Low-stakes+Writing+and+High-stakes+Writing

Guiding Questions

 * ====What are the purposes of low-stakes writing?====
 * ====What are the purposes of high-stakes writing?====
 * ====How can tachers use low-stakes writing as a strategy to help students scaffold to mid-stakes and high-stakes writing?====
 * ====How can teachers implement low-stakes and high-stakes writing so students understand and value the writing process?====
 * ====How can teachers efectively respond to low-stakes and high-stakes writing?====

Workshop:
Group 1 (section on low-stakes writing) and Group 2 (section on high-stakes writing): http://works.bepress.com/peter_elbow/1/ Group 3: http://www.ntlf.com/pod/Duquesene%20writing-to-learn.pdf
 * ====Have participants write for 3 minutes on how they use low-stakes and high-stakes writing in their classes and how they respond to low-stakes and high-stakes writing.====
 * Within the group of 8, have participants divide into 2 groups of 3 and 1 pair. The pair and one group of 3 will read " How to Enhance Learning," and the second group of 3 will read "Finding Time to Write."
 * Have each group come back together and answer the guiding questions.

Workshop Closing: Exit Ticket: Describe one idea or strategy you will use from this workshop to implement, scaffold, or respond to low-stakes and/or mid-stakes writing.