
The one question that comes up again and again, no matter what part of the country I happen to visiting, is TIME.
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Visualizing a Plan
Visualizing a plan helps students see their story before putting it to paper.
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Some Notes from the September 22nd, 2014 TCRWP Conference
Some notes from the September 22nd. TCRWP one-day conference, Units of Study: Implementing Rigorous, Coherent Writing Curriculum for Grades 6-8 presented by Mary Ehrenworth. Something worth charting - a visual for how workshop goes: is it clear to us? is it clear to our students? This graphic comes from the notebook of my colleague Rosemarie, who… Continue reading Some Notes from the September 22nd, 2014 TCRWP Conference
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A Tool for Talking During the Workshop
Kathy Collins inspired a new writing tool in my classroom!
