Launching Writing Workshop
Use These Resources to Help Launch Your Writing Workshop!
Materials Students Will Need:
- Writer’s notebook
- Two-pocket folder
- Pencils or pens
- Yellow legal pads (for drafting)
- Scotch tape (for revision)
- Scissors (for revision)
- Red pen (for editing)
- OPTIONAL: Small memo pad to be used as an “Idea Notebook,” which
kids can use to collect ideas, observations, noticings, etc. on-the-go.
Classroom Design:
- Click here for some ideas about classroom organization.
- If your classroom has tables, not desks, then consider purchasing seat baggies
so that the kids can keep their notebooks and folders in them. Be sure
to purge them each week or their chairs will topple over!
Touchstone Texts (for Launching Writing Workshop):
- Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe
- I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
- Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter
- The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor
- The Paper Boy by Dav Pilkey
- Woman Hollering Creek (“Eleven”) by Sandra Cisneros
Blog Posts:
Documents & Lessons:
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