Fun and bubbly teacher promotes laughter and encourages quick thinking. I want to make writing your favorite hobby, or at least make it as pain free as possible. I use short three minute writings to drive instruction in improving word choice, ideas, sensory images, sentence fluency, punctuation and capitalization, imagery, and organization. This is a multi-day course.

This course is meant to be taken as a set of 24 meetings. Teacher suggests meeting tor all 24 weeks to achieve optimum student performance.

I model how to do everything I am asking students to do.
 
I used these same techniques in my classroom teaching adapting to the interests of my students. First, I introduce what quick writes mean to me. They are fast, unstructured, not perfect, wonderful jumbles of ideas that are waiting to grow. Second. I put the goal on the board. I model writing to this quick write topic in real time right before students' eyes. It is then the students' turn to write for only three minutes. I review how I want to edit my writing for just one little area each day. For example: If I want to edit my work for word choice, I am going to underline three words that could be improved using my "beefy words" technique.  Students are given three minutes to edit their work following my model. 

I model revising my own work by writing a final draft of three sentences. Students follow this model and have three minutes to revise their own writing and create a draft. Finally, I model sharing with a partner and how the partner should respond to the author thoughtfully and compassionately. Students share in this manner. I give praise for the conversations I am hearing that are positive and guide those conversations that need assistance. Students can ask for one on one help at any time! I am always excited to show students the areas where they are already excelling! I am here to boost your student's self confidence. No experience is needed, none at all! 


(Writing Focus: Meetings 1-4 Boosting Quality of Ideas)        
Meeting 1  11/09    Ideas: Welcome/Expectations/First Practice
Meeting 2  11/16    Ideas: Second Practice & Revision      
Meeting 3   11/23   Ideas: Location 
Meeting 4  11/30    Ideas: Five Senses

(Writing Focus: Meetings 5-8 Boosting Quality of Word Choice)    
Meeting 5   12/7      Word Choice: Time
Meeting 6   12/14    Word Choice: Texture    
Meeting 7   12/21     Word Choice: Emotion
Meeting 8   12/28    Word Choice: Measurement
                  
(Writing Focus: Meetings 9-12 Boosting Proper Use of Capitalization)    
Meeting 9    1/4     Capitalization: Introduction
Meeting 10  1/11     Capitalization:  Proper Names
Meeting 11   1/18    Capitalization: Dialogue
Meeting 12   1/25    Scientific Terms & Trademarks
 
(Writing Focus: Meetings 13-17 Boosting Proper Use of Punctuation and Sentence Fluency)       
Meeting 13   2/1       Punctuation & Sentence Fluency:  Colon
Meeting 14   2/8      Punctuation & Sentence Fluency:  Semicolon    
Meeting 15   2/15     Punctuation & Sentence Fluency:  Exclamation Mark
Meeting 16   2/22     Punctuation & Sentence Fluency:  Apostrophe
Meeting 17   2/29     Punctuation & Sentence Fluency: Comma

(Writing Focus: Meetings 18-21 Boosting Quality of Organization)    
Meeting 18    3/1      Organization: Time Order & Sequence    
Meeting 19    3/8     Organization: Spatial Pattern
Meeting 20   3/15    Organization: Topical Organization
Meeting 21    3/22    Organization: Climactic Organization

(Writing Focus: Meetings 21-24 Boosting Quality of Voice)       
Meeting 22   3/29   Voice: Vocabulary, Tone, 1st person Point of View, Syntax  
Meeting 23   4/5     Voice: Vocabulary, Tone, 2nd person Point of View, Syntax
Meeting 24   4/12   Voice: Vocabulary, Tone, 3rd person Point of View, Syntax