Comparing Two Methods of Writing Instruction
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Comparing Two Methods of Writing Instruction
by Catrina Reid
Writing Workshop
Interactive Writing
+Introduction
Writing is an essential skill that will benefit students for the rest of their lives
Writing has an effect on the development of students’ academically, emotionally, and socially.
Two Methods: Writing Workshop and Interactive Writing
+Writing Workshop
Work Time Actual writing Conferencing
Students conference with the teacher about their progress
Opening Meeting (Mini-lesson) Activating Hook Reading a book Looking at a video
Closing Meeting Students share their
writing
+Interactive Writing
Whole Group
Attend to details: letters, sounds, and words
Negotiating, constructing, and rereading text
Teacher shares the pen
+Setting
In an urban classroom of 24 students
Doraville, GA
Participants
24 students
85% Hispanic population
+The Test
Pre-Test (Writing sample before the research begin)
1 writing sample from Writing Workshop
1 writing sample from Interactive Writing
+The Research
Testing: Was the student able to choose their
own topic? Did the student use their own
imagination to develop their story? Was the student able to write at two
sentences about the same topic? Did the student use a capital letter to
begin the sentence and proper punctuation at the end?
+Assessment Results
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Main GoalProduce Independent Writers at the
Kindergarten Level
ConclusionIn comparing two methods of writing
instruction: writing workshop and interactive writing, which method
develops confident and independent writers in the kindergarten grade level? According to the results, there was not
a difference between the two writing techniques with developing confident
and independent writers in the kindergarten grade level. Implementing Interactive writing didn’t increase nor decrease the students’ writing ability. Neither writing technique proved to be
better than the other.