1. Mini-Lessons: Write Like a Pro Lori Elliott tosaelliott@gmail.com

2. Developmental Stages of Writing Scribbling

3. Letter-Like Symbols to Transition

4. Strings of Letters to Conventional

5. Key Characteristics Students decide what they will write about. A sustained block of time is provided everyday for writing. Student Selected and Focused writing takes place. Routines, traditions, and rituals are used to orchestrate the workshop.

6. Structure of the Workshop Minilesson/ Modeling by the teacher Students Write & Teacher Conferences with Students Author’s Chair: Share Time

7. Mini-Lessons/Modeling Short about 10 minutes. Focused on one particular topic. Always involve modeling: teacher writing, student samples, books.

8. Mini-Lessons and Technology Smart Boards/ Interactive White Boards Computers and Projectors PowerPoint

9. Smart Board

10. Types of Mini-Lessons Procedural Conventional Craft

12. Create a Writer’s Environment Daily Writer’s Workshop Time Postcard Geography: Online project (cyberbee.com) Goofy Writing Christmas Card Exchange/Thank You notes BLOGS

13. Launch Cycle: Starting the Year Authority List

14. Family Tim, Austin, Ashlyn Beach Shells, Florida, Gulf Shores, sand School Century Social studies

15. Map Out a Story

16. Free Write Set the timer for 2 minutes and model writing about a topic. Keep writing, don’t worry about it being perfect. After the time limit, see what you have. Group ideas together and make a plan for your writing. Let’s try it.

17. This is the scariest thing you will ever see!

19. What do you do when you face a blank page? Use your Authority List. Use your Maps. Use a graphic organizer to get your thoughts together. Make a list.

20. What Can I Write?

21. Letters Emails Thank you note Story

22. Get Kids Pumped about Writing Write everyday. Let students choose topics, materials, or forms of writing. Mini-Lesson Daily to model good writing. Give students ownership by using 3-ring binder notebooks, composition notebooks, or other journals. Share the writing with different audiences.

23. I Need Samples for Modeling

24. http://www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/#exp

25. Use Visuals to Stimulate Writing

26. Verbs: It’s What You Do Drive Race Pass Laugh Steer Turn Concentrate

27. PeoplePlacesThings

28. What do you see? What could you smell? Taste? Feel?

30. Patricia Polacco http://www.patriciapolacco.com I would recommend that all new writers keep their stories concise and close to their hearts.

31. Kevin O’Malley First you have to come up with a great idea. You have to let the idea float around in your head for awhile. Most good ideas will stay with you for a least a couple of days. When a new idea pops into my head I usually write it down in a note book. You never know when some bad ideas can be turned into good ones. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/komalley/

32. Kate DiCamillo Writing is seeing. It is paying attention. Write Rewrite Read Look Listen Believe in Yourself http://www.katedicamillo.com/index.html

33. Connecting Reading and Writing

34. Melissa Forney

35. Ralph Fletcher