Jesse+Gore+Classroom+Map

I did my floor plan on the classroom.4teachers website and I didn't save my plan so all I have is a hard copy.


 * Classroom Annotations**

The classroom is split into three main sections/stations. Because we have 90 minute classes, students will get opportunities to go to each station throughout the class period. For days we have movies, all students will be at the student tables. However, mini lessons or lecture days will follow the three-station pattern. I put a projector on a kidney table at the front of the room. I would prefer a smart board. I liked Atwell's easel idea for mini lessons or certain things that should be archived. All shelves have either textbooks (front) or young adult literature (reading section). Storage cabinets have necessary supplies (Atwell, Appendix A) such as many kinds of paper, writing implements, supplies and equipment, and many professional resources and references.

Hicks describes in depth the Digital Writing Workshop. Students need chances to publish their work, use the internet, create digital videos, etc. My classroom will have eight students at each station (24 total), which is why I have 8 computers. Students will use the computers mostly to either publish their work or to create computer-based projects. A lot of our writing will be done on computers and students will work independently. Rief mentions many professional resources to help students with writing and with publishing their work. Students will use internet-based resources and those found in the storage cabinets (see end of page for a list of resources).

In the reading section, students will do a few things. They will have independent reading time at least three days a week, as suggested from Atwell, Hicks, and Rief. As Rief mentions, it is important to build a classroom library. Students will get to peruse the volumes I have provided and some book recommendations I have compiled. Rief also suggests using a database in the reading section, which will be available in hard copy. Students will also create reader's and writer's logs, which will be their reflections on what they've read.

Finally, everything will come together in the lecture station, where I will discuss the class novel, literary elements, writing process, or whatever is going on that day. Students will also have opportunities to do peer editing and work shopping in this station, which is set up collaboratively on purpose.


 * Resources for classroom cabinet (Rief):**
 * Merlyn's Pen
 * Writing Magazine
 * Scholastic's Scope
 * Literary magazine for each class
 * Compilation of student/teacher published works