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Writers' Workshop Basics
Genres of Writing
Traits
Informational Literacy
Potpourri
100
A well-respected writing teacher, she is the author of our main textbook.
Who is Katie Wood Ray?
100
A story of something that has really happened to you.
What is a personal narrative?
100
6 + 1
How many writing traits are there?
100
A tool for finding sites on the Internet.
What is a search engine?
100
The trait that covers spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
What is the trait of CONVENTIONS?
200
Brainstorming, pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing.
What are the steps in a writing process?
200
A piece of writing where you take the voice of a character or object.
What is a point-of-view piece (or a creative piece)?
200
The trait that includes what your piece of writing is about.
What is the trait of IDEAS?
200
The name of a website that helps you find the original registrant of a website.
What is www.easywhois.com?
200
The trait that includes margins, spacing, white space, and illustrations.
What is the trait of PRESENTATION?
300
45 minutes a day.
How much time should we try to schedule Writers' Workshop each day?
300
A piece of writing where you make a claim, give reasons for that claim, and recognize opposing views?
What is a persuasive piece (or an opinion piece)?
300
The trait that covers beginning, middle, end, sequencing, and transitions.
What is the trait of ORGANIZATION?
300
People who have used technology all of their lives.
Who are Digital Natives?
300
A study over time of the books of one author.
What is an Author Study?
400
Speaking with each student about their work as they write independently.
What is conferring (or holding conferences)?
400
A piece of writing focused on one thing, with interesting word choices and perhaps rhyme, rhythm, or repetition.
What is a poem?
400
The trait that covers interesting words and phrases.
What is the trait of WORD CHOICE?
400
"The Internet does not need to know your name."
What is the first online safety rule we should teach young children?
400
A continuum of indicators, showing strengths and weaknesses in writing.
What is a writing rubric?
500
Choice of topics, time to write, independence, responsibility, and support.
What do our students need during Writers' Workshop to become good writers?
500
A piece of writing filled with information about a topic.
What is an expository piece (or an information piece?
500
The trait that makes your writing sound good when read out loud and covers sentence length and sentence variety.
What is the trait of SENTENCE FLUENCY?
500
A tilde in a web address.
What is a clue that a site is a personal page attached to an established web site?
500
I will always have a real writers' workshop in my classroom.
What is the promise we make to Julie before we leave this class?