Possible 3–6 Focus Lessons

Workshop Management & Procedures	Author’s Craft/Writing Strategies	Conventions
Community Building Respecting each other as writers Creating an environment that is literacy-rich	Generating Ideas ​Writing in response to a book, event, or idea	Organization/Form Noticing how different genres of writing are organized: ​Nonfiction: Description, Chronological Order, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution         Poetry  Biography/Autobiography Persuasive Essays Book Reviews Memoirs Fiction ​Historical Fiction
Procedures       Learning where things go Understanding how WW will work	Composing       Revising while composing Using foreshadowing to provide the reader with clues Using similes and metaphors Showing ideas rather than telling Looking for ways to show passage of time Identifying the focus of the piece	Grammar Ensuring noun-pronoun agreement Using “me” and “I” correctly Using possessives, plurals, and contractions
Expectations Explaining what each writer is responsible to complete	Revision Writing several paragraphs that show a logical order Inserting or cutting dialogue Using strong verbs Using transition words Looking at the leads Staying on topic Using more precise words to convey meaning Rearranging chunks of writing Using titles and headings appropriately Using subject-specific vocabulary	Mechanics Using colons, semicolons, dashes, parentheses, and apostrophes
Goal Setting Setting personal goals for writing	Research Collecting information from a variety of sources Synthesizing information Paraphrasing Creating a thesis statement	Publishing Typing or recopying Reading your piece to your audience Posting online or in public