16. 17 Initiating Writing –Purpose is to help the child find a meaningful topic, understand...

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• Initiating Writing– Purpose is to help the child find a

meaningful topic, understand his/her purpose, decide on an interesting genre, etc.

• Writing Process– Purpose is to find out where child is in

writing process and what tools/strategies they need to continue to develop his/her writing

• Writing Well– Purpose is to apply what the child has

learned about the writer’s craft and to use the writing process to revise, edit, and publish a composition for an audience

Julie Anderson & Charmion Mohning, 2009 - Cy-Fair I.S.D.

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• Research: Find out what child is trying to do as a writer.

• Decide: Think about what you have learned and make a plan that will best help the child.

• Teach: Explain, model, and practice the strategy that will help the writer.

• Link: Connect what writer has learned to his/her future writing and ask him/her to try it out.


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• Jeff Anderson (Mechanically Inclined author) uses “Invitations to Notice” as a warm-up activity at the beginning of writer’s workshop to help students learn to pay close attention to the conventions, style, and craft of writing.

• They can be used as an alternative to Daily Oral Language to facilitate connections between writer's craft and grammar instruction.

• These quick exercises involve a whole-group examination of a sentence(s) as a mentor text, focused practice, and discussion, all in just a few minutes.


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• 3 things you’ve enjoyed about the workshop and getting to know yourself as an author

• 2 things you can take write back to your class and implement

• 1 question you still have


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• Read Chapters 11 and 12 in How Writers Work (RF, p. 84-99).

• Revise your draft so that it is in a “semi-publishable” form and ready to share with others.

• Bring evidence to show the use of different revision techniques (e.g., different draft copies) on your self-selected writing piece.


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