Writing Workshop in Middle School: What You Need to Really Make It Work in the Time You've Got

by Marilyn Bogusch Pryle

Overview

Veteran teacher Marilyn Pryle knows first hand the challenges of teaching writing workshop in middle school. She has fine-tuned her approach over the years and now shares her classroom-tested strategies in this step-by-step guide. She shows you how to establish routines, set high expectations, plan assignments that balance structure and choice, sequence mini-lessons to maximize students’ learning, design rubrics to ease the grading dilemma and encourage revision, and so much more. With management tips, scheduling options, test-prep ideas, ELL supports, and conferencing how-to’s, this is the essential resource for teaching writing workshop in middle school!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545559966
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2012
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Marilyn Pryle has taught writing, English literature and ESL for over sixteen. She has lived and taught in Philadelphia, Scranton, and Boston, and began her career in Kathmandu, Nepal, as a Jesuit International Volunteer. In Boston, Marilyn created and taught a full-time eighth-grade writing workshop; this experience served as the springboard for both Teaching Students to Write Effective Essays and Purposeful Conferences, Powerful Writing. Marilyn has also published poems and essays. She currently lives in Clarks Green, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Tim, and sons, Gavin and Tiernan.