Bringing Joy to Writing Workshop:
10 Practical Ways for Lifting Young Writers & Getting Them Excited About Writing
In this engaging presentation, teachers Megan Sloan and Barry Hoonan will share fresh new ideas on the teaching of writing and the important work of collaborating with students to create a successful writing workshop environment.
Participants / Teachers will learn how to:
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Co-construct with their students - agreements, procedures, and routines for a smooth-running workshop;
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Incorporate both professional and student-written mentor texts into daily mini-lessons;
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Create active writing demonstrations that involve students in the writing process;
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Place students in leadership roles to guide and teach fellow classmates.
Come join Megan and Barry in learning about practical strategies that lift student involvement and agency in the daily running of your writing workshop.
And in these difficult times, let’s find ways to have fun, spark the creative, and bring joy to our writing workshop.
Barry Hoonan teaches fifth and sixth grade at Odyssey Multiage Program on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He works with teachers both in the U.S. and internationally, including appointments as a three-time Fulbright Teaching Exchange teacher in the United Kingdom, a teaching fellow at Harlem Village Academy in NYC, and a teacher-consultant at the American School of Brasilia. Barry is a co-author of What Are You Grouping For? (Corwin, 2018), Beyond Reading and Writing: Inquiry, Curriculum, and Multiple Ways of Knowing (NCTE, 2000), and is a recipient of NCTE’s Edward Hoey Award and of the Bonnie Campbell Hill Washington State Literacy Award. He is a passionate teacher who loves working with kids of all ages and wears a smile when he nudges his students - ‘remember, humor is an intelligent behavior.'
Megan Sloan is a second-grade teacher at Cathcart Elementary School District in the Snohomish, Washington. Megan has worked as a literacy support specialist, a reading TOSA, and has taught first, second, and third grades during her 38 years in education. Megan is the author of four professional education books including Into Writing: The Primary Teacher’s Guide to Writing Workshop and Ten Essential Writing Lessons. Megan speaks and works with schools and districts around the nation.