This page contains writing project ideas by genre. A pillar of the Writer's Workshop is choice. Writer's regularly choose what form their writing should take.
Choice cultivates community, voice,
authenticity, and agency.
Promote Student Choice in Writing Workshop
Setting the Stage for Choice in
The Importance of Choice in Writers Workshop
Lesson Plan - Writing Workshop: Helping Writers choose and Focus on a Topic
(for younger students, but can be scaled
up for higher grades)
An element of the Writer's Workshop is the study of genres. Learning progressions are utilized in the evaluation of student work to see what skills the writer currently posses, to determine where they may need to go next on their journey as writers.
Articles:
PUT IT OUT INTO THE WORLD!
Think outside the box when it comes to mentor texts and writing projects.
Websites for alternative
reading Resources:
https://wagingnonviolence.org/