1) Choosing Content
2) Time for Writing
3) Teaching
4) Talking
5) Periods of focusd study
6) Publication Rituals
7) High Expectations and safety
8) Structured Management

I am defining number 2, Time for writing.

Time for writing refers to giving children enough time to plan and organize their works.




This is how I would use Time For Writing in a classroom. I would designate a certain amount of time to students to plan out whatever project we are doing at that time. Next I would allow them a few minutes to collect their thoughts and organize them into a list.
-Becca

The only problem that I see is that unless you are lucky and teach in a school on a block schedule (One and a half hour) you only have fifty minutes with which portion the workshop. Having gone through field-basing myself, I know how easy it is to blow through the time you think set so carefully. The result is either you do not cover everything you intended or you end up bluffing your way and adding work to fill time which doesn't help each other. - John Huddleston

I think that what was stated previously is a legitimate problem and it will probably be faced in every classroom at some point regardless of block scheduling or not. The best solution that I could come up with would be to teach kids how to create a wonderful outline and to jot down notes for themselves that they find important. That way if you do run out of time, the children should be able to pick back up where they left off.