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Workshop Model. Students need to write every day. Writers need to be regularly engaged in the writing process. Writing is more than the correct use of conventions. Students (and teachers) need to explore a wide range of genre and forms as readers and writers.
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Students need to write every day. • Writers need to be regularly engaged in the writing process. • Writing is more than the correct use of conventions. • Students (and teachers) need to explore a wide range of genre and forms as readers and writers. • Students need to be immersed in a form of writing before they can be expected to write in that form. • Technology supports all facets of the writing process. • Talk is an essential part of the writing process. • Explicit instruction in writing is based on curriculum outcomes and on students’ stages of development, strengths, and needs. • Assessment of writing is ongoing and informs instruction. Writers in Action /DOE
Fountas Fountas & Pinnell, 2001
What Research Shows: About Reading ‘Research shows that reading itself –lots of it is perhaps the most vital and worthy activity for students to engage in to improve their reading ability and test scores.’ ‘Building language instruction around lots of reading and dialogue about reading (but not excluding phonics and skills instruction) is the best approach…’ Schmoker, M: Results, ASCD,1999,pp71-74
Minilesson Minilessons are the ritual that brings us together as a community of readers and writers at the start of each workshop… ~ Nancie Atwell Types of Minilessons: Management Strategy and Skill Building Literary Analysis
Independent Reading /Writing The students engage in the reading or writing process. Students develop an understanding of what readers or writers do. Teachers confer with individuals to support or address needs .
Guided Practice Teacher works with a small group of students to provide explicit instruction through: Lessons focus on specific needs of individuals Conferring with individuals within a small group Teacher explicitly and effectively works with students to teach the readers /writerscraft, strategies, and skills.
Investigations Use of reading, writing and media to explore topics in depth. Students use research skills to prepare for a presentation/display/ performance.
Conferencing Conversations between the teacher and student or between students Types of Conferences: Content Process Revision Editing Evaluation ELA Guide