Embedded Files
"A writing workshop is a place and a time for projects, a place and time to make writing kinds of things...A place to spend time being what a writer is and doing what a writer does." Katie Wood Ray
In a writing workshop, students learn how to write within a supportive community of writers. Students learn to value writing and how to develop a writing process that works for him or her. Students in writing workshops are nurtured in many ways. They are encouraged to reflect often as writers and learn about many things beyond the writing process that support their growth. Students are invited to do all the things a writer really does... research, explore, collect, interview, talk, read, co-author, pre-write, draft, revise, edit and publish.
Grade 3
Click on the link below to see the Grade 3 Parent Guide for Writing Workshop!
Gathering Ideas is...
* Filling your notebook with ideas to write about.
*Writing about things that you know well.
*Writing about your life and the world around you.
*Living like a writer in the world.
Choosing a seed is...
*Rereading entries to find an idea you want to make into a draft.
*Choosing an idea to turn into a draft.
*Thinking of a kind of writing you want to make and choosing an entry that feels like it.
Nurturing your seed idea is...
*Thinking and writing more in your notebook about your idea BEFORE you draft.
*Writing as much as you can about your idea.
Drafting is ...
*Moving from notebooks to drafting paper.
*Organizing your idea.
*Deciding how to begin.
*Writing fast and long, choosing words that really matter to you.
Revision is...
*Rereading your draft and thinking about ways that you can make it better and how you can make it better.
*Adding details or craft moves that you need.
*Adding writing that you need or taking out writing that you don't need.
Editing is...
*Getting your writing ready to go out into the world.
*Checking for spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation.
*Using a checklist as a guide to making changes.
Publishing is...
*The teacher helping to edit your work if it is to go out into the world.
*Preparing your work for an audience by typing it or rewriting it neatly.
*Adding illustrations covers, or photographs.
*Deciding on a a celebration as a class.
Report abuse