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It's tough to have an effective, efficient, engaging writing workshop without a strong community. In this blog, the writer explains the difference between community and management, an important distinction:
How well do students know each other? Yes, it may be towards the end of the year, but do they really know each other? And what difference does it make?
Annenberg's video on building community in a middle school writing workshop
WRITING PARTNERSHIPS
WRITING PARTNERSHIPS
An important part of community and supporting writers in general are partnerships. These blogs are invaluable in figuring out how and why to implement writing partnerships:
Partnerships
Partnerships
Check out this Moving Writers blog about setting up writing partnerships -- not peer editing groups. From reading this, you'll learn about "convocards," an easy and important scaffold.
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