Final Project Part 2: Workshop Schedule and a Theme – Submit by Saturday 11:59 p.m.
Use the Five-Day Workshop Schedule Template to develop a schedule of times for reading and writing workshops that would be used over the course of five days. Choose a schedule for 45-minute classes, 60-minute classes, or 90-minute classes and then select the rotation between reading and writing You must include both. Treat this schedule as if it were the beginning of the year. Consider the level of workshop implementation with which you are most comfortable and include only those elements. Refer to Robb’s examples in Chapter 2 of the text but personalize the schedule for your specific grade.
Include the grade level and specific theme or topic that would be the focus for this unit of study. Keep in mind the connections between reading and writing as you list specific elements in each workshop.
Note: In Week 3, you will be asked to write a mini-lesson for one component of your five-day schedule.
Books
Robb, L. (2010). Teaching middle school writers: What every English teacher needs to know.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
ISBN: 9780325026572
Robb, L. (2010). Teaching reading in middle school: A strategic approach to teaching reading
that improves comprehension and thinking (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Scholastic.
ISBN: 9780545173551