Hacking the Writing Workshop: Redesign with Making in Mind

by Angela Stockman

Writing Workshop Is More Than Just Writing



Agility matters. This is what Angela Stockman learned when she left the classroom over a decade ago to begin supporting young writers and their teachers in schools. What she learned transformed her practice and led to the publication of her primer on this Make 5 Teaching Strategies that Turn Writer’s Workshop Into a Maker Space. Now, Angela is back with more stories from the road and plenty of new thinking to share.

Print Creates Barriers for Talented Writers

As K-12 programs push for proficiency, the world continues to demand something different. Something more. "Writing is bigger than print today," Angela says. "When we diminish it, we diminish writers, too."

Redesign with Making in Mind

In Make Writing, Angela Stockman upended the traditional writing workshop by combining it with the popular ideas that drive the maker space.

Now, she is expanding her concepts and strategies and breaking new ground in Hacking the Writing Workshop. In this easy-to-read-and-implement guide for all teachers of reading, writing, and making, Angela

Curriculum frameworks that bring students to the drawing boardFirestarters that ignite even the most print-resistant kidsAgility building strategies that integrate making and writing and invite loose parts playAssessment protocols and toolsSupplemental resources for each Hack, accessed through QR codesReady to redesign your writer's workshop? 

Grab Hacking the Writing Workshop now and show your students that writing is bigger than print.

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 28, 2018

Reviews

[Yvette Rosario-Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely LOVE everything about this book. It provides an easy to read (and follow) approach to The Writing Workshop that I believe my students will really benefit from. Teaching writing is monumental and often very challenging. Many students hate writing, therefore it's extremely difficult to even begin teaching the many varied tasks involved. In this book, Angela provides useful ways to engage students in writing that I had never even thought of. Each chapter includes a "What You can do Tomorrow" section that provides great advice for taking immediate steps in your classroom, even as you continue reading the book. Each chapter or hack also includes excellent resources for further exploration of the concepts introduced in the chapter. I can't say enough about these additional resources. As a learner, I need to see, hear, and process information in many ways in order to synthesize and feel confident enough to begin implementing. The additional resources include pictures, video, websites, etc. that helped me understand the concepts at a deeper level. This is a must read for teachers.

[Heather Stringham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Design Thinking and Writing

This book takes you into a new way of thinking about how writing is taught and how it can be taught. Stockton gives clear options for how to change the writing classroom to help students become better writers and for you to be a better writing teacher.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5…some good ideas, but I think I got more out of Angela’s first book.