Launching The Writing Workshop

1. Launching The Writing Workshop Presented by: Cynthia Kennedy

2. The Writing Workshop The writing workshop creates an environment where students can acquire skills, along with fluency, confidence, and desire to see themselves as writers.

3. Three Components of Writer’s Workshop The three components that make up the writing workshop: • Minilesson • The Writing Time • Sharing

4. The Physical Requirements of Writer’s Workshop The elements that are important for a writing workshop are a meeting place, a place for materials and tools, carefully arranged desks and tables.

5. Short-term goals such as getting the students to love writing, establishing a safe environment so that students can take risks in their writing, and setting up a workable management system to handle flow of paper, folders, and so forth. Long-term goals are the goals that are included in the Language Arts curriculum. These goals are detailed and may cause panic as to “how on earth” is anyone going to cover so many items. Long-Term Goals vs. Short-Term Goals

6. Short Term Goals • Fostering a Love for Writing Time Regular time Choice Your genuine interest • Establishing a Safe Environment Give specific praise. Allow drawing for primary students. Read aloud “from-the- heart” pieces of writing. Use a writer’s notebook. Write with your students. • Creating Workable Classroom Management Finished Box Unfinished Writing Folder Finished Writing Folder

7. The Writing Cycle • Prewriting/Rehearsing • Rough Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing

8. Conferring with Writers • The writing conference lies at the heart of the writing workshop. • You get to engage with students in a unique on-on-one interaction. • The conference session allow you to talk with a student, get dialogue going, make a suggestion, and exit.

9. Guidelines of the Conference • Listen~ Deep Listening • Be Present as a Reader • Understand the Writer Understand the Writer’s Intention Help Them Achieve their Intention • Build on Strengths • Teach One Thing

10. Bibliography Calkins, L. Martinelli, M. (2006). Launching the Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH:Heinemann. Fletcher, R. Portalupi, J. (2001) Writing Workshop The Essential Guide. Portsmouth, NH:Heinemann. Hill, B., (2001). Devlopmental Continuums Writing Self-Evaluation Checklists. Norwood, MA:Christopher-Gordon Publishers.

11. “Teach the writer” Lucy Caulkins has written, “Not the writing.” Cynthia Kennedy Literacy Resource Specialist