The Writer's Workshop

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The Writer's Workshop

Student-Teacher Conferences

When?

During independent writing sessions

Encourage peer conferencing

How?

Identify strengths

Suggest mentor texts

Provide suggestions

Focus on the message of the piece rather than any errors

Use prompts to encourage students to talk about their work

Why?

To identify areas that need more explicit instruction

To promote self-reflection

Workshop Structure

Sharing Session

Prompts

Who is experiencing a block and would like some help?

Who revised something that wasn't working?

Who tried something new?

10-15 mins

Independent Writing Time

Clear expectations!

Explicitly establish routines

Anchor charts

Model behavioural expectations

either writing short responses to prompts or working on gradual projects over time res

30-40 minutes

Mini-Lesson

Teacher Read-alouds

Good writers are also good readers!

Develop reading comprehension

Introduce mentor texts and authors

Developing a specific set of skills

20-30 minutes

Benefits

Ability to hone in on specific skills

Gaining confidence in writing

Gaining a feel for writing for an audience for

Finding power and purpose within writing

Practice, practice, practice!