Assignment:
This is the first part of my assignment and I am hoping that with some new and creative ideas I can use this to continue with the other sections.
Description: Create a plan to implement a writer's workshop in your classroom. This plan should consider all the elements needed to implement a Writing program in a grade of your choice: 1 to 4
Procedure:
Select a grade level and focus on the four Overall Expectations for Writing for that grade:
I chose grade 4 and here are the 4 overall expectations for writing for this grade:
1: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
2: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
3: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
4: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
1. Develop and Organize Content
2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style in Writing
3. Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting Written Work Effectively
4. Reflecting on Writing Skills and Strategies
PART 1: Rational: Write a brief rationale for the need of a balanced writing program to promote student success in writing.
PART 2: Content for Learning: For each Overall Expectation list and describe 5 essential skills and/or concepts you will teach for student success in the writing process.
PART 3: Instructional components and decision: Present how you will:
1. Use the Levels of Support to instruct students for success.
2. Balance the six language arts
3. Organize classroom space, time, materials, students
4. Use Writing across the curriculum
5. Assess and evaluate student progress
6. Present your knowledge in your own words, in a way that best represents your own thinking and understanding of how you would set up this program in your classroom.
7. This completed document (even though it focuses on one grade), with modifications, should provide you with a solid foundation to begin to implement a sound writing program when you begin teaching.