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Elements Of Writers Workshops In A Third Grade Classroom, Gale L. Nagunst
Elements Of Writers Workshops In A Third Grade Classroom, Gale L. Nagunst
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The act of writing is a natural process and should be treated as such. For children seven years and older, writing usually is not a linear act that follows a prescribed set of steps in a particular order, but a recursive process in which writers move forward and back through the different components of writing to make meaning. A classroom that includes writers workshops, or groups of children working together to interact about writing, must incorporate several important elements to allow this recursive, natural process to happen. These elements include classroom organization, ample writing time, models of writing, teacher instruction …