Vocabulary
Writer's Workshop
Types of Writing
Six Traits
Potpourri
100

A one on one direct strategy designed to guide and assist students through the process of writing.

What is a writing conference.

100

Place where students put all writing during a specified time period.

What is a Portfolio

100

What type of writing includes character development, a setting, conflict and resolution.

What is a narrative

100

In what stage of the Writer's Workshop is it best to work on conventions.

Editing

100

Mini lessons should always be taught... and then ask to be applied....

What is at the beginning of the writer's workshop.  Students should then be asked to apply these lesson into their own writing.
200

Assessment that presents a body of work that showcases competencies, exemplary work or, developmental progress.  

What is a Portfolio Assessment

200

All writer's workshops begin with...

What is building background/ prewriting

200

Students are using facts and emotions to persuade someone to take their point of view.  What type of writing are they using? 

What is opinion.

200

Explain the difference between editing and revision.

Revision is of ideas, organization, fluency and word choice.  Editing is only conventions

200

Hanging your students' work on the bulletin board outside your classroom is a form of ...

What is publishing

300

A type of writing that examines complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection and organization and analysis of content.

What is informational/Expository Writing

300

Feedback should be given by...

Who are peers and teacher

300

Ms. Peacock is asking her students to write an piece based on facts about the cause and effect of the Civil War.  She is asking them to write...

What is an expository piece?
300

Sally has decided that she needs to work on transitions that help her paper read more cohesively.  Which two traits could she be revising?

What are organization and fluency.

300

The most important thing we can do for our students in a writer's workshop is to give them...

What is choice.

400

The elements of characters, setting and plot that are found in a narrative text.

What is a story grammar or story map

400

During writer's workshop we want to ____________ responsibility

What is gradually release.

400

Given two examples of a interdisciplinary writing project in science.

What are....

400

Brett notices that he has repeated the same word several times throughout his paper.  When he revises, he should work on...

What is word choice

400

How would you use the rubric "for learning" throughout the writing process?

What is for peer and teacher feedback, to guide the writing, and for establishing what the targets are for the assignment.

500

The attitude of a writer conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

What is tone

500
Mentor texts primary use is to

what is to model the text structure of the genre students will be writing in.

500

Piece of writing that focuses on supporting a claim using evidence and valid reasoning.

What is an augmentative piece. 

500

The heart of all writing is a student's 

What are ideas.

500

When writing a piece students should always keep in mind their...

Who is the audience.

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