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An in-service Workshop, Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 9:00 - 10:30 AM, IU1 Colonial Campus Library Presented by: Mara Linaberger, Ed.D., Curriculum Specialist, IU1

=Introduction= toc Welcome to the workshop! Today we'll explore the writing process together. You may return to this wikispace any time you like, beyond today's workshop to discuss writing with the ESL teachers in this group. Join the wikispace (to the left) to gain access to the discussion tab above. Enjoy!

=Formative Assessment= What do you already know about today's topic? Please share.

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What did you notice about this video? How is this example connected your own concerns about ESL students writing? Are there any ideas present in the video that you can utilize when working with your ESL students?

=What is Process Writing ?=
 * Brainstorming & Pre-writing
 * Writing & Drafting
 * Rereading
 * Revising & Editing
 * Publishing

=More Videos on Writing= Feel free to explore these videos independently (as time allows).

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=Writer's Workshop Considerations=
 * Create a writing environment in the classroom
 * Build English mini-lessons into the writers workshop
 * Conference about writing with the teacher and other students
 * Write from works of literature as the writing prompt
 * Write in the various genre the students are reading
 * Write across the curriculum in all content areas for all audiences

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 * Students begin with pictures
 * Stories are dictated & communicated through oral storytelling
 * Students use letters or groups of letters to represent words
 * Invented spelling leads into the use of real spelling
 * Editing spellings & beginning revisions begin to improve writing
 * Students begin to explore the writing process formally
 * Students publish and celebrate their writing
 * Computers are often used to support parts of any of the above processes
 * [|Examples of early writing steps] Alone or with a partner, explore this site and look for ideas for your ESL setting.

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 * Students utilize the formal steps of the writing process
 * Students may begin with images or drawings, or graphic organizers to brainstorm writing
 * Writings are drafted and re-read (alone, in small groups, with the teacher, etc.)
 * Revision and editing are modeled, done independently, done with partners, in small groups, etc.
 * Language mini-lessons are taught as part of writing
 * Students use technology to publish their writing in a wide variety of ways (documents, slideshows, digital stories, movies, etc.)
 * Computers are an integral part of each of the above processes
 * [|Examples of intermediate writing steps] Alone or with a partner, explore this site and look for ideas for your ESL setting.

=Professional Organizations= Explore these writing organizations and determine how they may support your instruction of writing as an ESL teacher. [|The National Writing Project] [|The Pennsylvania Writing Project Network] (our state organization) [|The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project] (our local NWP site)
 * [|Teaching Writing]
 * [|ELL and Writing]
 * [|Resources for Educators of ELL Students]
 * [|The ELL Learner's Network>> >]

=Technology, Websites, & Writing=

Writing Resources
[|Internet4Classrooms ESL Teachers Page] [|Internet4Classrooms Writing Page] [|The Writing Process Webpage] (Sue LaBeau) The Differentiating Reading & Writing wiki [|ABC's of the Writing Process] [|Discovery]

Web-based Tools for Writing
Brainstorming & concept mapping: :[|Drawanywhere], [|Mindmeister], [|Mind42], and [|Exploretree] Timeline creation: [|Viygo], [|xtimeline],and [|dipity] Writing & notetaking:[|Google Notes], [|Zoho Notebook], [|Writeboard,] [|Webnote] and [|Scriblink] Text-based Chat tools: [|Palbe] [|Geesee], and [|Yaplet] Voice recoring: [|Gcast], [|Gabcast], and [|Evoca] Multimedia projects: [|Splashcastmedia] Make audiobooks: [|Tikatok], [|Kerpoof], [|Book Builder], [|Lulu][|Mixbook] Audiobooks to listen to: [|Storyline], [|Librivox], [|Learnoutloud] [|Audiobookradio]

Writing Lessons
Read, Write & Think (MarcoPolo)
 * [|Process Writing Lessons]
 *  [|Writers Notebook Lessons]
 *  [|Collaborative Writing Lessons]
 *  [|Technical Writing Lessons]

Graphic Organizers
[|Graphic.org] [|Teachervision] [|Score]

=Beyond Today...= What ideas do these videos bring up? Are you challenging your ESL students to lead, to think, to write, to publish? =Workshop Evaluation= In addition to the formal IU1 workshop evaluation paper you are completing today, please click take [|the following survey] to provide us with feedback on ways to adjust this workshop in the future.
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