How could I better engage with my students during a writing conference?

   

Conferences

 

      Why Conferences

 

      Characteristics

 

Purpose of Conferences

 

      Assessments

 

             Why Data Collection 

    

             Ways to Collect Data

 

      Follow-up

 

      Teaching the Writing Strategy or Craft Technique

 

Model of an Effective Conference

 

      Purpose

 

      Listen, Teach and Nudge

 

 

           In order to prepare myself to better engage with my students

 

during writing conferences, I collected research in three main areas;

 

conferences, purpose of conferences and model of an effective

 

conference.

 

Conferences

 

           In order for me to understand the importance of a conference, I

 

first had to understand the why behind them.  I collected data on the

 

purposes of conferences.  I also studied the characteristics of writing

 

conferences and how they work in the classroom. 

 

Purposes for Conferences

 

           Assessments are one purpose for conferences, while following

 

up on a teaching moment and teaching the writer a strategy or craft

 

technique, are also reasons.  In Photo 1, you will observe a writer's

 

notebook where students keep those strategies and craft techniques

 

they try out in their writing pieces.  

 

Model of an Effective Conference

 

           Learning to listen, teach and nudge students with their writing

 

is an important part of a writing conference.  The purpose of these

 

conferences is to teach the writer, not the writing.