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Writing Workshop The Essential Guide

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ISBN-10: 0325003629

ISBN-13: 9780325003627

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ralph Fletcher, JoAnn Portalupi, Ralph Fletcher

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Is the writing workshop the only way to teach writing? No. There are a variety of approaches or programs, but none of them matches the writing workshop when it comes to growing strong writers. That's why, despite the pressures of testing, the writing workshop has endured and even flourished in thousands of schools across the country. Today we face a time when as many as ten million new teachers are entering the profession. It is for these teachers, and others who are unfamiliar with writing workshop, that Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi wrote this book - as a way to introduce and explain the writing workshop . . . to reveal what a potent tool the writing workshop can be for empowering…    
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Book details

List price: $37.13
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 9/14/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.30" long x 0.36" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

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.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Writing Workshop
The Essentials of Time and Space
Short-Term Goals
Launching the Workshop
Conferring with Writers
The Writing Cycle
Literature in the Writing Workshop
What About Skills?
Assessment and Evaluation
Troubleshooting
Yearlong Horizons
A Few Last Words ...
Appendixes
Unfinished-Writing-Folder Form
Unfinished-Writing-Folder Alternate Form
Unfinished-Writing-Folder Conference Notes Form
Unfinished-Writing-Folder Alternate Teacher's Notes Form
Finished-Folder Contents Form
Finished-Folder Self-Evaluation Form
Books to Read Early in the Year
Strategies for Teaching Spelling
Record Sheet Form
Read-Aloud Response Form
Editing Checklist Form
Skills to Include on an Editing Checklist
Assessing Growth in Primary Writers
Assessing Growth in Elementary and Intermediate Writers
Self-Evaluation Form
Quarterly Inventory Form
Glossary
Twelve Books for Tommorrow
Books Cited
Index