Division of Instruction

Readers/Writers Workshop
Curriculum Resource Notebook

1. What is Readers/Writers Workshop?
   • Background and Overview
   • Philosophy and Goals
   • Reflective Cycle
2. Program/Curriculum Overview
3. Standards, Curriculum and Instruction Program Alignment
4. Readers/Writers Workshop Implementation Continuum
5. Planning Instructional Time in a Literacy Block
   • 58-65 Minute Instructional Flowchart
6. Teaching/Learning Cycle
   • Assessment Of / For Learning:  Summative & Formative Assessment
   • Teaching/Learning Cycle in Readers/Writers Workshop
   • Teaching / Learning / Planning Guide
7. Brian Cambourne’s Conditions of Learning
   • Cambourne’s Principles of Literacy Learning
   • Schematic Representation of Cambourne’s Model of Learning
8. APS Secondary Literacy Continua
   • APS Secondary Literacy Reading Continuum
   • APS Secondary Literacy Writing Continuum
9. APS Reading & Writing Long-range Planning & Pacing Guides
   « NOTE:  All pacing guides are currently undergoing a district revision process to reflect upcoming new standards.  Continue to use existing pacing guides to prepare for CSAP & district interim tests.
   • Literacy Education:  Underlying Assumptions
   • Secondary Literacy 6—12 Year-at-a-Glance 2011-2012
   • Grade 6 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 6^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
   • Grade 7 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 7^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
   • Grade 8 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 8^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
   • Grade 9 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 9^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
   • Grade 10 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 10^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
   • Grade 11 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 11^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
   • Grade 12 Reading & Writing Pacing Guides
     • 12^th Grade Long-range Planning Guide
10. APS Secondary Literacy Instructional Frameworks
    • Reading Demonstrations
    • Small Group Reading Instruction
    • Shared Reading
    • Independent Reading
    • Responding to Reading
    • Writing Demonstrations
    • Independent Writing
    • Purposeful Talk
    • Conferring
    • Craft Instruction
    • Building Agency & Revaluing Readers:  A Strengths-Based Approach to Reading Intervention
11. ELL Recommendations
    • (Under development)
12. Process & Genre Studies in Readers/Writers Workshop
    • What are Readers/Writers Workshop Studies?
    • Purpose & Rationale—Why these Readers/Writers Workshop Studies?
    • Foundations of Student Learning in Readers/Writers Workshop, K-5
    • Secondary Literacy Instructional Framework:  Readers/Writers Workshop Studies
    • 6^th – 10^th Grade Process Studies:
      • Creating a Community of 21^st Century Learners:  A Process Study
      • Going Deeper into Text – Exploring the Human Experience:  A Process Study
      • Noticing & Naming to Prepare for Standardized Testing:  A Process Study
      • Purpose & Audience:  A Technical Writing Process Study
      • The Craft of Revision:  A Process Study
      • Crafting Writing with an Editor’s Lens:  A Process Study
      • Reading Poetry:  A Process Study
      • Student Choice Mult-Genre Study Portfolio AND Assessing Ourselves as Readers & Writers:  Reflecting on Strengths & Planning for Future Learning
      • Mrachek Sample Portfolio (Power Point / PDF)
    • 6^th – 10^th Grade Genre Studies:
      • 6th Grade Student Choice Genre Study – Narrative Writing (Short Story, Narrative Speech, Memoir)
      • 7^th Grade Student Choice Genre Study – Narrative Writing (Feature Article, Narrative Speech, Commentary)
      • 8^th Grade Student Choice Genre Study – Essay Writing
      • 9^th Grade Journey Through Thought – The Essay Genre Study
      • 10^th Grade Student Choice Genre Study – Response to Literature
    • 11^th Grade Studies
      • Rhetorical Analysis:  A Process Study
      • Reading the World:  An Exploration of Literary Theory Process Study
      • Journey Through Thought—Argumentation:  A Research Process Study
      • Effective Communication through Multiple Genres:  A Process Study
      • Noticing & Naming to Prepare for Standardized Tests—An ACT Process Study
    • 12^th Grade Studies
      • Developing Voice—Effective Communication for Postsecondary Readiness:  A Process Study
      • Unlocking Complex Text:  A Process Study
      • Evaluating Issues:  A Research Process Study
      • Literary Thought:  A Genre Analysis Study
      • Capstone—Linking the Past, Present & Future of My Learning:  A Student Choice Process Study
      • How Language Works—Impact on Audience & Purpose:  A Process Study
13. Building a Classroom Library
    • Building Classroom Libraries for Readers/Writers Workshop
    • Suggested Secondary Classroom Library Books 2006
    • Suggested Secondary Classroom Library Books 2009
    • Suggested Titles for Classroom Libraries – Spring 2007
    • Suggested Titles for 11^th & 12^th Grade Classroom Libraries – Spring 2010
    • Suggested Resources for Small Group Instruction, Reading & Writing Demonstrations and Talking about Writers’ Craft
14. Professional Resources
    • Professional Resources List
    • Ken Goodman
    • NCTE – Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform
    • Resnick – Principles of Learning for Effort
    • Standards for the English Language Arts – NCTE/IRA
    • “More than Magic:  Elements of Craft in the Teaching of Literacy”
    • NCTE Guideline – “A Call to Action:  What We Know About Adolescent Literacy and Ways to Support Teachers in Meeting Students’ Needs”
15. Professional Learning Laboratory Classroom Residency
16. Demonstration Supports
    • Demonstration Videos
    • Annotated Student Work
    • Classroom Environment Evidence

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