Narrated by Lucy McCormick Calkins, this video presents a stunning inside look at New York City's writing workshops. Viewers will see K-8 children as they write and master teachers as they work with their newest methods.
The Writing Workshop provides coverage of the latest ideas sweeping the field of writing. Major themes include:
- Writing with purpose and consequence
- The teaching power of literature
- Conferring
- The special challenges of teaching young writers
- The structure of a writing classroom
- Fostering a range of genre within the writing workshop.
Viewers develop strategies for incorporating literature into their conferences. They also see the way each writing workshop bears the imprint of that particular teacher's style and voice as they learn solutions to the universal problems of a writing workshop. Most of all, viewers will be reminded of the power of writing to make a world of difference in the lives of young people.
The Writing Workshop video and the staff development guidebook are designed for inservice and preservice teacher education programs, courses, and workshops in a range of settings.
