The Writing Tool Kit (WTK) is a collection of ready-to-use sample mini-lessons to help teachers provide instruction in Writing Workshop.  The Tool Kit contains three Resource folders (Overview of Writing Workshop, Conferencing, Assessment) and a collection of mini-lesson folders arranged in the following categories:  Procedures, Writing Process, Author’s Craft, Grammar, Editing/Conventions, Genres.  Blank mini-lesson templates are also included to allow (and encourage!) teachers to add to their own collection of mini-lessons and to share them with other teachers via the NAD Pathways website. 

General (support material-not mini-lessons)

• Writing Tool Kit Cover-Single Sheet
• Overview-Folder Format w/tab
• Assessment-Folder Format w/tab
• Conferencing-Folder Format w/tab
• List of Topics-Single Sheet w/tab
• Writing Terminology Correlation-Single Sheet w/tab

Procedures

• Conferencing
• Share Time/Respect
• Writing Workshop Expectations 
• Author's Chair

Writing Process

• Overview of Writing Process
• Overcoming Obstacles: No Excuses
• Prewriting: Collecting ideas 
• Illustrations
• Prewriting - Brainstorming
• Publishing - Author Page

Authors Craft

• Endings: Overview
• Leads: Overview
• Sensory Words: Show Not Tell
• Voice 

Grammar

• Nouns: Overview
• Verbs: Overview 
• Articles
• Conjunctions

Editing

• Editing Checklist
• Possessives 
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Genres

• Personal Narrative
• Poetry: Acrostics
• Letters: Friendly 

Templates (for writing additional mini-lessons)

• Procedures
• Authors Craft
• Grammar
• Editing
• Genres
• Writing Process