Agenda for the three day professional development workshop

Goals for the meetings on unit design

Process for planning a personal narrative unit

Planning template for a genre unit of study

List of picture books for a personal narrative unit of study

Elements of personal narrative

List of questions that help uncover significance

Reading outside of writing workshop

Ideas for collecting in writing notebooks

Ideas for choosing a topic

Ideas for nurturing a topic over time

Ideas for planning a draft

Ideas for planning sequencing of events

Ideas for writing drafts

Ideas for revising over time

Ideas for editing

Ideas for celebrating and reflecting

Midpoint assessments for student reflections

Teacher note pages

Regie Routman on teacher research

Possible assessment strategies

Learning about practice

Considerations for planning a mini-lesson

Blank mini-lesson template

Process for looking at student writing

Possible evidence of understanding in student's writing

Process for looking at personal narrative publications

Process for reflecting on teaching

Reflection questions to guide future work