My fourth period is currently engaged in their second writing workshop. They are doing REALLY well with the question floods - much better than my first period. I think it might have something to do with the fact that they're more awake than my first period. I also really like how the groups I created interact with each other. Of course, I have a few that don't seem to be paying attention, but for the most part, people are getting along and aren't being shy about sharing. I was afraid they might be, considering the fact that about half of them indicated on their preference cards that they were NOT comfortable with sharing.
They just finished (or are still working on) their revisions. Some people wrote PAGES of stuff. One student in particular wrote on her preference card that she didn't like writing because she wasn't any good at it, but she is still writing as people are sharing their revisions. She's written at least two pages worth of stuff and is still going!
Writing workshops are my favorite thing in the entire world. It's so amazing that all of the techniques I learned over the summer are not idealistic dreams, but techniques that actually work and get them expressing their ideas. True, some take it more seriously than others, but I'm okay with that because we just started.
I'll hook them all. It will be done.
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