Writer's+Workshop

Students are asked to write only on the teacher's topics. || ====**When Writing is Taught**==== Students have opportunities to create topics that matter to them. || National Writing Project []
 * Writer's Workshop ****
 * ====**When Writing is Assigned**====
 * The teacher selects writing topics for papers without consideration of audience and purpose. || Audience and purpose for papers are specifically identified in assignments. ||
 * Most of a teacher's time is spent correcting papers. || Most of a teacher's time is spent in class teaching writing skills and strategies. ||
 * Students are asked to analyze, compare, describe, narrate, review, and summarize, without the strategies to successfully complete these tasks. || Students are given writing models, assignments, and strategies to guide each of their different writing tasks. ||
 * Students are not aware of significant improvement in their writing. || Students reflect on significant growth—or lack of it—in specific writing skills. ||
 * Students are required to rewrite—in some cases. But rewriting usually is limited to correcting grammar, usage, etc. || Students are encouraged to revise, edit, and improve—and to correct drafts and then resubmit. ||
 * Students are required to write without much forethought. || Students think about what they write through brainstorming, freewriting, role-playing, discussion or other prewriting activities. ||
 * Students and teachers are bored by what students write. || Students and teachers are excited about what students write and make efforts to display and publish it. ||
 * [|Introduction to Writer's Workshop] ** user-friendly description of Writer's Workshop components


 * [|Writing Fix Website]** resources and ideas for setting up a Writer's Workshop in your classroom


 * [|Writing Workshop Video Series]** video workshop for learning effective practices and strategies for writing instruction- based on a middle school model but can be adaptive for any grade level


 * [|Writing Across the Curriculum]** a resource from DPI website that provides information and strategies for implementing writing across the curriculum- intended for grades 5-9 content area teachers **[|Blackline Masters/Handouts]**