Heinemann / ISBN 0-325-00521-4 / 978-0-325-00521-8 / 2003 / 272 pp / paperback
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This title is recommended for:

• Teaching Writing--Elementary

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Judy Davis and Sharon Hill have distilled several decades worth of teaching experience into this invaluable road map to creating a writing workshop in which students grow and grow and grow as writers.
--Carl Anderson

Here is a book written by expert teachers who have lived the teaching of writing from inside the classroom. This is a book that wisely connects writing with reading, life, parents, the school, and community. Judy Davis and Sharon Hill show us the practicalities of helping children become lifetime writers today.
--Donald Graves

This excellent book is as brilliant as it is pragmatic. Every teacher will want to dog-ear and highlight the myriad of tips and strategies that fill every page.
--Georgia Heard

In the hurry of teaching, how reassuring to be able to reach out for indispensable, ready-to-go aid and comfort. This book is filled with concrete answers to the questions, "What do I teach and how should I teach it?"
--Lucy Calkins

What a treat—everything we always wanted to know about teaching writing packed into this extraordinary book. So chock full of thoughtful strategies and practical ideas that my pencil jumped into overdrive marking spots I will return to again and again. This book is destined to become a familiar friend to us all.
--Stephanie Harvey

Judy Davis and Sharon Hill have distilled several decades worth of teaching experience into this invaluable road map to creating a writing workshop in which students grow and grow and grow as writers.
—Carl Anderson

Here is a book written by expert teachers who have lived the teaching of writing from inside the classroom. This is a book that wisely connects writing with reading, life, parents, the school, and community. Judy Davis and Sharon Hill show us the practicalities of helping children become lifetime writers today.
—Donald Graves

This excellent book is as brilliant as it is pragmatic. Every teacher will want to dog-ear and highlight the myriad of tips and strategies that fill every page.
—Georgia Heard

In the hurry of teaching, how reassuring to be able to reach out for indispensable, ready-to-go aid and comfort. This book is filled with concrete answers to the questions, "What do I teach and how should I teach it?"
—Lucy Calkins

What a treat—everything we always wanted to know about teaching writing packed into this extraordinary book. So chock full of thoughtful strategies and practical ideas that my pencil jumped into overdrive marking spots I will return to again and again. This book is destined to become a familiar friend to us all.
—Stephanie Harvey

Filling their book with specific how-to details, Judy Davis and Sharon Hill describe the organization of a successful yearlong writing workshop, centered on writing cycles and the writing notebook. They help teachers prepare tools, address management issues, get the work started, and build momentum as students increase their understanding of good writing practice. Their companion website, http://www.heinemann.com/davis-hill, offers forms, reproducibles, and additional student samples.

Table of Contents

I. Getting a Handle on the Essentials: Goals, Tools, and Management
1. Setting Achievable Goals
2. Using the Right Tools
3. Providing Structure and Organization
4. Setting Up the Writing Workshop
II. Helping Your Students Become Writers
5. First Cycle: From Writing Idea to Notebook Entry
6. Teaching What Your Students Need
7. Moving from Notebook Entry to Finished Piece
8. Future Cycles: Lifting the Quality of the Writing Notebook
9. Mastering the Magic of Revision
III. Extending Writing Possibilities
10. Poetry Study
11. Feature Article Study
12. Picture Book Study
13. Open-Choice Investigations
Conclusion: When Writing Spills Out of the Writing Workshop
1. Editing Checklist
2. Student Weekend Writing Assessment
3. Writer's Reflection
4. Conference Record-keeping Sheet
5. Notebook Checklist
6. Minilesson Planning Sheet
7. Day-to-Day Minilesson Planning Sheet
8. Flowchart: What I'm Trying to Say
9. Craft Study
10. Structure Templates
11. Responding to Poetry
12. Poetry Study Chart
13. Knowing My Taste in Poetry
14. Poetry Reflection
15. Feature Article Study Chart
16. From Notebook Entry to Feature Article
17. Feature Article Assessment
18. Getting Inspired by a Good Picture Book
19. Picture Book Study Chart
20. Picture Book Assessment
21. Open-Choice Investigation Topic Chart
Bibliography
1. Professional Books
2. Poetry Anthologies
3. Picture Books
4. Books Containing Short Texts

Sample Chapters

• Learn about tools that support both teachers and students of writing. (PDF, 5.8 MB)