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Comparing Two Methods of Writing Instruction

by Catrina Reid

Writing Workshop

Interactive Writing

+Introduction

Writing is an essential skill that will benefit students for the rest of their lives

Writing has an effect on the development of students’ academically, emotionally, and socially.

Two Methods: Writing Workshop and Interactive Writing

+Writing Workshop

Work Time Actual writing Conferencing

Students conference with the teacher about their progress

Opening Meeting (Mini-lesson) Activating Hook Reading a book Looking at a video

Closing Meeting Students share their

writing

+Interactive Writing

Whole Group

Attend to details: letters, sounds, and words

Negotiating, constructing, and rereading text

Teacher shares the pen

+Setting

In an urban classroom of 24 students

Doraville, GA

Participants

24 students

85% Hispanic population

+The Test

Pre-Test (Writing sample before the research begin)

1 writing sample from Writing Workshop

1 writing sample from Interactive Writing

+The Research

Testing: Was the student able to choose their

own topic? Did the student use their own

imagination to develop their story? Was the student able to write at two

sentences about the same topic? Did the student use a capital letter to

begin the sentence and proper punctuation at the end?

+Assessment Results

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Main GoalProduce Independent Writers at the

Kindergarten Level

ConclusionIn comparing two methods of writing

instruction: writing workshop and interactive writing, which method

develops confident and independent writers in the kindergarten grade level? According to the results, there was not

a difference between the two writing techniques with developing confident

and independent writers in the kindergarten grade level. Implementing Interactive writing didn’t increase nor decrease the students’ writing ability. Neither writing technique proved to be

better than the other.