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.

Members

  • Kim Schoonover
  • Karin Beil
  • Sarahbv
  • Sharon Elin
  • Kelsey Luebbert
  • kelli williams
  • Angela Butts
  • Janice Tamilowicz
  • Kelly Dwenger
  • Laura624
  • Keonna White
  • Janet Fortune
  • Tim Gels
  • Sheri
  • Karen McMillan
  • Sue Hunt
 

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Ideas for our Ning

Add any ideas/suggestions you have for organizing our Main Page. What would you like to see?

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Links and Resources

Do you have links you love? Share them here, with a description to introduce them.

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Setting up a Writers' Workshop

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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Conferencing with Students

Suggestions and ideas (or your questions) about implementing regular conferences with student writers.

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Writers' Notebook Ideas

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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6+1 Trait Minilessons: IDEAS

Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Idea" trait of writing.

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6+1 Trait Minilessons: ORGANIZATION

Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Organization" trait of writing.

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6+1 Trait Minilessons: VOICE

Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Voice" trait of writing.

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6+1 Trait Minilessons: WORD CHOICE

Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Word Choice" trait of writing.

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6+1 Trait Minilessons: SENTENCE FLUENCY

Please share your favorite minilessons or teaching strategies that help students learn about the "Sentence Fluency" trait of writing.

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Getting Started

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Created by Sharon Elin Jul 26, 2009 at 2:57pm. Last updated by Sharon Elin Aug 4, 2009.

Our BookList on Goodreads.com

We have a group formed on goodreads.com to maintain a list of recommended books:
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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.

Our Diigo Bookmarks

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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I'm not sure anyone has mentioned this post by Kim Cofino, but the idea of how to use the Writer's Workshop model with blogging has been on my mind lately. Kim's post is perfect! Writer's Workshop Goes Digital
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