Name: Differentiating Instruction Through Writer’s Workshop
Uploaded: 2017-01-03T12:41:34.000Z
Duration: 7 min 52 s
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We are working on step um three which is the rubric.

Past simple

I had to ask a friend to come and check my story and she has  to put

what she liked about the  narration and if any questions

like what she didn't understand about it and then advice so she

needs to give me advice like um put more put more dialoge

Writer's Workshop is the writing process it teaches kids how to

write in a structured,  repetetive way. But it also

gives them a chance to choose their own theme.

and in that way develop a  lifelong will to write.

It's a process that includes planning and then writing

the rough draft and then  revising.  You can revise

by themselves, with a teacher, . And then they  finally write thr

final draft and then they are able to share and you just  cycle.

The kids never stop writing they always have something  to do.

paper that has where I put pictures and where I write.

I believe that Writer's Workshop fosters and enjoyment of writing

because the students get to pick their own topics

they get to express themselves it is authentic writing.

whether it to be to share with their friends at the end of the

session or to take it home to share with their parents.

And they just see a purpose in it and it is their choice.

They don't get many choices all the time and this is the

one time when they get to  express themselves and show

I try to do Writer's Workshop three days a week and every

Writer's Workshop I try to do a  fifteen minute mini lesson.

I choose the mini lesson  according to what the students

needs.  It's completely student driven.  If I see when I am

editing that they need um dialogue, I will focus a

mini lesson on dialogue.  Or if  it is a beginning,

So how I want to start today is with a mini lesson.

and what I've been noticing when I am editing with you is

that our beginings are great. We have strong beginnings.  We'e

introducing our characters, we'e introducing our settings.

so I want to show you a differet way to begin a beginning

with dialogue.  And we have  used dialogue, but I want to

show you how to use dialogue between two people and I think

that might help you to  improve your writing.

On SBAC test that's a question. They give you the middle

and they want you to write a  beginning.  So a lot of times

for my mini lessons I'll practice that.  I'll take a

student's story cut off the beginning and the other students

have to write a beginning and make it applicable.

So there's, you can, a teacher can look at any standard and

Ok.  And you should put why she didn't want to be the one.

And I changed that and I put because It was on the school.

So. And you put the beginning introduces the character.

Students need to have the freedom to talk during

Writer's Worshop.  They need to be able to collaborate and

build on each other's ideas. I explain to them what is

correct talk and what is  incorrect talk.

And. Um. I'll stop with my editing and walk around

monitor listen to make sure tha  the talk is correct and I can

see from across the room if  it's appropriate talk or not.

Very nice Yadizy.   Past tense verbs.  Getting

better.  Very good. Next time you write I am

going to make a list for you a list just to be verbs to

be careful of.  So on your past  tense verbs...

Writer's Workshop helps to differentiate instruction

especially when I am teaching ELD learners because I teach

to the highest level that I can, but then during our

conference time I will talk to them and teach at their level

Also when they give to me their writing I don't expect

fantastic A plus papers.  I expect them to write where

they are at and maybe push themselves a bit.  So every time

I talk, we push a little bit more and they learn a little

bit more.  And we will review or I will push and look at them

and see what they need.  But it's a completely  different

shape of instruction because they get their one on one time

...then some people arrived and  it was strange.

about you had WE and you changed it to THEY.

So we were working on our  pronouns.  And you were

working on your point of view. You decided as a writer to talk

in the third person.  So you  are talking about Kevin, you are

talking about Brian.  They are  people out here.  Not you.  So

if they are not you, you cannot put WE.  So you decide OK

I'm going to make my story third person let's talk about THEM

THEY so you change that.  So we want to make sure that we

continue to change it to the thd person.  The whole story

has to be third person.  We cant switch over to I. So let's see

if we did this.  Go ahead and  continue with your middle.