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By Mary
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Well, you really are on a wing and a prayer. It really takes more advance planning than this, but basically, writer's workshop is kids writing, conferencing (with you and with peers), revising, sharing, and publishing. | Just get them writing, first. You will need to teach (almost) daily minilessons, and these will be determined by what you see the kids' needs are. This is it, in a very tiny nutshell. You really, really need to read In the Middle, by Nancie Atwell--this weekend, today. Do not try to implement the entire workshop in one fell swoop if you've not done this before. Do it in steps, the | |
first step being minilessons and beginning the first writing piece. You have to find out what your required papers are. Do those as a priority, choice after that. If anyone else in your school or district is doing this, try to get a sub so you can observe a workshop in action.Get that book today, if you can. It's the middle school writer's workshop BIBLE. Good luck.
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