High School Reading and Writing Workshop: Growing Teens as Readers, Writers, and Thinkers

(In coordination with NESA's Literacy Collaborative)

What does a reading and writing workshop look like in the high school? How does a reading and writing workshop motivate and engage older students? How does a workshop differ from a traditional classroom? With an abundance of curricular demands, why would a teacher opt for the workshop model? How does the workshop model fit in a standards-based world?

For two days, teachers will explore these questions and others. During a part of each day, you will be immersed in a reading and writing workshop similar to what you might find in a high school.

Based on this highly interactive experience, you will understand a contemporary model of reading and writing workshop designed to engage and meet the needs of the high school students.

At the end of the two days, you will leave with strategies for designing a reading and writing workshop, a collection of tools that will support your learners, and a variety of practical tips.

Target Audience: MS and HS English/literacy teachers, literacy coaches, administrators.

Continuum Level: 2

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Participants will. . .

• know the purpose of the reading and writing workshop in the high school classroom and the difference workshop makes for students.
• be able to apply the essential elements of a reading and writing workshop to their classrooms.
• understand the importance of models, including teacher modeling and mentor texts.
• recognize workshop as a time and assessment structure.
• receive a collection of standards-based resources they can turn to in the upcoming school year, including mini-lessons for both reading and writing.

Knowledge of the standards and an awareness of the workshop model of instruction.

Please bring your laptop/tablet to this workshop.

Save paper and effort where possible!

For your convenience, and to support our efforts in being "green", all handouts/files posted here have been notated with an A, B, C or D indicating the following:

(A) hardcopies needed at workshop
(B) electronic version on laptop is sufficient (for viewing during the workshop)
(C) required reading PRIOR to the workshop
(D) file not needed for workshop itself, but simply material of additional interest/reference

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(A) High School Reading and Writing Workshop: Growing Teens as Readers, Writers, and Thinkers

(A) Workshop Model as a Structure for Assessment