Foundation for A Successful Writing Workshop

I often talk about writing workshop with schools and how to implement it successfully. This PPT shows some of what I believe are the “essential” elements of a writing class. Without them the wriitng workshop will quickly disengrate and the teacher will be left with a defeated feeling and likely not try to attempt teaching writing in a studio environment again. There are key elements that have to be in place: 1 Donald Graves’ 7 Conditions,  2) Mark Milliken’s Pointing and questioning technique,  3) and a general understanding of the function and framework of the writing workshop itelf.