https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman Action Research Notes - Middle School (6th-8th) Writing Workshop en-us 2017-07-08 20:08:29 UTC 2025-11-04 02:10:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png shannon_crisman https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178665918
Pros and cons with writers workshop
http://patternbasedwriting.com/elementary_writing_success/pros-cons-of-writer%E2%80%99s-workshop-in-elementary-and-middle-school-part-1/

Crisis of Poor Writing in America
http://www.teachthought.com/uncategorized/12-data-points-detailing-the-crisis-of-poor-writing-in-america/]]> 2017-07-13 19:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178665918 shannon_crisman https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178665925
- My students motivation
- Keeping students anonymous 
- Refusal to participate 
-What data am I going to use?
-How am I going to interpret data (rubric?) 
-Most of my students don't stay in my classroom all year
- What parts of the writing process do  my students need to focus on? 
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Sagor, R. (1992). How to Conduct Collaborative Action Research.

"Our experience has shown that teachers who rush to complete the problem formulation stage are more likely to flounder in their later efforts, whereas teachers who take time to reflect on and define their problem are more likely to pursue questions yielding meaningful results" (p.12). 

"Placing teachers’ instructional concerns right up front will clearly establish that the collaborative action research process is for the teachers’ benefit" (p. 13).

"It is also common for action researchers to have already begun to develop some ideas for attacking the identified problem" (p. 16). 



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-Can centers be implemented with a writing workshop?

- Center ideas: vocabulary, focus on mini lesson, free writing, conference with teacher

ideas for centers
http://mrsphilpot.blogspot.com/2013/08/stations-in-middle-school-classroom.html?m=1


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Example of writing workshop
https://www.ttms.org/PDFs/05%20Writers%20Workshop%20v001%20(Full).pdf

Article of why Americans can't write
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-americans-cant-write/2015/09/24/6e7f420a-6088-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html?utm_term=.5c5d1d5176f9


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Mills, G. E. (2011). Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher.

"teaching and research are intertwined" (p. 27).]]> 2017-07-17 19:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178889620 shannon_crisman https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178890214

- Attendance
- Students
- Teacher/Para Pro
-  Participation ]]> 2017-07-17 19:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178890214 shannon_crisman https://padlet.com/shannon_crisman/shannon_crisman/wish/178899108

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