Reading & Writing Workshop in the Secondary Classroom

A FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR UPPER GRADE WORKSHOP TEACHERS

MODULE 1: FUNDAMENTALS

• Feel confident using both reading and writing workshop in your classroom.
• Learn what reading and writing workshop looks like at the secondary level.
• Access lists of reading and writing mini lesson ideas for secondary students.
• Make a plan for getting started in only five steps.

MODULE 2: BEHAVIOR

• Access editable expectation and consequence system.
• Put expectations & consequences systems in place while also building a caring, accepting community of secondary students.
• Increase student productivity, engagement and motivation.
• Access a unit plan to teach writing behavior.
• Access a unit plan to teach peer conferencing.

MODULE 3: ROUTINES

• Develop clear routines to ensure workshop runs smoothly all year long.
• Learn an extremely simple mini lesson structure that will make planning easier than ever.
• Learn how to meet the needs of students with a wide range of abilities.
• Develop a system for student work time that is productive and promotes independence and collaboration.
• Learn an easy to follow conferring method that doesn’t completely exhaust you and meets the needs of your diverse learners.
• Develop a closure routine that you can follow to wrap things up each day.

MODULE 4: TOOLS

• Learn about the types of charts and how best to utilize them in your classroom.
• Learn how to find and use mentor texts to lift the level of your students’ writing.
• Learn a simple way to utilize one notebook for reading and writing workshop.
• Learn about how choice boards promote independence and productivity and get access to a variety of editable choice boards.

MODULE 5: PLANNING

• Access a unit plan to launch both reading and writing workshop in just ten days.
• Learn how to plan your own engaging reading and writing workshop units.
• Obtain tools for planning a year-long curriculum.
• Learn how you can implement reading and writing workshop and teach all your standards without killing yourself trying to “fit everything in”.

MODULE 6: ASSESSMENT

• Identify the differences between grading and assessment.
• Learn about the types of assessments and how to simplify them so your not spending too much time grading.
• Access editable single-point rubrics.
• Learn ways to publish your students’ work.