Myth #7: Where’s the beef? I’ve written about this before as well. Focusing on structure before starting to write can lead to bland, generic paragraphs and reduce writing to formula instead of communication. Instead, I …
Category: Open Court Reading
10 Myths of Writer’s Workshop: Part 2 of 4
Myth #4: Drawing is for babies. I wrote about this already. Drawing is a valid form of prewriting and writing (see cave paintings). By allowing students to transition from drawings to labels and then sentences, …