Super Saturday
Writing Conference

SESSION 5  |  Grades K-12 / ELL All Levels

[HANDOUT]

Convert the writer’s workshop from in-person to virtual

Execute a writer’s workshop regardless of the classroom setting.

Establish procedures for the three parts of the workshop.

Zoom Meeting Rules

Honor the authentic aspects of a virtual writer’s workshop.

Adjust the writing process
for digital devices.

Deliver explicit instruction via whole-class mini-lessons.

Provide direct and visual instruction.

Deliver mini-lessons so that students
can see you and your thinking.

How do I take my favorite Smekens strategiesand make them digital and interactive?

Provide for an engaging We do experience.

Conclude live lessons with an Exit Ticket.

Mute sign | Unmute sign

Transition from direct instruction to independent Writing Time.

Communicate information about writing task and conference attendees.

Reveal the Must-Do independent task.

Create simple videos to outline the
one-sitting task and communicate it to the class.

Hold writer conferences.

Sample virtual conference

Conclude writer’s workshop with a virtual Author’s Chair.

Highlight writer attempts and achievements.

Execute a virtual
Author’s Chair.