Category: 10. Writers’ Workshop and Digital WW

Welcome to the Writer’s Workshop by Steve Peha.

For more information visit:  Teaching That Makes Sense, at http://www.ttms.org “Writer’s Workshop is a popular way of organizing a writing class for one simple reason: it works better than any other management system yet devised. And it works because it is based on the idea that students learn to write best when they write frequently, for …

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Easy Steps to Take Your Reading and Writing Porfolios Digital | Scholastic

Source: Easy Steps to Take Your Reading and Writing Porfolios Digital | Scholastic

Teaching Writing to Tweens: Presence, Empathy, and Choice

Source: Teaching Writing to Tweens: Presence, Empathy, and Choice

Workshops Work for the Common Core

jbgibeault@alaska.edu Source: Workshops Work for the Common Core

Where I’m From, a poem by George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher

Here is an engaging way to begin to know your students, and introduce them to each other and the writing process!  See what others have done using Lyon’s poem as a prompt — and try it yourself! Where I’m From, a poem by George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher Source: Where I’m From, a poem …

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A Place for Talk in a Writers’ Workshop – National Writing Project

Source: A Place for Talk in a Writers’ Workshop – National Writing Project   “It was not until I began reading about teaching writing that I realized that those morning gab sessions were responsible for this excellent writing. Whereas I thought we were “stealing” writing time to talk, we were really practicing the art of …

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The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar – The Atlantic

No more diagramming sentences: Students learn more from simply writing and reading. Source: The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar – The Atlantic

How to Flatten Your Classroom and Encourage Authentic Writing Through Blogging | EdSurge News

Source: How to Flatten Your Classroom and Encourage Authentic Writing Through Blogging | EdSurge News

Online Resources from: The Digital Writing Workshop, by Troy Hicks

http://digitalwritingworkshop.wikispaces.com/DWW+Resources This is an excellent resource for The Digital Writing Workshop, by Troy Hicks (Heinemann, 2009). You’ll find chapter resources and so much more! What will you learn next?  How will you support your students’ writing development and digital literacy?

This teacher knows that writers need choice, ownership, and an authentic purpose and audience!  Read to see how he does what he loves, and facilitates genuine opportunities for student engagement in literary arts.