Elements of Writing Workshop
On Wednesdays for a portion of our writing time I will conduct a writing workshop. This means that I will pick a skill or focus that the students need more work on and teach or reteach a mini lesson. Ten minutes I will teach this quick overview of the skill. The students will then be allowed to go and write either in groups or individually a story that has them focusing on the topic or lesson for that day. One example might be if the students are struggling on organization I might have them listen to a story and then have to retell the story in the correct order. Also having the students fill out a sequence chart to organize ideas and events will be helpful.