Writer's Workshop vs. Writing Prompts: My POV
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As a teacher, one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is this: when students are given the freedom to write their own stories, their own genres, and their own ideas, their writing blossoms in ways no daily prompt could ever capture.
I used to think prompts were the way to go. After all, they seemed to keep everyone “on task” and gave me control over what students were producing. But over time, I realized that prompts often produced the same kind of writing over and over again—surface-level, formulaic, and disconnected from who my students truly were as thinkers and creators.
That’s where Writer’s Workshop changed everything.
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Write From Your Heart: Writer's Workshop Mini-Lessons
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