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Improving Student Writing Skills
However, alternating workshop days with lecture days
is not recommended. In this model, students will have
difficulties settling into the routine of independent work
time, and you will need to police this time rather than
use it for additional differentiated instruction (and thus
defeating one main purpose in using the workshop).
Students may also forget where in the writing process
they are working and may need additional prompting to
continue the train of their Authentic Writing thought.
Instead, you may consider using direct instruction for
however many weeks necessary before switching to the
workshop format, using direct instruction to complete
necessary curriculum elements and as a “warm up” to
Authentic Writing. This approach has the advantage of
making the workshop seem special to students.
Many teachers will also take a break from their fulltime
workshop for units on grammar or other strictly
assessed issues (with this break just before the relevant
assessment). Keep in mind, though, the danger of overly
diluting the routine of your workshop, on which you will
depend for a smoothly operating system.
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