Launching Writer's Workshop | Minilessons to Build & Grow Writers

Description This collection of writing mini-lessons is to launch your Writers Workshop by building a community of writers who share, grow and learn together. Students will learn strategies for generating writing ideas and developing story ideas. Along with building community, this unit will set the guidelines and expectations of Writers Workshop.   Key Teaching Points included: Who are we as writers? What is a Writers Notebook? Personalize our notebooks Reading like a writer Generate ideas for writing (with anchor chart) Mapping the neighborhood (with anchor chart) Heart Map (with anchor chart) People/Place lists (with anchor chart) Storytelling with exaggeration Collecting Entries in my writers notebook (with anchor chart) Creating a volume of entries Watermelon vs. Seed Ideas (with anchor chart) Choosing a Seed Idea & Narrowing the Time Frame Building Stories Step by Step (with anchor chart/notebook inserts) Drafting (with anchor chart) Revising (with anchor chart) Leads Endin