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Introduction to the workshop
Let’s get started! – Handout
Phase #1 - Writing Topics
Write What You Know & Remember
Create Memories Picture Collage & write for different purposes
Phase #2 - Setting Expectations
Meet for daily instruction & define “workshop”
Outline Sharing Time/ Author’s Chair
Establish Turn & Talk and Timed Mingle expectations
Establish Writing Time expectations
Establish Help! Tent expectations
Hold teacher-writer meetings
Phase #2 - Creating Notebooks
Introduce the Writer’s Notebook
Establish notebook procedures
Phase #2 - Motivating Writers
Phase #2 - Developing Spelling
Establish spelling procedures
Phase #3 - Introducing the 6 Traits
Connect 6 Traits to standards
Introduce 6 Traits to students
Conduct a 6-Traits introduction
Build a yearlong visual display
Phase #4 - Building Rubrics
Build a sentence-writing rubric
