“Well, I shared my piece yesterday and I learned that it was good. It just needs a little work on the beginning, the middle, and the end.” This unsolicited sentence appeared as an enthusiastic observation in Heather’s writing journal the day after a group conference. Heather, a quiet eighth grade student, had shared her bicycle [...]

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Revision must be made a visual tool for the young writer in a writing workshop. I use this story from my early years and ask the students to confer with me. As they point to my writing and ask questions I take notes. After the teacher / student conference I think out loud about what [...]

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The National Writing Project is a program that is open to the best that is known about the teaching of writing from whatever source: from literature in the field, from research, and from the insights and experiences of successful teachers at all levels. The Writing Project proposes no packaged plans, no teacher-proof materials, no set [...]

Writing Conferences are only one part of the writing process. If properly introduced and incorporated, conferring in groups becomes a most beneficial tool to improve student writing. In the group conference, students should be positive, constructive, and specific-behaviors which middle school students do not normally practice. This group conference method does as much to develop [...]

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