I am nervous about the conferring part of the writing workshop. I am not sure I know enough about writing to give advice. I definitely need to extend my “fistful of knowledge.” I appreciate Ray’s specific directions on how long the conference should last and what exactly should happen during the conference. I think each […]

I laughed out loud when I read “since so few of us had a history of good writing instruction in school, we don’t have a lot to draw on when we start to think about what our teaching will look like in the writing workshop” (pg.93). This statement is so true. I do not love writing […]

  At first I had no idea where Ray was going with her cafeteria metaphor, but then it all made sense. The writing workshop should be as consistent as lunch. No student or teacher would ever want to miss lunch. Wouldn’t it be great if teachers and students had the same feeling about the writing workshop? […]

When I was in school all of my teachers emphasized the writing process, not a writing workshop. I am not familiar with a writing workshop, but I like how Ray says “each student is able to bring his or her personal interests to the workshop and explore those interests through writing (pg.3).” I think it […]