Living Like a Writer

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Living Like a Writer

• The best way to use your time outside of school
  is spent reading and writing.
• --Randy Bomer

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How do we learn to be writers?

• Experts in the field
• Published authors
• Teaching experiences
• Write, write, write!

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What Writers Do(The Writing Process)

• Day to Day Living
• Slow Down
• Closely Observe
• Collect
• Record Striking Quotes
• Remember
• Reflect
• Percolate

• The Writing Process (Packet P3)
• Plan
• Draft
• Reread
• Revise
• Edit
• Publish

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Day to Day LivingUsing a Writers Notebook

• Notice/Observe their world
• Think about Projects
• Audiences
• Topics
• Genres
• Write A LOT
• Read A LOT
• Packet P2 P25

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Writing Workshop is about giving students the
opportunity to live like real writers.
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Writers Notebook Entry

• Take a few minutes to think and jot about your
  writing experiences. Consider things like
• What experiences did you have with writing in
  school (elementary ? college)?
• What experiences are your students having?
• What are your feelings about writing?

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Sharing

• Share some of your thoughts with those at your
  table.

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A Community of Writers

• The early focus of writing workshop, is creating
  a community of writers. This safe place to write
  can be created by
• Storytelling
• Reading Aloud
• Having Conversations
• Revealing Artifacts
• Finding Mentors
• Sharing Notebooks
• Decorating Notebooks
• (Packet S6)

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Creating a Community of Writers

• It begins with a predictable environment.
• Establishing a Predictable Environment from The
  Art of Teaching Writing
• by Lucy Calkins (Packet S9)
• Each member of your group read highlight a
  different section. Then discuss as a group.