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=**​LITERACY WIKISPACE - ** //**WRITERS' WORKSHOP**// =
 * CREATED BY 23 STUDENTS FROM GRADE 6 LYDON AND THEIR TEACHERS - ANDREW AND AMANDA LYDON.
 * THIS CLASS IS FROM ST HELENS DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL

Email: sthelens.district.high@education.tas.gov.au (and/or: andrew.lydon@__education.tas.gov.au__; amanda.lydon@education.tas.gov.au) Phone: (03) 6376 7100 Fax: (03) 6376 1536

St Helens is a beautiful town on the East Coast of //Tasmania, Australia.// St Helens District High School (K-12) has over 600 students. As at October 2009, the school's vision statement is as follows//: "We are a supportive community where learning flourishes, confidence grows and difference is valued".//
 * ABOUT OUR SCHOOL: **

The school logo features the statement: //"Explore the possibilities...unlock the future".//



ABOUT WRITER'S WORKSHOP:
Our school has implemented a new approach to Literacy in 2009. Writer's Workshop is a writing program in which students explore "seeds" (topics) usually of their own choice about which to write, in a text type which appeals to them. In Writer's Workshop, the key stages in the writing process are as follows:

//1. **Explore -** plant seeds (ides) and use a variety of thinking strategies.// //2. **Draft -**// write down all of your thinking; write quickly! //3. **Revise -**// text type, characters, setting, complications, resolution, ending, word choice. //4. **Edit -**// spelling, grammar, punctuation. //5. **Conference -**// with teacher and make changes where necessary. //6. **Final Draft -**// Best work (handwritten or word-processed ). //7. **Publish -** Handwritten or word-processed and final teacher edit prior to printing (if word-processed).//

Each student from our class, Grade 6 Lydon, has chosen one piece of written work- already completed during Writer's Workshop this year - for publication on our wikispace. We hope you enjoy our work! = @Exposition Writing Newspaper Articles Song lyrics Letter writing Narratives Poetry =