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Conferences Grouped by Type of Conference
Here we have grouped the conferences by teaching method so that you can more easily study the related conferences as you practice a certain method. Pay attention to how, in each conference, the teacher clearly states what is being taught. The bold type highlights the particular moves the teacher makes, and the text that follows illustrates exactly what the teacher said and did and how the student responded.
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Content
Content conferences are usually conducted with emergent writers or with writers new to writing workshop. When you examine these conferences, notice how the teacher helps the student generate a story: the teacher does not tell the student what to write about but instead leads the student to self-expression. Asking the student to retell the story is an important part of a content conference.
| PO-2 |
Can I Help You Come Up With Ideas? |
| SM-3 |
Can I Show You How to Write What Happened First, Then Next, Talia? |
| WR-1 |
Can You Tell a Story and Show It on the Paper? |
| LW-3 |
What's the Story in This Picture, Bryanna? |
| LW-4 |
What's the Story in This Picture, Nicholas? |
| LW-5 |
What's the Story in This Picture, Song Lee? |
| LW-6 |
What's the Story in This Picture, Victoria? |
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Expectation
There are a variety of instances during the writing workshop when we need to remind children what we expect of them as writers and as community members. Some of these instances relate to our expectations for physical behavior as members of a writing community, some relate to children's responsibilities within a conference, and some relate to children's responsibilities as writers.
| PO-2 |
Can I Help You Come Up With Ideas? |
| WR-4 |
I Don't Want to Write the Words the Wrong Way. |
| LW-1 |
Let Me Show You How to Write More. |
| LW-6 |
What's the Story in This Picture, Victoria? |
| LW-8 |
Where Is Your Writing, George? |
| LW-7 |
Where Is Your Writing, Aja? |
| LW-9 |
Why Don't You Write a Sign for the Block Area? |
| LW-10 |
Writers Share Community Supplies. |
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Process and Goals
Most of our conferences fall into this category; here we have selected ten for you to study, though you could also study any of the others of this type. You might want to approach these conferences with a series of questions: Which teaching points are being made? After making a decision to teach a particular strategy, how does the teacher teach? You can also use the process and goals conferences to begin a list of possible teaching points to keep on hand when you are conferring.
| AM-1 |
Are You Stuck? |
| CR-3 |
As a Reader, I'd Love to Hear More About That, Omid. |
| SM-2 |
Can I Show You How to Write What Happened First, Then Next, Ford? |
| WR-9 |
Say and Record a Word, Then Reread. |
| CR-8 |
Study An Example To Get Ideas For Revision. |
| LW-2 |
What's Happening in Your Piece?. |
| NF-6 |
Where Is Your Author's Voice? |
| PO-8 |
Where Is Your Writing, Marko? |
| SM-9 |
Writers Make Time to Write Words. |
| AM-6 |
You Can Use Ellipses to Show Waiting. |
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