WRITING
In Writer's Workshop students will spend time writing EVERY DAY! Workshop begins with a mini-lesson that usually involves a mentor text, writings by myself or other students as a model and guide for writing behaviors. Then students complete a "task" to work on while they write independently in their Writer's Notebook. When students are working in their notebooks they choose the topic to write about. I encourage students to included what we discussed during the mini-lesson (like dialogue and quotations marks) but do not give a prompt to write to. While students are writing I walk around the room and informally talk or conference with each student. I record the information from this conference on a clipboard and move to the next child. I usually only conference for about 3-5 minutes with each child. Then we have a short time for sharing so students can reveal a piece of writing that they are proud of.
Writing Focus in November
Drama Play Writing
Drama Play Writing
In writing workshop, students will select a scene from a fairy tale or book they have read and turn it into a play. The play script should be at least two pages in length and should be written using typical play script format. This format includes:
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