Writers’ Workshop 2019 offers several grade-appropriate courses tailored to the needs of students as they progress through elementary school and middle school. All courses share the following characteristics.

What will Writers’ Workshop give your child?

• Time to write, in an environment that encourages written expression
• Ownership of his/her “product”; children are encouraged to write about things they know and care about
• Response, with frequent individual student-teacher conferences
• The foundation for good writing
• A lasting framework for writing
• Publication of his/her work. Students in Class PN-K1 will take home their completed work on the last day of the course; all others will have their work published in an anthology to be mailed in March 2020.

All students will learn the stages of the writing process.

• Choosing a topic
• Drafting and illustrating
• Responding and revising
• Proofreading and editing
• Publishing

Each Writers’ Workshop session consists of these elements:

• Mini-lesson about good writing
• Writing block time
• Individual student-teacher conference
• Sharing time