1. Why write? Writing is lifework -- Read to children- share the writing possibilities -- Take a language bath -- Lessons from young writers. 2. Discover you writing self. What professional writers do -- What to write about. 3. How to design and run a writer's workshop. Introducing the workshop: topic selection -- Write, write, write -- Mini-lessons -- Status of the class. 4. What writers need. Listen hard to respond well -- The joy of record-keeping -- Scratch the instructional itch -- Be yourself. 5. The conventions writers and readers need. Understanding development -- Developmental phases of spelling -- Talk about writing -- What about skills? 6. Write your way into learning. The having of wonderful ideas -- A learning framework. 7. Journals, poetry, and other reasons to write. Write back -- What about other genres? -- Parting thoughts
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