http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html A Writer’s Notebook is an essential part of the Writing Workshop model in the upper grades. I also believe that every teacher of writing needs a writer’s notebook. Mem Fox says, “If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know the fears and hopes of the writers you teach.” Below are just a few of the entries in my writer’s notebook. Pictures from student notebooks can be found in the Student Work album. http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#0 c0d82420-7647-4465-9753-e256507b4830 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1639/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1639/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Cover - decorated to reflect one’s own style</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#1 e13f5c66-5eac-4c62-900d-2f4c4f38fb50 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2299/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2299/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Idea Pocket</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#2 dcd562f5-1c91-4771-a416-0a9a83f88edb http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2300/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2300/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">My Writing Goals</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#3 248864f6-b3b3-4f7a-b0c7-bab27b65d6b1 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2229/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2229/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Writing Timeline</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#4 74cb57d7-ba45-42ea-aeaf-332d20a4fb5d http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2231/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2231/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Writing Timeline Reflection</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#5 eae38d12-cef0-46ed-b3b0-1a6eed983a35 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1640/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1640/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Heart Map (Awakening the Heart, Georgia Heard)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#6 8d88f9b4-81f9-4f42-bbc8-2a2e595717ba http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1641/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1641/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Ideas for Writing About Important People (Lucy Calkins, Book 1)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#7 afc4bcc9-36fb-4698-a981-640bacc0ec75 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1643/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1643/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Ideas for Writing About Important Places (Lucy Calkins, Book 1)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#8 bf4145a1-8e50-4f80-be79-e93b616d2eaf http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1644/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1644/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">I Map (Mechanically Inclined, Jeff Anderson)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#9 1cdf69d8-6aec-4039-9076-f21293369b33 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1645/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1645/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Idea List from my I Map</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#10 3e0dd65e-69d2-4455-af04-cf98d6239ddd http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1647/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1647/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Wonderings List (Calkins and Fletcher)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#11 37cdd7b4-82e2-4442-9876-25b2777e396a http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1642/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1642/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Neighborhood Map (How to Write Your Life Story, Ralph Fletcher)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#12 75711808-0c23-4386-9c00-4b998564ff2b http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1646/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1646/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Writing from an Artifact (The Writer’s Notebook, Ralph Fletcher)</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#13 8280397b-4c76-4376-a00c-5b4e0f4d5994 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1648/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_1648/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Fiction Story Mountain</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#14 102549cf-7862-43b4-bdac-841b6ccb6391 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2213/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2213/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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" class="paragraph_style_3">Memory List</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#17 2a90bfc8-095e-413d-8157-f70edbba885a http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2215/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2215/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Ideas for Non-Fiction Writing</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#18 bc122c01-0e46-475f-914e-89a739f97f42 http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2216/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2216/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_204_48"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Expository Graphic Organizer</p></div></div> http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook.html#19 cbcb298d-78f7-4c06-a21d-4ff26d193d6a http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2217/thumb.jpg http://www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Writers_Notebook_files/Media/IMG_2217/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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