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The expository text with the WRW – Writing and Reading Workshop method

Writing workshop for lower secondary schools

Silvia Pognante, Romina Ramazzotti

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 30x23cm

Pages: 216

ISBN: 9788859035855

Publication date: 01/04/2024

Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11), Lower secondary 2nd level (ages 12-13)


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Based on the WRW – Writing and Reading Workshop method, the volume offers 19 guided mini-lessons to accompany lower secondary school students in all phases of the process of writing an expository text, providing teachers with suggestions and strategies to personalize the program in their own class.

In the Online Resources section, it is possible to download all the materials, worksheets and passages analyzed in the book.

Didactic methodology of the Writing and Reading Workshop
The teaching methodology of the Writing and Reading Workshop focuses on the practice of reading and writing in the classroom and is well suited to be experimented in both primary and lower secondary schools. In a rigorous but flexible framework, the students experience the possibility of writing authentic texts with their personality and interests at the center.

Writing and Reading Workshop series
The Writing and Reading Workshop is a methodological approach that was developed in the United States in the 1970s based on solid foundations of experimentation and pedagogical research. Each volume in this series offers a writing workshop on a genre or text type according to the principles of the WRW, with mini-lessons and materials ready for the teacher as well as tools for planning other work programs based on the level of competence of the class.


Introduction (in care of S. Pognante, J. Poletti Riz and R. Ramazzotti)

Writing and Reading Workshop

Guide to using the volume

Designing a writing learning unit

WRITING WORKSHOP - THE EXPOSITORY TEXT

A premise: non-fiction in WRW

The dissemination exhibition in the WRW

Overview of the mini-lessons present in the volume

Unit 1 – Immersion. At school with writers


  • Immersion – Annotated list of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini Lessons 1-4

  • Consulting area


Unit 2 – The writing process. Writers in the workshop

  1. Prescription. Triggers and planning strategies


Activators

  • Triggers – List of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini Lesson 5

  • Consulting area


Planning

  • Planning – List of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini Lessons 6-8

  • Consulting area



  1. Drafting. The text takes shape little by little



  • Drafting – List of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini-lessons 9 and 10

  • Consulting area



  1. Review. Revise to write with greater intentionality and depth



  • Review – Annotated list of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini Lessons 11-14

  • Consulting area



  1. Editing. Fine-tuning of linguistic and grammatical aspects for a correct and cohesive text



  • Editing – Annotated list of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini Lesson 15

  • Consulting area



  1. Publication. Authentic writing has real recipients



  • Publication – Annotated list of strategies for the intermediate level

  • Mini Lesson 16

  • Consulting area


ASSESSMENT

The evaluation in the WRW

Unit 3 – Looking at yourself and reflecting. Evaluation within the writing process

  1. In the mirror. Tools and mini-lessons for self-assessment



  • Mini-lessons 17 and 18



  1. I consider value. Tools for evaluating



  • Two tools for evaluation

  • Mini Lesson 19


Index of Online Resources

Glossary

Bibliography and website

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