http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/writers/index.html -- Breaks it down by grade level.


The Effects of Writing Workshop on Abilities of First Grade Students to Become Confident and Independent Writers.


http://athena.rider.edu:4054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26618650&site=ehost-live


Comparing Two Methods of Writing Instruction: Effects on Kindergarten Students’ Reading Skills.


Building Writer's Workshop: One Principal's Journey.

Abstract: In this article the author shares strategies for building writer's workshop on an elementary school campus. She recaps her personal journey from the initial scary moment of asking fourth graders for feedback on a memoir to the exhilaration she now experiences facilitating mini-lessons and writing conferences. The author also includes feedback from students and teachers and highlights a partnership with the San Marcos Writing Project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Roy, S. C. (2004). Building Writer's Workshop: One Principal's Journey. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 70(3), 25-28. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
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Revision: In The Writer's Workshop and in the Classroom.

Abstract: Explores the writing and revision processes of nonfiction novel. Inserts which developed important points toward the end of the piece; Reduction of lines; Identification of a technical problem; Manipulations of texts; Use of carets, wide margins, scissors and paste for reorganizing a draft

Graves, D. H., & Murray, D. M. (1980). REVISION: IN THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP AND IN THE CLASSROOM. Journal of Education, 162(2), 38. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
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The Writing Workshop: A Predictable Structure.


http://www.reading.org/Publish.aspx?page=/publications/bbv/books/bk832/abstracts/bk832-1-rog.html&mode=redirect

Rog, L. (2011). The Writing Workshop: A Predictable Structure. In Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Intermediate Writing, Grades 4–6 (pp. 1-16). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Getting Ready and Writing Workshop.

http://www.reading.org/Publish.aspx?page=/publications/bbv/books/bk566/abstracts/bk566-5-schulze.html&mode=redirect

Schulze, A.C. (2006). Getting Ready and Writing Workshop . In Helping Children Become Readers Through Writing (pp. 147-180). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.


Writing Workshop Units of Study: A Day with Lucy Calkins.

Lucy Calkins' professional profile:
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/?facid=lmc71


http://blogs.scholastic.com/3_5/2009/04/writing-workshop-units-of-study-a-day-with-lucy-calkins.html


Fourth Grade Writers Workshop: Units of Study
http://www.sfdr-cisd.org/inst/Documents/4th%20Grade%20Unit%205%20Writer's%20Workshop.pdf

San Felipe-Del Rio Language Arts Curriculum Resource Guide. "Fourth Grade Writers Workshop Units of Study: Unit 5." San Felipe Del Rio CISD. 10 Aug. 2010. Web. 07 Mar. 2011. <http://www.sfdr-cisd.org/Pages/default.aspx>.





Goals for a Writer's Workshop:


- Improve vocabulary

- Build independent thinkers/ writers
- Improve essential writing skills
- Learn how to use classroom references (like thesaurus, dictionary)
- Learn editing skills like punctuation and grammar.
- Improve reading fluency by proxy.
- Have students learn how to peer-edit.
-Time Management
-Reluctant Writers


K: What you know already about said topic.


W: What you want to know.
L: What you learned.