1. A Guide to Launching Writers Workshop Grade 2
Megan Baublitz, Rebekah Groop, Sally Rogers

2. What can I find in this powerpoint?
Room set up
Materials and preparation
Launching Writer’s Workshop
Beginning Mini Lessons

3. Room Set Up Essentials How do I prepare my room for writer’s workshop?
Individual work showcase area for each student
Meeting place- Mini lessons
Established quiet space/ talk space
Writing areas- Choices? Comfort?
Designated teacher conference space if desired
Space for anchor charts
Designated area for peer conferencing

4. Materials/ Preparation
Writer’s workshop 4 pocket folder for each student
Tool space with materials
Anchor charts (breakdown of writers workshop routine, list of mini lessons taught, blank charts for upcoming lessons)

5. Launching Writer’s Workshop
Day 1-
Use mentor text- Library Mouse to kick off Writer’s Workshop
Show students Writer’s Workshop folder and describe how it will be used
Go over PIE chart- structure of WW

6. Day 2
What do good writers look/ sound like anchor chart- make with students (practice)
Include expectations for mini lesson, writing time, and share time

7. Mini lesson on peer sharing (turn and talk, group sharing, PQP)
Day 3-
Mini lesson on peer sharing (turn and talk, group sharing, PQP)
Focus strongly on PQP- model and come up with lists on how to praise, question, and polish appropriately and in a meaningful way
Question ?
Can you tell me more about ________________________?
What happened next?
How did the ________________________________?
Why did the ___________________________________?
When or where did ___________________________________?
*Make your own question sentence.
Praise 
I liked your story because _________________.
The best sentence was _____________ because_________________________________.
It was interesting when ____________________.
I liked your story because I learned ________.
*Make your own praise sentence.
Polish 
You could _________________.
I think that you should change it to _________ because _________.
_____________________ might work better because ___________.
Add _______________ to ___________________.
Remove __________________ because _____________________.
*Make your own polish sentence.

8. Days 4-6 Mini lesson on brainstorming.
Set up the writers notebook/ folder over the next 3 days
Complete choice of heart map, treasure map, memory hand, feet map, family portrait, my bucket list, all about me, etc.
Note- Use a clip of “Inside Out” to engage students for the memory hand.

9. Day 7-
Mini lesson- “What do I do if I’m done?”
Create anchor chart together

10. Day 8-
Mini lesson- writing process
I need a conference routines
(peer and teacher)

11. Mini Lessons Peer Response
Choice of structure- assigned partners, conferencing partners, table groups
Peer feedback area in the room with materials available
PQP cards
“TAG” you’re it- Tell the writer something you like, Ask the writer a question, Give a positive suggestion.
Glow and Grow
Conference starters/ thinking stems
Peer checklists

12. Teacher conferencing Teacher checklist for formative data of skills
Conferencing log- note date, skills discussed, and goal
Calendar to track student conferences
Sign up area for students to tell they need a conference

13. Sharing/ Celebration
Choice of structure- assigned partners, conferencing partners, table groups, whole group
Focus on mini lesson skills
Use PQP or other desired format
Consider visuals
Sign up area for peer conferencing