Writing Workshop Survival Kit
Second Edition
The second edition of the Writing Workshop Survival Kit offers
English teachers and writing teachers in grades 5-12 a thoroughly
updated and revised guide to teaching the writing process. This
comprehensive, step-by-step resource is an invaluable aid for
teachers who are conducting a writing workshop or managing a
writing workshop in the classroom. The book includes activities,
numerous reproducibles, and 100 mini-lessons that concentrate on
various types of writing, writing techniques, and the mechanics of
writing. In addition, the second edition contains new material on
timely topics such as Enlisting Support for Your Writing Workshop,
Using Search Engines to Find Information on the Internet, The Use
of Computers in Revision, and How to Establish a Web Site to
Display Student Writing.
The new edition is designed for easy use and the lay-flat format
makes photocopying the book's reproducibles a snap. Each activity
and mini-lesson can stand alone, allowing teachers to use the
materials in a manner that best suits their classroom environments
and their students' abilities.
Part I: THE DYNAMICS OF THE WRITING WORKSHOP
AN OVERVIEW OF THE WRITING WORKSHOP presents topics such as the
teacher's role, a model of the typical workshop, scheduling, and
promoting the writing workshop.
MANAGING YOUR WRITING WORKSHOP contains information on creating
and maintaining a successful writing environment, time management,
discipline, evaluation, and monitoring students' progress.
Part II: THE STAGES OF THE WRITING PROCESS
PREWRITING includes topics such as freewriting, brainstorming,
idea lists, writing journals, using search engines, andexploring
writing topics.
DRAFTING provides strategies for writing drafts.
REVISION offers information including tips for teaching
revision, pitfalls to avoid, using computers in revision, and
writing conference strategies.
EDITING includes strategies for teaching editing skills; using a
dictionary, thesaurus, or author's stylebook; and working with
editing partners.
PUBLISHING provides information on various ways to publish and
share student writing, e-mail etiquette for writers, tips for
producing class magazines, and Web sites that publish the writing
of students.
Part III: USING MINI-LESSONS IN THE WRITING WORKSHOP
MINI-LESSONS FOR TYPES OF WRITING includes 16 mini-lessons on
topics such as narratives, essays, articles, fiction, movie
reviews, advertising, rhyming poems, and strategies for taking
writing tests.
MINI-LESSONS FOR THE ART OF WRITING offers 29 mini-lessons on
topics such as effective leads, developing imagery, managing point
of view, transitions, cutting clutter, avoiding cliches, and
more.
MINI-LESSONS FOR THE MECHANICS OF WRITING contains 55
mini-lessons that cover topics such as subject-verb agreement,
paragraphing, varying sentences, using confusing words correctly,
and much more.
"Gary Muschla's Writing Workshop Survival Kit provides many
effective strategies that will make the writing process a more
enjoyable, efficient, and productive experience for your students.
They will become more confident writers who will both look forward
to and benefit from these valuable classroom-tested activities.
Muschla leaves no stone unturned in this comprehensive and
insightful journey through the writing process. Writing Workshop
Survival Kit should bea part of every writing teacher's
library!"
--Jack Umstatter, English teacher and author, Cold Spring Harbor
School District, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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