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Launching Writing Workshop

Learn about the purpose, structure, and benefits of focus lessons in writing workshops. Explore different types of focus lessons and discover how they can be used to support student learning. Develop a string of focus lessons to deepen understanding over time.

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Launching Writing Workshop

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  1. Launching Writing Workshop Thinking About Focus Lessons

  2. What is a Focus Lesson? • AKA – Mini Lesson • Short: Less than 15 minutes • Direct, explicit instruction • Need based • Writer to writer tone • A part of a larger unit of study

  3. What do you do in a FL? Packet C 47 • Connect • Teach • Try – It • Link

  4. Types of Focus Lessons Packet C 49 • Management • Writing Process • Craft • Conventions

  5. Less than 15 minutes? Are you kidding? Packet C50 • Learning happens by doing • Think about how you learned your favorite hobby. • String lessons together so that understanding develops over time

  6. A String of Focus LessonsExample: 5th Grade Persuasive Letter Study • Monday – Where do issues come from? • Tuesday – Try an issue (reasons) • Wednesday – Planning (using reasons)

  7. A String of Focus LessonsExample: Primary Small Moment • Day One: Read Small Moment Stories • Day Two: Tell Small Moment Stories • Day Three: Sketch Small Moment Stories

  8. Using Resources • Let’s get together as grade levels and: • Consider a few initial focus lessons • Look through the resources • Talk about your vision for the early days of workshop.

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