Insights into Writing Insight #1 – Consistency Prior to taking this course, I have implemented a writing workshop in my classroom. I have found that establishing consistent routine and time structure has been critical. Muchla points out that when students know they have writing workshop, they will come prepared to write. In addition to knowing the when, it is also important that students know the how and why. Addressing these issues comes again, from an approach to …showed first 75 words of 391 total…

…showed last 75 words of 391 total…with me. Prior to this date I will have reviewed and graded their work based on our state rubric system. At the end of our conference, we will have created goals to meet for the next essay. This information is put into an organized portfolio in order to easily track progress throughout the year. The checklists and daily log ideas that Muchla offers are very similar to pages student use daily in their writing portfolios.