Writers Workshop

This group is a place to talk Writers Workshop. Would you like to get a Writers Workshop started? How do you create a classroom climate to support a Writers Workshop? What professional texts/authors would veteran teachers suggest to help launch clear thinking about the workshop? What other questions do you have as you plan for your student writers?

Are you already using a Writers Workshop in your classroom? What strategies have been most successful with students at your grade level? What challenges do you face still? How do you structure writing time? conferences? workshop groups? mini-lessons? editing? What mentor texts have prompted the best writing from your students? How has the workshop helped prepare your students for standardized exams?