*The Author may have something particular they want help with.Ģ. In groups of 3, authors read and peers respond to each other’s writings in a prescribed manner to help with revision.ġ. STEP 9 PEER RESPONSE GROUPS and/or or teacher-student conferring See my blog on Gradual Release of Responsibility Lessons and various Strategy Shorts for Reading and Writing. an invitation to apply in real situation.These lessons are taught as writing Workshop Focus Lessons: revise multiple times (Organization 1 Style element).I teach one lesson (one element) for each writing domain or trait for each writing as students Revision is the where teachers can teach good writing STEP 8 REVISION and EDITING Focus Lessons Also classrooms may house additional mentor texts and other supports for writing. It is vital to give TIME in class to write where they have the teacher and their peers for support and assistance. With the multiple mentor texts and examples, students have been given some CHOICE in what and how they write. The most important aspects for successful writing are CHOICE and TIME. Students now are ready to write a rough draft, consulting their brainstorming for ideas and referring to the mentor texts for content and form and organization. In these examples from Bridging the Gap (and my classroom), we see that Janel followed the mentor text very closely while Doug went in a completely different direction. Showing a variety of examples also allows for differentiation. However, we don’t want mentor texts to ever stifle creativity and individual voice. There is no “right” way even though teachers will want certain elements to be included as memoir writing, i.e., a reflective ending. ![]() Students will note that some writers follow the mentor texts very closely while others are more creative. If teachers do not have student samples, Bridging the Gapincludes examples from Grades 5 to 9 as well as Teacher Models. If this is not my first year teaching this unit, I share some student samples from previous classes (with permission and without names). STEP 6 Showing STUDENT SAMPLES for differentiation Even though I employed some topics and ideas from the mentor text, I wrote in my own style. I ask writers to notice and share what I “borrowed” from Ms Lyon as my memoir-writing mentor and also how my writing differs from hers.
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