1. Establishing and Maintaining Reading and Writing Workshops
Herrell, chapter 22

2. Conditions for Learning Literacy
Workshop Format for Reading and Writing
Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Provides Students with Authentic Practice
Conditions for Learning Literacy
Immersion in literacy
Modeling of literate behaviors
Learner expectations of success
Individual responsibility
Successive approximations toward a standard
Employment of skills being acquired
Formal and informal feedback authentic engagement in learning and practice
Collaboration in student writing conferences where students support one
another

3. Implementing and Maintaining Reading and Writing Workshops
Develop a schedule for implementation
Plan and teach mini-lessons
Teach the writing process
Build reading and writing folders
Schedule time for quality work
Teach and practice conferring skills
Set up editing station
Publish student work
Schedule celebrations
Read aloud to provide quality
models of good writing
Integrate the teaching of reading
Monitor student progress