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Objectives

Identify the steps of Writers Work Shops​

Describe how a Writers workshop builds a culture of writing

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Resources 

Lucy Calkins Units of Study website (https://www.unitsofstudy.com)

An writer's workshop example (https://learn.cli.org/best-practices/writing-workshop/overview)

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One of the best ways to create a culture of writing is to use the writing workshop. Writer's Workshop is the idea that students need to be a writer from the very begining and that writing has purpose.

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Task: Press on the gray box to watch the two videos of Writer's Workshops.

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Video Question:

  • Can you identify the step of a Writer's Workshop?

  • How would writer workshops change for older students?

  • How do you feel about students not having to copy the "mini-lesson" at the start of the writers workshop?

  • What other writing lessons could you use for writer's workshops?

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