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Background Information

In The Middle

Special Education & ELL

* Teacher for 40 years

* Only teacher to be awarded the M.L.A.’s Mina Shaughnessy Prize and NCTE’s David Russell Award for distinguished research

*Founded the demonstration school, Center for Teaching and Learning in 1990

*Author of several books including: In the Middle and Lessons That Change Writers

Writers' Workshop: 7 Basic Principles

  • Writers need regular chunks of time to write
  • Writers need to choose their own topics
  • Writers need helpful feedback during the writing process
  • Writers learn the mechanics in context
  • Teachers need to be writers with their students
  • Writers need to read
  • Writing teachers need to take responsibility for their own learning

Center for Teaching and Learning

  • K-8 non-profit demonstration school
  • The goal of this school to provide an environment that gives the students a chance to engage in authentic learning activities

Using this approach, all students are able to engage in writing at their own level. Their learning is supported with the mini lessons and the individual conferences with the teacher.

Reading and Writing

  • Reading journals are a great way for students to be engaged in writing in response to the their reading
  • Letter writing to the teacher about the books they are reading is another way to make a reading writing connection

Your Writing Assignment

Writer's Workshop

http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/0506/lesson6.pdf

Nancie Atwell's ideas of writer's workshop include:

  • Mini lessons that address conventions for writing, voice, organization, etc. Mini lesson ideas are available in Nancie Atwell's book: Lessons That Change Writers
  • Teacher and peer conferencing with students
  • Student and teacher evaluation of writing

Lessons That Change Writers

Sample Lessons from the book:

http://www.heinemann.com/products/0506.aspx

Student Choice

Some critics disagree with Nancie Atwell's views on the importance of letting students choose what they read and write about. Watch this video where she discusses her views.

http://www.heinemann.com/shared/player.aspx?id=AtwellRebuttal&path=rtmp://heinpublishing.flashsvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/heinpublishing_vitalstream_com/_definst_/videos/atwell

Nancie Atwell: Writing Workshop

By Sherry Baker

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