Writing/Writer's Workshop
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Citations from ERIC Database - Elementary
AN: ED458608
AU: Fletcher,-Ralph; Portalupi,-JoAnn
TI: Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide.
PY: 2001
AV: Heinemann, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881 ($17.50). Tel: 800-793-2154 (Toll Free); Web site:
http://www.heinemann.com.
NT: From the authors of "Craft Lessons."
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Writing-Improvement; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Skills; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Classroom-Techniques; Elementary-Education; Group-Instruction; Teacher-Role
AB: The writing workshop has endured and even flourished in thousands of schools across the country because no other approach or program matches the writing workshop when it comes to growing strong writers. This guide introduces and explains the writing workshop and reveals how it can be a potent tool for empowering young writers. The guide aims to be a practical book, providing everything a teacher needs to get the writing workshop up and running. In clear language, it explains the simple principles that underlie the writing workshop and explores the major components that make it work. Each chapter in the guide addresses an essential element, then suggests five or six specific things a teacher can do to implement the idea under discussion. There is also a separate chapter entitled "What about Skills?" which shows how to effectively teach skills in the context of writing. The guide closes with 16 appendixes, including 11 practical forms to ensure that the workshop runs smoothly, as well as strategies, editing, and assessment materials. Contains a glossary and suggestions for additional reading for the teacher. Contains 35 references. (NKA)
AN: ED454543
AU: Johnson,-Andrew-P.
TI: Writing Workshop and Beginning Teachers.
PY: 2001
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED454543
DEM: *Beginning-Teachers; *Instructional-Innovation; *Teacher-Behavior; *Teaching-Methods; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Educational-Environment; Elementary-Education; Teacher-Administrator-Relationship; Teacher-Education
AB: This paper examines the relationship between learning to write and learning to teach. Three beginning teachers implementing writing workshop for the first time were observed over a 5-month period to see how they met with the demands of learning to teach and try innovative ideas in a school district that mandates traditional skills-based instruction. It was found that: (1) talking is an integral part of learning to write and teach; (2) skills can be successfully taught in the context of authentic writing situations; (3) student choice and autonomy seems to result in more enthusiasm for writing and fewer management issues; (4) innovative teaching ideas may be stymied by schools that mandate specific pedagogical methods or create an environment where only traditional methods are validated; and (5) the growth and development of beginning teachers can be enhanced by creating an environment where they are free to experiment, make mistakes, and engage in reflective dialogue. It concludes with five recommendations for teacher training based on the data. (Contains 21 references. An appendix contains interview questions.) (Author/RS)
AN: ED454523
AU: Ray,-Katie-Wood
TI: The Writing Workshop: Working through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts).
CS: National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
PY: 2001
AV: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 13176: $21.95 members, $28.95 nonmembers). Tel: 800-369-6283 (Toll Free); Web site http://www.ncte.org.
NT: Produced with Lester L. Laminack.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC12 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED454523
DEM: *Classroom-Techniques; *Creative-Writing; *Teacher-Role; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Processes; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Writing-Evaluation; Writing-for-Publication
AB: Designed to be a practical, comprehensive, and illuminating guide for both new and experienced teachers, this book confronts the challenges of the writing workshop head-on, with chapters on all aspects of the writing workshop, including: day-to-day instruction, classroom management, the development of writing identities, and the tone of workshop teaching. It is a book about being articulate--about a person's ability to think through what he or she is doing when he or she is doing it, so that practice can be improved. Woven between the chapters on teaching are the voices of published writers and commentaries, reminding readers how writers do what they do. The book's early chapters explore why writing workshops exist; the next several chapters (5 through 8) help readers think through the workshop as a predictable event in the life of a classroom; Chapters 9 through 12 deal with curriculum knowledge for workshop teaching; and Chapters 13 through 16 examine the parts of the workshop where students and teachers talk about writing. The book's ending chapters (17 through 19) are meant to help readers work through issues related to the ongoing work that students are engaged in during workshops. (Contains a list of 65 suggested readings.) (NKA)
AN: ED454490
AU: Au,-Kathryn-H.; Carroll,-Jacquelin-H.; Scheu,-Judith-A.
TI: Balanced Literacy Instruction: A Teacher's Resource Book. Second Edition.
PY: 2001
AV: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc., 1502 Providence Highway, Suite 12, Norwood, MA 02062 ($39.95). Tel: 800-934-8322 (Toll Free).
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Reading-Instruction; *Student-Evaluation; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Beginning-Reading; Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Reading-Improvement; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Improvement
AB: Bringing together information elementary school teachers need to make balanced literacy instruction a reality, this book presents more than 90 short articles designed to be read in a brief period of time and suitable for use in after-school workshops. It presents ideas and instructional approaches teachers have found most valuable and effective in improving literacy instruction and students' achievement. This second edition expands the treatment on controversial issues in reading instruction: beginning reading, and standards-based assessment. By "balanced literacy instruction," the book means providing students with systematic, explicit instruction on skills and strategies in the context of authentic, meaningful activities. Chapters in the book are: (1) Perspectives; (2) Overview of the Readers' Workshop; (3) Structuring the Readers' Workshop; (4) Teacher-Directed Activities in the Readers' Workshop; (5) Student-Directed Activities in the Readers' Workshop; (6) Overview of the Writers' Workshop; (7) Structuring the Writers' Workshop; (8) Teacher-Directed Activities in the Writers' Workshop; (9) Student-Directed Activities in the Writers' Workshop; (10) Overview of Assessment and Evaluation; (11) Evaluating Progress; and (12) Keeping It Going. (RS)
AN: ED435104
AU: Solley,-Bobbie-A., ed.
TI: Writers' Workshop: Reflections of Elementary and Middle School Teachers.
PY: 2000
AV: Allyn and Bacon, 160 Gould St, Needham Heights, MA 02494 ($24.99). Web site: http://www.abacon.com
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Beginning-Teachers; Childrens-Literature; Classroom-Techniques; Elementary-Education; Invented-Spelling; Lesson-Plans; Middle-Schools; Student-Writing-Models
AB: Written by teachers for teachers, this book offers the first-hand perspectives of 7 teachers who used the writing workshop approach. It offers teachers in grades 1-8 a wealth of practical advice, based on the personal struggles, accomplishments, and classroom-proven solutions of the authors. Equally valuable to teachers already using writing workshop in their classroom and those just beginning the journey toward effective writing instruction, the book provides critical guidance, support, and encouragement to enrich the teaching experience. Features include helpful, practical skills and advice; comprehensive coverage of invented spelling, writing development, topic selection, and rehearsal; and student samples. After a foreword and a preface, chapters in the book are (1) "Writing: Past, Present, and Future" (Bobbie A. Solley); (2) "Writers' Workshop: Teaching Outside the Comfort Zone" (Barbara Long); (3) "The Struggles of a New Teacher" (Rebecca Harrison); (4) "The Joy of Writing" (Debbie Hurst-Seigfried); (5) "Reflections of a Fifth Grade Teacher of the Writer" (Suze Gilbert); (6) "I Set Out to Prove You Wrong and Discovered the World of Writing" (Tina Robertson); (7) "My Journey: Finding the Road with Seventh Graders" (Pat Reneau); and (8) "Changes" (Virginia Wadleigh). Contains 30 references; 15 appendixes contain checklists, recording forms, sample lesson plans, and a 71-item bibliography of children's literature used at various stages of the writing process. (RS)
AN: EJ621237
AU: Romeo,-William-J.
TI: Lighting Fires from a Spark in the Middle: Reading and Writing Workshop Alive and Thriving at Green Intermediate
School.
PY: 2000
SO: Ohio-Reading-Teacher; v34 n1 p45-48 Spr 2000
DEM: *Language-Research; *Motivation-; *Reading-Instruction; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Elementary-Education; Instructional-Innovation
AB: Discusses reading and writing workshops at Green Intermediate School. Notes that Nancy Atwell's voice has become a significant thread woven into a tapestry of literacy research and instruction among others whose work has contributed to the evolution of the way educators teach children to negotiate language. (SG)
AN: EJ594618
AU: Nia,-Isoke-Titilayo
TI: Units of Study in the Writing Workshop.
PY: 1999
SO: Primary-Voices-K-6; v8 n1 p3-12 Aug 1999
NT: Theme: Units of Study in the Writing Worksho p.
DEM: *Classroom-Techniques; *Reading-Material-Selection; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Curriculum-Development; Elementary-Education; Literature-Appreciation
AB: Explains the need to think of curriculum as consisting of units of study across a writing year. Outlines a predictable structure for genre study and helps teachers think about how to choose literature to support these studies. Appends a sample year-long curriculum chart and a blank chart to use for planning. (RS)
AN: EJ536414
AU: Ernst,-Karen
TI: Art in Your Curriculum. Art Goes to the Classroom.
PY: 1997
SO: Teaching-Pre-K-8; v27 n4 p64-65 Jan 1997
DEM: *Art-Activities; *Childrens-Art; *Childrens-Writing; *Integrated-Curriculum; *Writing-Improvement; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Aesthetic-Education; Art-Appreciation; Art-Expression; Creative-Activities; Descriptive-Writing; Elementary-Education; Literature-; Self-Expression; Writing-Achievement; Writing-Skills
AB: Described a program to infuse art into a writer's workshop in an effort to improve writing and self expression across grade levels. Notes how the students' artwork elicited more descriptive writing, improved students' observation skills, provided a necessary image for writers to write with clarity and purpose, and improved learning. (SD)
AN: ED414740
AU: Portocarrero,-Georgia; Bergin,-Jeannine
TI: Developing Literacy: A Co-Teaching Model Using Readers' and Writers' Workshop.
PY: 1997
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (31st, Orlando, FL, March 11-15, 1997).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED414740
DEM: *English-Second-Language; *Literacy-Education; *Reading-Instruction; *Team-Teaching; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Elementary-Education; Interdisciplinary-Approach; Program-Descriptions; Second-Language-Instruction
AB: A program at Viers Mill Elementary School (Silver Spring, Maryland) to develop the literacy skills of both English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and native English students is described. The program uses a co-teaching model, in which classroom teachers and ESL teachers collaborate by providing readers' and writers' workshops. The workshops have been extended from the initial offering in first and second grade classes to first through fifth grades. During the sixty-minute reading/language arts instructional block, students participate in workshops that include whole-group mini-lessons, a large block of independent work and conferencing time, and a whole-group sharing time. ESL and classroom teachers team-teach the mini-lessons two or three days a week; on days without mini-lessons, students are brought together to discuss the day's plans and to set individual goals to be met during the workshop. During independent work, time, teachers conference with individual students about books they are reading or about their writing. The report details the procedures of each workshop type, modifications made to the program over time, and methods used for measuring student progress. Contains 21 references. (MSE)
AN: ED399553
AU: Boone,-Barbara-Z.
TI: Tools for Writing: Creating Writer's Workshops for Grades 2-8.
PY: 1996
AV: Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218; email: order@corwin.sage.pub.com (hardcover: ISBN-0-8039-64560, $24; paperback: ISBN-0-8039-6457-9, $11.95).
PR: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Creative-Writing; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Processes; *Writing-Strategies; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Classroom-Techniques; Elementary-Education; Instructional-Improvement; Junior-High-Schools; Lesson-Plans; Middle-Schools; Writing-Attitudes; Writing-Improvement; Writing-Skills
AB: This book offers "teacher-friendly" lessons to plan flexible, interesting writer's workshop programs for students. The book gives short, self-contained lessons to boost writing skills and raise interest levels, whether they are used as a regular part of curriculum or plugged in as time allows. The book's 73 mini-lessons give the help needed to set up a writer's workshop in the classroom, including workshop evaluation forms, topic ideas, and writing-skill improvement lessons. The book also presents suggestions for incorporating writer's workshops into the yearly curriculum, along with a list of additional resources. The book's step-by-step guidance can turn students into enthusiastic writers and make teaching--and learning--creative writing a welcome part of the school day. According to the book, students will learn how to (1) show it, not tell it; (2) use lead-ins; (3) write dialogue; (4) be more descriptive; and (5) have fun with their writing. (CR)
AN: ED390852
AU: Orellana,-Marjorie-Faulstich
TI: Good Guys and "Bad" Girls: Gendered Identity Construction in a Writing Workshop.
PY: 1995
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, 1995).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED390852
DEM: *Creative-Expression; *Elementary-School-Students; *Self-Concept; *Sex-Role; *Writing-Assignments
DER: Bilingual-Education; Elementary-Education; Free-Writing; Higher-Education; Hispanic-Americans; Literacy-; Participant-Observation; Sex-Differences; Short-Stories; Writing-Workshops
AB: As part of a larger ethnographic project addressing the construction of gender through literacy, this study focused on understanding how the children in one writing process classroom expressed their social selves in their written compositions, as well as how those compositions were engineered within the social dynamics of the classroom. The study considered written narratives, their nature, content, and the processes of their creation, in order to illuminate gendered patterns and the relationship among gender, ethnicity, culture, and social class. A participant observer conducted the study by spending 2.5-hour reading/writing blocks on one to three mornings each week during two consecutive school years in a school located in a poor, Latino, working-class neighborhood. Most of the children were immigrants, the classroom was Spanish-English bilingual, and all students were limited in their English proficiency. Data were gathered from 301 student-created books and analysis of their authorship, topics, characters, and illustrations. The analysis found that students struggled to understand their social identities through their narrative writing, that they wrote themselves into a range of possible existences, and that they displayed their understanding of the possibilities that were available to them, depending in part on their gender and social class. In general students did not voluntarily cross gendered borders in their writing, and when they did, their crossings were not equilateral: girls were more likely to move into territory that was defined by boys than vice versa. Appendices contain a list of topics of student-authored books and titles of classroom-published books in English and Spanish. (Contains 36 references.) (JB)
AN: EJ477399
AU: Ernst,-Karen
TI: Writing Pictures, Painting Words: Writing in an Artists' Workshop.
PY: 1994
SO: Language-Arts; v71 n1 p44-52 Jan 1994
NT: Themed Issue: The Arts.
DEM: *Art-Activities; *Art-Expression; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Freehand-Drawing; Middle-Schools; Student-Reaction; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Instruction
AB: Provides words and pictures to help understand how the concept of the artists' workshop can enhance writers' workshops in the elementary or middle school classroom. (RS)
AN: EJ492460
AU: Lensmire,-Timothy-J.
TI: Writing Workshop as Carnival: Reflections on an Alternative Learning Environment.
PY: 1994
SO: Harvard-Educational-Review; v64 n4 p371-91 Win 1994
DEM: *Self-Expression; *Student-Participation; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Educational-Environment; Elementary-Education; Grade-3; Interpersonal-Relationship; Teacher-Role
AB: Bakhtin's notion of "carnival," which includes participation of all; free contact; playful, familiar relation to the world; and profanation, was applied to a third-grade writing workshop. The analysis highlighted three themes: student voice and self-expression, teacher's role and responsibility, and workshops as communities for writing and learning. (SK)
AN: ED380797
AU: Strech,-Lorie-L.
TI: The Implementation of Writing Workshop: A Review of the Literature.
PY: 1994
NT: For a related document, see CS 214 683.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED380797
DEM: *Writing-Composition; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Processes; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Cooperation-; Curriculum-Evaluation; Elementary-Education; Tutoring-; Writing-Improvement
AB: Writing workshop is an approach that encourages students to become involved in the writing process by using their own topics and writing for their own reasons. A history of writing pedagogy shows that educators have recently moved from a skills based approach of teaching writing to a process based approach: teachers are now interested in showing how a piece of writing improves as the author consults with his or her instructor and peers. A literature review of research on writing workshops suggests several conclusions. First, there is adequate evidence to support the assertion that the teaching of writing process is a valuable practice. While the writing process is the actual process or material to be taught, the writing workshop can be viewed as a way of approaching the task of teaching writing and organizing it. Second, the establishment of the writing workshop can feel risky to teachers since there is no prescribed sequence for teaching skills and strategies. D. Sudol and P. Sudol (1991) raise significant questions regarding the tradeoffs among the level of teacher control, student responsibility, and the outcome value of the workshop. Third, the abundance of qualitative research (and lack of quantitative research) is due to the nature of the topic studied. The cyclical nature of the writing process and the writing workshop approach parallels the dynamic characteristic of qualitative research. Lastly, writing workshop, when implemented in its ideal form, takes a large portion of the instructional day. As a result of the literature review, recommendations are made for teachers, administrators, parents, school districts, state educational agencies, and future researchers. (Contains 42 references.) (TB)
AN: ED420563
TI: Kids Explore the Gifts of Children with Special Needs. Westridge Young Writers Workshops.
CS: Jefferson County School District R-1, Denver, CO.
PY: 1994
AV: John Muir Publications, P.O. Box 613, Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone: 505-982-4078 ($9.95).
PR: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Physical-Disabilities; *Special-Health-Problems
DER: Attention-Deficit-Disorders; Biographies-; Childrens-Literature; Congenital-Impairments; Cultural-Activities; Cultural-Education; Disabilities-; Elementary-Education; Exceptional-Child-Research; Hearing-Impairments; Language-Impairments; Learning-Disabilities; Mild-Disabilities; Severe-Disabilities; Speech-Impairments; Student-Developed-Materials; Student-Publications; Visual-Impairments
AB: This book was written by 245 students in grades 3-8 in a writing program at Westridge Elementary School (Littleton, Colorado). The book is for anyone who wants to learn about children of special needs in the United States. The book tells the story of ten young people and the challenges faced by their physical or mental condition. Chapter 1 introduces Shawn Lewis who lives with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Chapter 2 explores the life of Mikelle Learned who has cerebral palsy. Chapter 3 discusses the life of Nathan Moutray and his experiences with dyslexia. Chapter 4 describes the condition of brittle bone disease through the life of Lisa Ferrerio. Chapter 5 examines Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) through the life of Lance Petrillo . Chapter 6 presents David Billars living with Down Syndrome. Chapter 7 describes the life of hemophiliac Kelly Young. Chapter 8 details Gena Perry living with a hearing impairment. Chapter 9 introduces Joe Kovach living with blindness. Amy Allen describes dwarfism in chapter 10. The book contains numerous illustrations and photographs and concludes with a list of student and teacher participants and an index. (EH)
AN: EJ467931
AU: Avery,-Carol
TI: Ready to Write. Writing Workshop: An Environment with Rules.
PY: 1993
SO: Instructor-; v102 n7 p14 Mar 1993
DEM: *Classroom-Techniques; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Elementary-Education; Guidelines-; Teacher-Student-Relationship; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Instruction
AB: Describes how elementary teachers can set up meaningful guidelines to enhance the productivity of writing workshops. Writing workshops accommodate the idiosyncratic nature of individual writing and learning processes. They provide a highly structured environment with clear rules and procedures. The article explains how to establish classroom writing rules. (SM)
AN: EJ466248
AU: Sellen,-Corrin-Butler; Jackson,-Travis-E.
TI: Writing Workshop: Author Adventures.
PY: 1993
SO: Learning-; v21 n7 p42-43 Mar 1993
DEM: *Authors-; *Childrens-Literature; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Class-Activities; Creative-Teaching; Elementary-Education; Junior-High-Schools; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Skills
AB: Great writers can help students find their own stories and style. The article includes one activity that can teach younger students to incorporate their own experiences into their writing and another activity to help seventh- and eighth-grade students recognize the elements that contribute to an author's style. (SM)
AN: EJ466208
AU: Bower,-Paula-Rogovin
TI: Science + Writing = Super Learning. Writing Workshop.
PY: 1993
SO: Learning-; v21 n6 p44,46-47 Feb 1993
DEM: *Elementary-School-Science; *Interdisciplinary-Approach; *Writing-Across-the-Curriculum; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Childrens-Literature; Creative-Teaching; Curriculum-Development; Elementary-Education; Teaching-Methods
AB: Article presents suggestions for motivating elementary students to learn by combining science and writing. The strategies include planning the right environment; teaching the scientific method; establishing a link to literature; and making time for students to observe, experiment, and write. (SM)
AN: EJ464818
AU: Lincoln,-Wanda
TI: Warm-Ups. Skill Building the Whole Language Way. Writing Workshop.
PY: 1993
SO: Learning-; v21 n5 p32-33 Jan 1993
DEM: *Language-Skills; *Whole-Language-Approach; *Writing-Skills
DER: Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Workshops
AB: Presents writing warm-up activities to help elementary students develop and polish their language skills. The warm-up activities focus on detail, descriptive dialog, memory writing, titles, punctuation, and vocabulary enhancement. The activities provide choices, present important ideas, and foster collaboration, responsibility, and trial and error learning. (SM)
AN: EJ458488
AU: Klenow,-Carol
TI: Technology in Writer's Workshop. Teaching with Technology--Update.
PY: 1992
SO: Instructor-; v102 n4 p61-63 Nov-Dec 1992
DEM: *Computer-Assisted-Instruction; *Desktop-Publishing; *Word-Processing; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Computer-Uses-in-Education; Elementary-Education; Microcomputers-; Teaching-Methods
AB: Examines how technology can support elementary school writer's workshops, noting the nature of the writer's workshop and exploring how word processing and desktop publishing programs can help nurture developing writers. The article presents several ways teachers can use computers in writer's workshops (drafting and revising, writing mechanics, conferencing, and publishing). (SM)
AN: EJ455147
AU: Avery,-Carol
TI: Writing Often, Writing Well.
PY: 1992
SO: Instructor-; v102 n2 p22-23 Sep 1992
DEM: *Class-Activities; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Elementary-Education; Teaching-Methods; Time-Management; Writing-Skills
AB: Describes how an elementary teacher developed a daily writer's workshop. Suggestions for finding time to write include reducing use of workbooks and skillsheets, looking for redundancy in curriculum programs, concentrating on writing for a shortened period of the school year, and creating time-saving instructional strategies. (SM)
AN: EJ450860
AU: Cramer,-Ronald
TI: Writing Workshop. Focus on Fiction.
PY: 1992
SO: Learning-; v21 n1 p60-62 Aug 1992
DEM: *Creative-Writing; *Fiction-; *Reading-Writing-Relationship; *Whole-Language-Approach; *Writing-Skills
DER: Childrens-Literature; Elementary-Education; Writing-Workshops
AB: Presents five ways elementary teachers can enrich their students' fiction writing abilities: teach students to incorporate their own experiences; encourage students to do research; give students chances to read and discuss fiction related to their writing; and help students recognize story elements. (SM)
AN: ED347832
AU: Samway,-Katharine-Davies
TI: Writers' Workshop and Children Acquiring English as a Non-Native Language. NCBE Program Information Guide 10.
CS: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Washington, DC.
PY: 1992
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED347832
DEM: *Child-Language; *Class-Activities; *English-Second-Language; *Language-Skills; *Limited-English-Speaking; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Editing-; Elementary-Education; Program-Implementation; Workshops-; Writing-Assignments; Writing-Skills
AB: Examples of writers' workshops and ways to implement them for children's second-language learning are described in this handbook for teachers. Writers' workshops are important structured classroom events that provide children with opportunities to demonstrate their facility as writers. The theory behind writers' workshops is that children acquiring English are capable of much more than is generally expected of them. Writing is described as a process that is meaning-making, recursive, and developmental. Classroom procedures for designing a writers' workshop are outlined; they cover the following areas: classroom set-up, classroom procedures, teacher and student roles, native language literacy, and teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes. A step-by-step approach to implementing the workshop is offered that includes getting started, topic generation and selection, audience and publication, writing conferences, contextualized skills teaching, editing (e.g., self-editing, peer editing, adult editing, copy editing), and publishing. A sample chart illustrates how to document a child's progress by recording dates, time spent writing, what was worked on, and comments. Contains 19 references, including books, journals, and videos useful to teachers. (LB)
AN: EJ436792
AU: Bunce-Crim,-Marna
TI: What Is a Writing Classroom?
PY: 1991
SO: Instructor-; v101 n2 p36-38 Sep 1991
DEM: *Teacher-Student-Relationship; *Writing-Skills; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Classroom-Environment; Creative-Teaching; Elementary-Education; Teaching-Methods
AB: A teacher-researcher provides ideas for creating a writer's workshop and encouraging written expression. Suggestions include letting the children create the room arrangement, providing a variety of writing tools, establishing a predictable writing time, becoming partners with students in the writing process, and encouraging students to be active participants. (SM)
AN: EJ415865
AU: Goldys,-Patrice
TI: The Write Stuff Workshop.
PY: 1990
SO: Learning-; v19 n1 p52-53,58-61 Jul-Aug 1990
DEM: *Instructional-Materials; *Parent-Participation; *Writing-Exercises; *Writing-Strategies; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Elementary-Education; Parent-Student-Relationship; Parent-Teacher-Cooperation; Parent-Workshops
AB: This article describes the concepts and activities of the Write Stuff Workshop, a joint venture that brings parents and children together as allies in writing. Topics include planning the workshop, workshop activities, and at-home follow-up activities for parents and students. Three reproducibles for parents are included. (IAH)
Citations from ERIC Database - Secondary
AN: EJ626189
AU: Biggs,-Susan-Connell
TI: Writing Workshops: Linking Schools and Families.
PY: 2001
SO: English-Journal; v90 n5 p45-51 May 2001
NT: Theme: The School and the Community.
DEM: *Family-School-Relationship; *Parent-School-Relationship; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Parent-Participation; Parent-Student-Relationship; Secondary-Education; Student-School-Relationship; Teacher-Student-Relationship
AB: Describes family writing workshops as a way to share with the families how writing is used in high school classroom, as they brainstorm memories, do 20 minutes of free writing on a memory from their list, share their writing, and write closing letters. Discusses benefits and the impact of these workshops and offers guidelines. (SR)
AN: EJ617796
AU: Scenters-Zapico,-John
TI: Electronic Writing Workshops: How Many Ways Can They Be Created?
PY: 2000
SO: Exercise-Exchange; v46 n1 p3-7 Fall 2000
AV: Reich College of Education, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608.
NT: An earlier editor's note indicated volume 45 would be the last volume published. However, a note in this issue indicates that enough manuscripts were received to publish volume 46, which will be the final volume for the journal.
DEM: *Computers-; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Class-Activities; Computer-Uses-in-Education; Electronic-Mail; Higher-Education; Information-Networks; Intermediate-Grades; Secondary-Education; Student-Writing-Models; Writing-Assignments
AB: Describes how teachers (of grades 4-12) can use computers to teach writing at a variety of levels, from the one-computer classroom to the most sophisticated, networked environments. Describes approaches for four electronic environments, how they might best be used, and what types of computer facility are needed. (SR)
AN: EJ603107
AU: Chandler,-Kelly
TI: Rethinking the Reading-Writing Workshop: Tensions and Negotiations between a Stephen King Reader and Her Teacher.
PY: 2000
SO: Reading-Research-and-Instruction; v39 n2 p135-59 Win 2000
DEM: *Literary-Genres; *Reading-Attitudes; *Reading-Interests; *Workshops-
DER: Literary-Criticism; Reader-Response; Reading-Research; Secondary-Education; Teacher-Student-Relationship
AB: Explores the participation in reading-writing workshops of students who consider reading to be an important part of their lives. Finds students who are engaged readers of fiction bring a set of expectations that differ from their teachers' and from students who do not read regularly for pleasure. (NH)
AN: EJ567314
AU: Smith,-J.-Lea; Herring,-J.-Daniel
TI: A Dramatic Reading of Adolescent Literature.
PY: 1998
SO: ALAN-Review; v25 n2 p36-40 Win 1998
DEM: *Adolescent-Literature; *Drama-; *Reading-Instruction; *Workshops-; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Class-Activities; Secondary-Education; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Skills
AB: Combines reading workshops and writing workshops with drama to help students understand and develop skill with writing and presentation. Includes four dramatic-writing mini-lessons. (RS)
AN: EJ551795
AU: Albright,-James
TI: Backing Out of the Room.
PY: 1997
SO: English-Quarterly; v29 n4 v29 n1 p48-56 1997
DEM: *Classroom-Environment; *Reflective-Teaching; *Writing-Processes; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Classroom-Techniques; Secondary-Education; Teacher-Student-Relationship
AB: States that, for one instructor, professional inquiry in a graduate education program has led to a critical examination of day-to-day practice in the classroom, especially regarding the writing process in the grade 7-9 writing workshop he formerly taught. (PA)
AN: EJ545830
AU: Polette,-Keith
TI: Poetry, Pastiche, and Purpose: Making Meaning by Merging Mastertexts and Mother Goose.
PY: 1997
SO: Journal-of-Adolescent-and-Adult-Literacy; v40 n4 p286-94 Dec-Jan 1996-97
DEM: *Literature-Appreciation; *Nursery-Rhymes; *Poetry-; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Secondary-Education; Student-Writing-Models; Writing-Improvement; Writing-Workshops
AB: Describes using the pastiche as the basis for a writing workshop with secondary students. Shows how students are afforded opportunities to explore and enter a rich tradition of imaginative invention and literary formulation as they probe, consider, select, and blend the works of various master writers and Mother Goose rhymes. (SR)
AN: EJ537327
AU: Mondock,-Sheryl-L.
TI: Portfolios--The Story behind the Story.
PY: 1997
SO: English-Journal; v86 n1 p59-64 Jan 1997
NT: Special Issue: Alternative Assessment.
DEM: *Portfolio-Assessment; *Portfolios-Background-Materials; *Self-Evaluation-Individuals
DER: Secondary-Education; Writing-Workshops
AB: Claims that asking students to evaluate their own reading and writing encourages more authentic assessment. Discusses guiding reflection in writing and reading workshops, and teacher responsibility for grading. Presents student comments that show students are able to self-evaluate and improve their efforts to justify higher ratings. (RS)
AN: EJ524853
AU: Abrego,-Irene-L.
TI: Journalism Boot Camp.
PY: 1993
SO: Community-College-Journalist; v21 n4 p9-11 Fall 1993
NT: Journal availability: Steve Ames, 3376 Hill Canyon Ave., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-1119.
DEM: *Journalism-Education; *Minority-Groups; *Student-Attitudes; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Educational-Strategies; Expository-Writing; High-School-Students; Journalism-; Secondary-Education
AB: Describes the efforts of San Antonio College's, in Texas, High School Journalism Workshop for Minorities, a two-week "boot camp" designed to prepare students of color for careers in print journalism. Discusses sources of funding, the development of the program, and several participants' experiences in the workshop. (MAB)
AN: EJ519634
AU: Elliott,-Wanda
TI: Writing Workshop Classroom: A Support for Inclusion.
PY: 1995
SO: English-in-Texas; v27 n1 p27-28 Fall 1995
NT: Published by the Texas Council of Teachers of English, English Dept., San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro, San Antonio, TX 78212.
DEM: *Cooperative-Learning; *Learning-Strategies; *Mainstreaming-; *Special-Education; *Writing-Processes
DER: Attention-Deficit-Disorders; Cognitive-Style; Fetal-Alcohol-Syndrome; Remedial-Instruction; Secondary-Education; Writing-Instruction
AB: Suggests that special education students do well in writing process classrooms that use a variety of approaches, such as cooperative learning, reciprocal learning, and multisensory teaching. Views the writing process classroom as a place where teachers and students respect different learning styles. (TB)
AN: EJ517609
AU: Davis,-Bonnie-M.
TI: Writing across the Ages: A Working Writer's Workshop.
PY: 1996
SO: English-Journal; v85 n1 p37-40 Jan 1996
NT: Special issue: Right Writing.
DEM: *Creative-Writing; *Teacher-Role; *Teacher-Student-Relationship; *Teaching-Styles; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Correctional-Education; Higher-Education; Journal-Writing; Secondary-Education; Self-Expression; Student-Interests; Student-Needs; United-States-Literature
AB: Reviews a teacher's approaches to her three language arts classes, taught during the same period of time but in different settings and to different ages: a seventh-grade class in an affluent suburb, a college class in a middle-class neighborhood, and a prison class housed behind razor wire. (TB)
AN: EJ511561
AU: Rothermel,-Dan
TI: What's So Funny in 303?
PY: 1995
SO: Voices-from-the-Middle; v2 n3 p20-25 Sep 1995
NT: Journal availability: Natl. Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801-1096.
DEM: *Adolescent-Literature; *Humor-; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Class-Activities; Films-; Grade-8; Middle-Schools; Program-Descriptions; Secondary-Education; Writing-Instruction
AB: Describes a writing workshop for eighth graders that seeks to tap into the humor of their everyday lives, and that uses humorous literature and film to spark writing. (SR)
AN: ED373338
AU: Luttmer,-Rudy; Labercane,-George
TI: Getting the Right Meaning with the Right Words: Applying Elbow in the Writer's Workshop.
PY: 1994
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DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED373338
DEM: *Revision-Written-Composition; *Tutoring-; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Case-Studies; Foreign-Countries; Secondary-Education; Student-Needs; Teacher-Student-Relationship; Writing-Research
AB: A case study of one 14-year old boy whose writing skills were falling behind those of his peers explored how a tutorial program would enhance his skills. The tutorial sessions, which occurred twice a week for one school year, followed a process approach to writing that invited the boy to brainstorm possible topics, attempt multiple drafts, edit and revise drafts, and finally to bring edited drafts to a form considered acceptable for final grading. Findings indicated first that revision for the student was at first cosmetic (correction of mechanical errors, punctuation, spelling). On several occasions the tutor modeled certain types of revision; he would write a piece in conjunction with the student and then work through his own revision process orally. The boy responded with interest and began to use some of his tutor's editing phrases: "That will have to go" or "That sentence doesn't work." Second, after three months of one-to-one tutoring, the boy's revision process showed signs of progress; it moved from cosmetic corrections to major structural and informational revisions. As he became more adept at revising, the student became increasingly aware of the necessity of significant revision. Third, the boy's revision process at the end had internalized, to some degree, the value of the writing process. Implications are that the tutorial method is ideal in teaching revision. An important part of the revision process for the boy was sharing his revisions aloud. (Two figures are included.) (TB)
AN: EJ483141
AU: Ritchie,-Joy; Ahlschwede,-Margrethe
TI: Turning Telling into Knowing: Teacher and Student Literacy Stories.
PY: 1993
SO: Quarterly-of-the-National-Writing-Project-and-the-Center-for-the-Study-of-Writing-and-Literacy; v15 n4 p10-16 Fall 1993
DEM: *Literacy-; *Story-Telling; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Autobiographies-; Case-Studies; English-Curriculum; English-Instruction; Narration-; Secondary-Education; Writing-Instruction
AB: Describes the Nebraska Literacy Project, a 5-week workshop for K-12 teachers modeled after the Nebraska Writing Project. Shows how teachers can encourage students to look closely at their own literacy histories and their daily practices as readers and writers. Presents the literacy histories as recorded by some participants. (HB)
AN: EJ474079
AU: Morris,-Cecil; Haight,-Dana-K.
TI: A Funny Thing Happened When We Began to Write.
PY: 1993
SO: English-Journal; v82 n8 p25-29 Dec 1993
DEM: *Cooperative-Learning; *Creative-Writing; *English-Instruction; *Writing-Instruction
DER: English-Curriculum; Professional-Development; Secondary-Education; Writing-Workshops
AB: Details some of the activities undertaken by members of a high school English department who began exchanging their own writing with each other. Argues that this is a stimulating and learning experience that improves both writing and instruction. (HB)
AN: EJ463732
AU: Wooldridge,-Susan
TI: Coyote Made Me Do It: Teenage Writers in a Juvenile Hall.
PY: 1993
SO: Teachers-and-Writers; v24 n4 p7-9 Mar-Apr 1993
DEM: *Correctional-Education; *Poetry-
DER: Adolescents-; Creative-Writing; Secondary-Education; Workshops-
AB: Describes a poetry writing workshop conducted in a juvenile hall. Notes that many of the kids were good writers with a lot to say. Includes several poems written by members of the workshop. (RS)
AN: EJ463693
AU: Morris,-Robin
TI: The 1991 ALAN Workshop: A Report.
PY: 1993
SO: ALAN-Review; v20 n2 p44-45 Win 1993
DEM: *Adolescent-Literature; *Authors-
DER: Adolescents-; Educational-Trends; English-Curriculum; English-Instruction; Secondary-Education
AB: Gives a report on the activities of the ALAN workshop at the 1991 convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Briefly discusses the activities of 14 young adult authors at the conference who shared the backgrounds for their novels. (HB)
AN: EJ408432
AU: Haiman,-Robert-J.
TI: "Find Them Young. Give Them What They Need to Be a Success. Stay with Them. And Don't Let Go."
PY: 1990
SO: Communication:-Journalism-Education-Today-C:JET; v23 n3 p17 Spr 1990
DEM: *High-School-Students; *Journalism-Education; *Minority-Groups; *Writing-Instruction; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Cooperative-Programs; Mentors-; Role-Models; Secondary-Education; Summer-Programs
AB: Describes the five-week intensive writing program for talented high school students offered every summer by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Notes that the program emphasizes minority recruitment. Tells how the Poynter Institute offers assistance to any news organization or school wishing to set up a similar high school writing program. (KEH)
AN: EJ406821
AU: Knutson,-Lora
TI: A Writer's Workshop for Secondary Students (Open to Suggestion).
PY: 1990
SO: Journal-of-Reading; v33 n7 p555-56 Apr 1990
NT: Themed Issue: Reading Instruction for At-Risk Students.
DEM: *Writing-for-Publication; *Writing-Workshops
DER: Program-Descriptions; Secondary-Education; Writing-Instruction; Writing-Skills
AB: Describes a one-day Exemplary Writers' Workshop designed to recognize the writing products of secondary students. Lists workshop goals: providing students with opportunities to interact with professional writers; letting students interact with higher education faculty; and providing students with information about becoming a published writer. (RS)
AN: EJ394961
AU: Kremers,-Carolyn
TI: Through the Eyes and Ears of Another Culture: Invention Activities and a Writer's Workshop.
PY: 1989
SO: Exercise-Exchange; v35 n1 p3-11 Fall 1989
DEM: *Cultural-Awareness; *Rhetorical-Invention; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Class-Activities; Cultural-Activities; Cultural-Differences; Higher-Education; Secondary-Education; Student-Writing-Models; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Exercises
AB: Describes a series of activities designed to encourage students to tap their experiences with other cultures as a resource for their writing. Provides a sample "response sheet" to use with a writer's workshop exercise. (MM)
AN: EJ391847
AU: Fulwiler,-Toby
TI: Writing Workshops and the Mechanics of Change.
PY: 1989
SO: WPA:-Writing-Program-Administration; v12 n3 p7-20 Spr 1989
DEM: *Inservice-Teacher-Education; *Program-Design; *Teacher-Workshops; *Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
DER: Higher-Education; Program-Administration; Secondary-Education; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Instruction
AB: Describes the mechanics of workshops designed to introduce new ideas about teaching with writing to instructors in all subject areas. Focuses on: leader qualities; workshop content; and logistics (setting, size, time, and equipment). (MM)
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