Writing Discussion Topic Possibilities

Since we are all at different places in our understanding of teaching and learning in the area of writing, I don't think there will be one topic alone all teachers want to discuss.  So I thought I would list some specific areas I would like to learn more about from other teachers in my building.  I truly believe we can all be resources to each other.  Although the Barry Lane, Lucy Calkins and 6+1 Traits books can be helpful, learning from the teachers I work with about more specific writing lessons has been the most powerful learning to impact my classroom recently.  I don't want to throw these resources out.  I just want to know how other teachers are teaching writing in their classrooms.  

1. More lessons with story boards (helping students to plan for more detail in the middle of the story by diving the middle frame into four parts)

2.  Using common graphic organizers for non-fiction text

3. Planning for writing across the year  (What GLCEs do we do well already?)

4. Planning for writing in science (Julie talked about this at retreat I think)  

5. How are teachers modeling for writing?  What are some effective ways to model?  (Charts, computers, using a notebook, using student work) How can we do a better job of modeling specific parts of writing?  

Please share your thoughts

I think David and Vickie developed a great mini lesson's template similar to the lesson worksheets used in the 6+1 Traits books.  There are a variety of ways they have used it to teach everything from grammar to how to give good names to characters.