Welcome to Writing Workshop: Engaging Today's Students with a Model That Works, Paperback/Lynne R. Dorfman

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Description Stacey Shubitz and Lynne Dorfman warmly welcome you to experience writing workshop for the first time or in a new light with Welcome to Writing Workshop. Through strategic routines, tips, resources, and short focused video clips, teachers can create the sights and sounds of a thriving writing workshop where: - both students and teachers are working authors - students spend most of their time writing--not just learning about it - student choice is encouraged to help create engaged writers, not compliant ones - students are part of the formative assessment process - students will look forward to writing time--not dread it. From explanations of writing process and writing traits to small-group strategy lessons and minilessons, this book will provide the know-how to feel confident and comfortable in the teaching of writers. About the Author STACEY SHUBITZ is an author, independent literacy consultant, and a graduate of The Literacy Specialist Program at Teachers College. She is the Chief of Operations and Lead Writer for Two Writing Teachers, a popular blog about the teaching of writing. LYNNE DORFMAN was a literacy coach for the Upper Moreland School District in Pennsylvania where she taught for 38 years. She serves the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project as a codirector and is an adjunct professor at Arcadia University.