Writing Workshop ─ The Essential Guide from the Authors of Craft Lessons

This reference for teachers presents an introduction to the workshop method of teaching writing to children. A writing workshop begins with a short lesson followed by significant time devoted to writing and finally sharing students' work with the whole class. Teaching aids such as a self-evaluation form, skill lists, and strategies for teaching spelling are included in the appendices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

RALPH FLETCHER is a nationally known educational consultant and speaker. He is the author of What A Writer Needs, Walking Trees: Teaching Teachers in the New York City Schools, and Breathing In, Breathing Out: Keeping a Writer's Notebook, all from Heinemann. His short stories and articles have appeared in Redbook, People, Cosmopolitan, and the Wall Street Journal, and he has published his third book of poetry, I Am Wings (Bradbury Press, 1994). He has worked with teachers and children across the United States, in Europe, and in the Middle East. He spent three years as a senior member of the Teachers College Writing Project in New York City involved with staff development. Ralph's talks are humorous, anecdotal, and practical. His work with teachers has its roots in his classroom experience as well as his own writing. He has the utmost respect for the difficult, important job teachers have in helping students find their voices for the writing that will shape theiJOANN PORTALUPI has helped teachers all over the U.S. find wiser ways of teaching writing. This is Ralph and JoAnns third collaboration as a follow-up to Craft Lessons and Nonfiction Craft Lessons, which they coauthored for Stenhouse.