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Lucy Calkinss Units of Study Final Product/Celebration/Reflection Ideas- DraftWriters
WorkshopProduct
Ideas
Celebration Ideas Reflection Ideas
Self-Reflection Peer/Audience Reflection
Unit1:
Launching
theWW
Handwritten
with a student
colored,
created cover
Students celebrate these first
personal narratives with
their writing community:
their classmates and theirteachers from last year.
Students reflect on what they
thought they did well and what
they hope to improve on in the
future. (Goal Setting.) (Thisreflection can be returned at the
drafting stage of the next unit.)
As students listen to each personal narrative they quickly write a positive
comment on a sticker sheet to stick on the authors Reactions page at the end
of the celebration. The reactions page is simply a sheet where students can
capture their readers thoughts about their work. The teacher can also commenton this page. The page of reactions can easily be kept with the final product.
Unit2:
Raisingthe
Quality
Handwritten
with a typed
cover and
Students celebrate their
more powerful personal
narratives with their larger
writing community: another
grade level and those
teachers as well as theirclassroom community.
SECOND After collecting the
stars and wishes cards from the
audience, the author reads the
cards and completes his own
stars and wishes page. The wish
is seen as a goal to work on inthe next unit so it needs to be a
transferable writing skill.
FIRST As students listen to each personal narrative they write 2 stars and 1 wish
for the author. These cards are collected for the author to read after the
celebration.
Unit3:
Breathing
LifeInto
Essays
Typed.
Preparation
needed to
collect and
display all of
the pieces
used to
develop this
essay.
Students celebrate by
sharing these essays, this
big work with a group of
big kids or adults.
The essays are typed up (in
G3 they are typed and
enlarged to A3 size) andprovided together with a
folder containing evidence
of the organizational
process the students went
through to develop the
thesis, topics, and essay.
Students each meet with one
Each student reviews his essay
and prepares comment cards for
his audience based on what he
wants to know. In preparing
these cards he will need to
reflect on what he wanted to
accomplish with this essay.
Each reader writes a comment on a card with topics already redesigned. For
example:
This essay convinced me to
I know now that
From now on I will
The author did a great job
The essay would have been stronger if
Etc.
Jen Munnerlyn, October 28, 2009
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Lucy Calkinss Units of Study Final Product/Celebration/Reflection Ideas- Draftadult/high school student to
explain the process and
allow the reader time to
read the essay.
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nit4:
Writing
Fiction:
Big
Dreams,
Tall
Ambitions
Handwritten.
The cover is
illustrated and
designed todraw the
reader in. The
back cover
contains an
About the
Author write
up, typed by
the student
along with
his/her photo.
Students celebrate with a
younger group of students-
sharing their stories andpracticing reading them
aloud.
Students leave a copy of
their story for the classroom
library of the younger grade.
Students can self-reflect on
their work by writing a book
review about their story. Thereview should contain
information about what the
student hoped to tell the reader
in writing this story.
Listeners can write letters to the author detailing what they liked in the story they
were read. (This would be children in grades K-2 most probably.)
***Authors Day??
Unit5:
Literary
Essa
ys:
Writing
About
Typed. Students celebrate by
holding round-table
discussions on the book they
wrote a literary essay about.
These discussions include
all students who wrote about
a particular book/story aswell as an interested adult
participant like the specialist
teachers or teachers from
the other grades.
In preparation for the round-
table when the teacher
participant will be asking the
student expert questions, the
students could prepare a short
speech to read before the round
table begins. The speech would
be reflective in that it woulddefine the students position
about the story he/she read and
could include information about
what was learned/enjoyed or
difficult about this type of
writing.
The teacher participant would respond to each literary essay in writing.
These topics could be provided and the teacher could choose from any
This writer convinced me to
I know now that
From now on I will
The writer did a great job
The writers argument would have been stronger if
Etc.
For G5 it would be great to have G6 teachers participate
Jen Munnerlyn, October 28, 2009
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Reading
Unit6:Memoir:TheArtofWriting
Well
Choice- up to
the students
with guidance
from the
teacher as to
the best
format for the
type of
memoir
selected and
the time
available.
Students celebrate by
sharing their Memoirs with
their parents.
These discussions are
similar to student-led
portfolio shares where the
child describes the work and
the parent listens.
Coffee/tea/juice and cookies
is provided to make the
event feel like a serious
literary event.
As this is the final unit of the
year, the self-reflection could
involve the writing throughout
the year and how they students
see themselves. It might be
appropriate for the student to
examine all his work and the
reflections made by himself as
well as by the audience.
As a reflection for this piece, he
could write his memories of
being a writer this year and
make plans for what he hopes
to accomplish next year. (These
could be kept and passed up to
the next grade along with thechilds writing notebooks and
final pieces.)
The parent, after reading the memoir and the students culminating reflection
could add comments both celebratory and as things to work on in the future to
the goal sheet. (This could be dangerous if parents arent prepared well for what
is appropriate to write.)
Another idea might be to have parents write a letter to students right there in the
conference detailing the growth they have seen in them this year. This piece of
writing would be a nice addition to the students portfolio.
Jen Munnerlyn, October 28, 2009