Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide From the authors of Craft Lessons

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Overview

In clear language, Fletcher and Portalupi explain the simple principles that underlie the writing workshop and explore the major components that make it work.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780325003627
  • Publisher: Heinemann
  • Publication date: 9/14/2001
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 176
  • Sales rank: 52,833
  • Product dimensions: 7.32 (w) x 9.42 (h) x 0.44 (d)

Meet the Author

Ralph Fletcher has been a mentor to teachers and young writers everywhere. He frequently works with young writers in schools, and speaks at education conferences in the US and abroad, helping teachers find wiser ways of teaching writing. Ralph is the beloved author of many bestselling teacher professional books including Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide; Craft Lessons; What a Writer Needs; and Breathing In, Breathing Out as well as the author of firsthand classroom materials such as Teaching the Qualities of Writing and Lessons for Writer's Notebook. Students know Ralph as the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults, including Fig Pudding, Twilight Comes Twice, The Writer's Notebook, and Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid. With his latest Heinemann book, Mentor Author, Mentor Texts, he brings inspiration to teachers and students in one ready-to-use resource. Listen to an interview on Education Talk Radio with Ralph about Mentor Author, Mentor Texts! Learn more about Ralph at his website ralphfletcher.com and on Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Fletcher.

JoAnn Portalupi has helped teachers all over the U.S. find wiser ways of teaching writing. This is Ralph and JoAnn's third collaboration as a follow-up to Craft Lessons and Nonfiction Craft Lessons, which they coauthored for Stenhouse.

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Table of Contents

The Writing Workshop

The Essentials of Time and Space

Short-Term Goals

Launching the Workshop

Conferring with Young Writers

The Writing Cycle

Literature in the Writing Workshop

What About Skills?

Assessment and Evaluation

Troubleshooting

Yearlong Horizons

A Few Last Words

Appendixes:

A. Unfinished-Writing-Folder Form

B. Unfinished-Writing-Folder Alternate Form

C. Unfinished-Writing-Folder Conference Notes Form

D. Unfinished-Writing-Folder Alternate Teacher's Notes Form

E. Finished-Folder Contents Form

F. Finished-Folder Self-Evaluation Form

G. Books to Read Early in the Year

H. Strategies for Teaching Spelling

Record Sheet Form

J. Read-Aloud Response Form

K. Editing Checklist Form

L. Skills to Include on an Editing Checklist

M. Assessing Growth in Primary Writers

N. Assessing Growth in Elementary and Intermediate Writers

O. Self-Evaluation Form

P. Quarterly Inventory Form

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