2nd Edition
When Writing Workshop Isn't Working Answers to Ten Tough Questions Grades 2-5
1. How Do I Begin My Writing Instruction? 2. How Can I Reach Resistant Writers? 3. How Can I Help My Students Develop Better Vocabulary and Word Choice? 4. How Can I Help Students Write in Complete and More Interesting Sentences? 5. How Can I Help My Students Organize Their Writing? 6. How Can I Help My Students Revise and Self-Edit? 7. How Do I Effectively Manage Writing Conferences? 8. How Do I Assess My Students’ Writing? 9. How Can I Effectively Support Students in Their Intentional Use of Technology in the Writing Workshop? 10. How Do I Plan for Writing Instruction? Appendix A: Mentor Texts and Resources to Support Genre Studies Appendix B: Revising My Writing Appendix C: Yearlong Plan Sample: Fifth-Grade Writing Appendix D: Recommended Books and Resources by Topic
Biography
Mark Overmeyer, with over thirty years in education, has been a classroom teacher, an interventionist, an adjunct professor, and a literacy coordinator. As a classroom teacher he taught grades two through eight in Cherry Creek Schools near Denver, Colorado, and for one year he taught high school English to students in Suzhou, China as part of a teacher exchange program. He now consults with teachers, coaches, curriculum specialists, and administrators across all grade levels in both the US and abroad. He continues his journey to become a better teacher and facilitator by being in classrooms with students as much as possible. He lives with his husband in Denver, Colorado.
"When Writing Workshop Isn’t Working is a smart, practical first aid kit for writing teachers! Mark Overmeyer gives concrete step-by-step suggestions and solutions to problems all teachers of writing face at one time or another. Writing teachers need a resourceful book like this one in our professional libraries."
