PREFACE: BEGINNINGS: WHO AM I AS A WRITER?
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO WRITING INSTRUCTION
BECOMING-WRITER I: FINDING IDEAS AND DRAFTING …. #
CHAPTER ONE: THE STUDENT OF WRITING – THE TEACHER OF WRITING……………#
WHY WRITING STUDIO?
HOW DO WRITERS DEVELOP ACROSS GRADE LEVELS? …………….#
WHO IS THE TEACHER OF WRITING, AND WHAT IS THEIR ROLE IN THE WRITING STUDIO? …….#
COMMUNITY AND THE WRITING STUDIO …………………………………………………………………...#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
CHAPTER TWO: PURPOSES, POSSIBILITIES, AND GOALS FOR THE WRITING STUDIO…………………..#
INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS (CCSS) …………….#
WRITING AND LANGUAGE CCSS STANDARDS: PURPOSES, POSSIBILITIES AND GOALS…….#
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY STANDARDS: PURPOSES, POSSIBILITIES AND GOALS…….#
GENRES: PURPOSES, POSSIBILITIES AND GOALS…….#
WRITING TRAITS: PURPOSES, POSSIBILITIES AND GOALS…….#
AN ILLUSTRATION: DEVELOPING WRITING POSSIBILITIES, PURPOSES AND GOALS WITH SEBAS ..#
POSSIBILITIES, PURPOSES AND GOALS IN THE WRITING STUDIO…………………………………….#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
CHAPTER THREE: ORGANIZING THE WRITING STUDIO…#
THE WRITING STUDIO SCHEDULE................................#
WRITING STUDIO SNAPSHOTS ...............................#
ORGANIZING THE WRITING STUDIO: PHYSICAL SPACE ........................#
ORGANIZING THE WRITING STUDIO: INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES…………………….#
ORGANIZING THE WRITING STUDIO: WRITING TOOLS......................#
ORGANIZING THE WRITING STUDIO: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS......................#
AND SO IT MATTERS …………………………………………………….#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
PART II: ASSESSING WRITERS – DETERMINING STRENGTHS, NEEDS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL DIRECTIONS
BECOMING-WRITER II: PLAYING AROUND WITH FORM –
DEVELOPING THE IDEA …. #
CHAPTER FOUR: GETTING STARTED – WHO ARE THESE WRITERS? ASSESSMENTS TO BEGIN TEACHING WRITING ......................#
WHO ARE THESE WRITERS? WRITER SURVEYS ......................#
WHO ARE THESE WRITERS? GROWN-UP SURVEYS ......................#
WHO ARE THESE WRITERS? OBSERVATIONS ......................#
WHO ARE THESE WRITERS? WRITING SAMPLES ......................#
SYNTHESIZING THE DATA: LOOKING FOR PATTERNS TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION ......................
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
CHAPTER FIVE: ASSESSMENTS TO INFORM AND CELEBRATE WRITERS AND TEACHERS OF WRITING ......................#
ROLL CALL TO ACTION AND MY WRITING WORLD ......................#
TEACHING, CONFERENCING & PLANNING NOTEBOOK ......................#
TEACHING, CONFERENCING & PLANNING NOTEBOOK: YOUNG WRITERS ......................#
DAILY WRITING FOLDER ......................#
CUMULATIVE WRITING FOLDER ......................#
WRITER SELF-ASSESSMENT ......................#
WRITING SAMPLE......................#
SYNTHESIZING A WRITER’S PROGRESS ..................#
GRADING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION ..................#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
PART III: THE WRITING STUDIO GOES LIVE
BECOMING-WRITER III: ENGAGING IN STRUGGLE –
CYCLES OF REVISING AND CONFERRING…..#
CHAPTER SIX: WRITING STUDIO: WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION THROUGH THE WRITING MINI-LESSON ......................#
MANAGING THE WRITING MINI-LESSON ..............................................................................#
WHAT TO TEACH IN YOUR WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
CHOOSING MENTOR TEXTS FOR WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
TYPES OF WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
DEMONSTRATION WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
INQUIRY WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
SHARED WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
INTERACTIVE WRITING MINI-LESSONS ......................#
PLANNING WRITING MINI-LESSONS AHEAD......................#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
CHAPTER SEVEN: WRITING STUDIO: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE WRITING..............................................#
BECOMING-COLLABORATIVE ..............................................................................#
COLLABORATION AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS......................#
COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY......................#
COLLABORATION THROUGH PEER CONFERENCING......................#
BECOMING-INDEPENDENT...........................................#
THE TEACHER-STUDENT WRITING CONFERENCE: INDIVIDUALIZING WRITING INSTRUCTION...#
SMALL GROUP WRITING INSTRUCTION .....................#
CREATING POSSIBILITIES FROM WRITING STUDIO CHALLENGES...........................................#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
CHAPTER EIGHT: SHARING, CELEBRATING, AND BROADCASTING WRITERS AND WRITING..................#
SHARING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN THE WRITING STUDIO......#
SHARING WRITING PRACTICE, PROCESS, AND CRAFT......#
SCHEDULED PUBLIC FORUMS FOR SHARING IN THE WRITING STUDIO......#
SHARING, CELEBRATING AND BROADCASTING WRITERS’ WORK THROUGH PUBLICATION......#
AND NOW – ONE MORE THING – BECAUSE IT MATTERS.....#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
PART IV: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER – WRITING CURRICULUM
BECOMING-WRITER IV: SHARING, CELEBRATING,
AND BROADCASTING YOUR WORK AS AUTHOR ………#
CHAPTER NINE: PLANNING FOR A YEAR: THEMES TO INTEGRATE WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM ......................#
YEARLONG THEMES TO INTEGRATE LEARNING ......................#
“CHANGE”AS A YEARLONG THEME......................#
PLANNING WITH STANDARDS ......................#
“CHANGE”: YEARLONG INTEGRATED UNITS FOR GRADE 3......................#
WRITING ALL DAY LONG, ALL YEARLONG ......................#
ADAPTING WRITING INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG WRITERS ......................#
ILLUSTRATION: INTEGRATED “LIFE CYCLE” UNIT FOR PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN......................#
“DESIGN CURRICULUM? I AM GIVEN CURRICULUM!” .....................#
THE CURRICULUM MAP AS A LIVING DOCUMENT......................#
OTHER “BUMPS IN THE NIGHT” AND REASONS FOR ADAPTING CURRICULUM.....................#
BECOMING-TEACHERS OF WRITING: APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE CHAPTER......#
LEARNING WITH PEERS: DISCUSSION......................#
CHAPTER TEN: PLANNING AND LIVING AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ARTS WRITING UNIT…#
FRAMING DECISIONS ......................#
FOCUSING DECISIONS ......................#
DECISIONS ONCE THE WRITING STUDIO IS LIVE......................#
TEACHER J’S WEEK 3 REFELCTIVE ANALYSIS ......................#
[ALWAYS] BECOMING A TEACHER OF WRITING – AN OPEN INVITATION ......................#
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