Establishing+Writing+Workshop


 * Assessments: **
 * __Non-Negotiable Product__**
 * Observable routines in place such as: independent reading behaviors, evidence of daily writing, individual book boxes/bags with a collection of appropriate instructional/independent level text
 * Student Writing Sample - Personal experience narrative


 * __Ongoing Assessments__**
 * Individual Writing Conferences- Teachers conduct individual conferences to keep track of student progress and to decide if a mini-lesson is required for a skill not being met for the whole class or small groups or individuals.

**Writing TEKS/SEs** 1.17(A) plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing (e.g., drawing, sharing ideas, listing key ideas) 1.17(B) develop drafts by sequencing ideas through writing sentences 1.17(C) revise drafts by adding or deleting a word, phrase, or sentence 1.17(E) share writing with others 1.18(A) write brief stories
 * Daily: Writing Process**
 * Unit: Literary Texts **

1.21(A) form upper- & lower-case letters legibly in text (stories), using the basic conventions of print (left-to-right, top-to-bottom progression), including spacing between words and sentences 1.21(B) recognize and use basic capitalization (ii) the pronoun “I” (iii) names of people 1.21(C) recognize and use punctuation marks at the end of declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences 1.22(A) use phonological knowledge to match sounds to letters to construct known words
 * Oral/Written Conventions**

**Teaching Point:** During this unit, mini-lessons are taught to establish the following writing routines:
 * Students write daily for extended periods of time.
 * Students tell their stories orally, with pictures, and/or record some of the sounds they hear in words
 * Students write daily about their personal experiences.


 * Essential Questions: **
 * Literary Texts**
 * How does an author generate writing ideas?
 * How do writers ensure that what they have written makes sense?
 * Why should stories start with a writer’s own experiences?
 * Why do writers use different strategies to decide what to write?
 * Why is it important for authors to share their writing with others?
 * How does listening to the writing of others help you to develop more ideas for writing and improve your writing?

Lesson Plans & Needed Resources:

**Week of August 29th**

Session 1 – Staring the Writing Workshop [|Lesson 1.docx]

Session 2 - Carrying on Independently as Writers [|Lesson 2.docx] [|When I'm Done Chart.pdf]

Session 3 - Using Supplies Independently [|Lesson 3.docx] 

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week of September 6th**

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Session 4 - Telling Stories in Illustrations <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Lesson 4.docx]

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Session 5 - Drawing Even Hard-to-Make Ideas <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Lesson 5.docx]