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Students need to know what is expected of them. Provide them with a rubric as they work.

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Need materials?  Go here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8HBhAgp0CrhbU9PUkxhUWVObDg

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CCMS's 5th Grade Opinion Class Mentor Essay

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CCMS's 5th Grade Opinion Class Mentor Essay

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http://tnstudentswrite.blogspot.com/2016/09/making-writers-workshop-possible-set-up.html

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https://twitter.com/TNStudentsWrite/status/786640939083177984

http://tnstudentswrite.blogspot.com/2016/10/making-writers-workshop-possible-class.html

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http://tnstudentswrite.blogspot.com/2016/09/making-writers-workshop-possible.html

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Powerpoint Introducing the Independent Projects to Student

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Powerpoint Introducing the Independent Projects to Student

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We always overview the projects before the students make their choice.

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Here are the Independent Projects our students will be able to choose from this time.

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Set up Writing Buddies. Require students to meet periodically to help each other plan, write, or conduct a peer review.

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Intentionally Thinking About the Writing Process

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Intentionally Thinking About the Writing Process

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Help students intentionally think about the writing process and where they are in it. Create a way for them to identify where they are in the process.

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Choice is important. Allow students to choose what they are going to write about during independent writing time.

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Overview of Explicitly Teaching Opinion Writing.

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Overview of Explicitly Teaching Opinion Writing.

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1. Complete Class Mentor Essay together.  Pull apart the prompt, organize your essay, and write and say more all together.
2. Allow students to choose an independent project to work on during Writer's Workshop time.
3. As you complete parts of the Class Mentor Essay, allow students to begin work on their independent projects.
4. Conference with students during independent writing time to check on progress, teach mini-lessons,  and clarify misconceptions.

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It's time to write. Students need to see what good writing is, so make sure you explicitly teach them how. Complete a Class Mentor Essay together before you turn them loose to write.

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1. After you determine what you are writing about, set up a t-chart.
2. Give it a title based on what your prompt asked you to do.  For example: Should Confederate Monuments Be Taken Down?
3. Write "Yes" and "No" on each side of the chart.
4. Knock out two birds with one stone!  As you read, gather information to put in your chart.  Remember, you don't have to write complete sentences.  Just write enough to know what you mean.
5. Once you've completed both texts and gathered your evidence,  decide which side you are going to write about: yes or no.
6. Create categories from your evidence that will serve as your reasons for your claim. These reasons will be used in your thesis statement and your topic sentences for each body paragraph, so it's important to make them strong.

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1. Read the prompt.
2. Circle the type of essay you will be writing: Opinion, Explanatory, or Narrative.
3. Underline the task. In other words, what are you writing about.

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P: Pull Apart the Prompt
O: Organize Your Essay
W: Write and Say More