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Writer's Workshop
By Laura H.

My writer's workshop consists of editing of:
1. small desktop 3 drawer organizer with one drawer full of green pens, one of red and one of black.
**All students revise in green (Ask questions..green for keep on going).
Edit in red (poster on wall about center has editing marks and they use the editing checklist to go through their parnters writing...red for stop and fix) and Black pen for first drafts... this way they can't erase or change...an important step to the writing process..
2. Each student has a yellow legal pad that is housed in a side-open poly-folder that ties shut. All of this

was bought at Big Lots for about .47 a student!!!! ALL drafting, revising, editing and final drafts go in the legal pad (we use front/back). Notes are also taken about the particular genre we are writing about. So like for poetry, we take a page of notes on the different types of poems and then they write their poems on the next few pages. These folders are kept in a crate in the writing center.

3. I have about 7 dictionaries, 4 thesauruses (sp?), a rhyming dictionary and a few atlases.

4. small crate of perm. markers for labeling lost folders or legal pads

5. Small business card holder full of journal prompts for journal writing. I bought a cute notepad at Michael's. It is Mary Engelbrite (sp?) and it says "Once Upon a Time" on the top. Then I found journal prompt ideas online and glued them on the paper. Finally laminated them and house them in the business card holder.

6. I let my kids draw in their journals after they write, so I keep a large supply of markers, colored pencils, construction paper, glue, glitter, scissors, scrapbooking scissors, erasers, sharpeners, tape and typing paper. We do community supplies so each bin has an equal amount of supplies and they take the bin to their table. I keep the bins and paper on a small 3 shelf case I bought at Big Lots for $19.99! The dictionaries and stuff are on top of this shelf.

Ok so now that this is turning out to be a really long post...I think I will stop. If you have any questions, feel free to email

Laura