We will be using the Writer’s Workshop process to teach writing. As in a professional writer’s workshop, each student in the class is a working author. The teacher is a writing professional and peer coach, guiding authors as they explore their craft. Students spend most of their time putting pencil to paper, not just learning about it over time, students learn to choose their own topics and to manage their own development as they work through a wide variety of writing projects in a sustained and self-directed way. Students will also learn to write in different styles throughout the year, including:
Unit 1- Launching the Writers Workshop, Narrative Writing
Unit 2- Informational Writing, Writing like a Scientist
Unit 3- "How to" Writing
Unit 4- Opinion Writing
Unit 1- Launching the Writers Workshop, Narrative Writing
Unit 2- Informational Writing, Writing like a Scientist
Unit 3- "How to" Writing
Unit 4- Opinion Writing