Teaching Writing with the Writers' Workshop Model
Using the Writers' Workshop model with 6+1 Writing Traits to teach writing
This educator community shares ideas and resources to support classroom writers' workshops. Inspired by Lucy Calkins' work and 6+1 Traits.
Add any ideas/suggestions you have for organizing our Main Page. What would you like to see?
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Do you have links you love? Share them here, with a description to introduce them.
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Do you have advice and ideas to offer teachers, especially at the beginning of the school year? If you're new at WW, do you have specific questions about logistics?
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Suggestions and ideas (or your questions) about implementing regular conferences with student writers.
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Please share your ideas for prompts, procedures, and organization of student notebooks for regular writing. Ask questions about using notebooks, too.
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Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Idea" trait of writing.
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Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Organization" trait of writing.
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Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Voice" trait of writing.
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Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Word Choice" trait of writing.
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Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Sentence Fluency" trait of writing.
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… ContinueCreated by Sharon Elin Jul 26, 2009 at 2:57pm. Last updated by Sharon Elin Aug. 4, 2009.
We have a group formed on goodreads.com to maintain a list of recommended books:
Goodreads.com:
Book List for Teaching Writing
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Created by Sharon Elin Jul 26, 2009 at 9:47pm. Last updated by Sharon Elin Aug. 2, 2009.
We have a group on diigo to share bookmarks and annotate sites:
Diigo Group: Teaching Writing with the Writers' Workshop Model
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Created by Sharon Elin Jul 26, 2009 at 9:45pm. Last updated by Sharon Elin Jul. 31, 2009.
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