Writers' Workshop Launch Lessons

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Launching Writers' Workshop

Writers' Workshop is launched in September in grades 1-5 and in January in Kindergarten. The sample lessons below will help you begin to build a logical sequence of focus lessons that prepare writers for a year in the workshop model. These lessons correspond to those in the unit trajectories. They are listed below in no particular order. Modify the mentor texts and language in the lessons as necessary for your grade level.

Grades K-2

Starting the Writing Workshop

Writers decorate their Writers' Workshop folders.

Good writers spell the best they can...and then move on.

Good writers respect other writers.

Good writers understand the rules of Writers' Workshop.

Good writers know what writers write!

Good writers know why writers write!

Good writers confer.

Good writers create a heart map.

Good writers create a memory chain.

Good writers carry on independently.

Grades 3-5

What is Writers' Workshop? (3-5)

Good writing is decision making. (3-5)

Good writers map their hearts to find topics that matter. (3)

Good writers generate ideas. (Part I) (3)

Good writers generate ideas. (Part II) (3)

Good writers rehearse for writing by storytelling. (3-5)

Good writers establish routines. (Part I) (3-5)

Good writers establish routines. (Part II) (3-5)

Good writers recognize the qualities of good writing. (Part I) (3-5

Good writers recognize the qualities of good writing. (Part II) (3-5)

Good writers recognize the qualities of good writing. (Part III) (3-5)

Good writers know the writer's job in a conference. (3-5)

Good writers choose a seed idea. (3-5)

Good writers use timelines as tools for planning stories. (3-5)

Good writers generate ideas. (Part I) (4-5)

Good writers generate ideas. (Part II) (4-5)

Good writers create timelines for developing stories. (3-5)

Good writers write from inside a memory. (3-5)

Good writers spell the best they can and then move on. (3)

Good writers organize their thoughts in paragraphs. (3)

Good writers write in passages of thought. (4-5)

What is revising? (3-5)

What is editing? (3-5)

Good writers revise leads? (4-5)

Good writers revise endings. (4-5)

Good writers revise to develop the heart of a story. (3)

Good writers revise to develop the heart of a story. (4-5)

Good writers review capitalization rules. (3)

Good writers review punctuation rules. (3)

Good writers review capitalization and punctuation rules. (4-5)

Good writers use the editing checklist. (4-5)

Good writers know the writing process. (3-5)

Introduction to Writer's Notebook (3-5)