My experiences!!!

Writers Workshop, Readers Workshop, Literature Circles, Literature Focus Units, Thematic Units

Writer's Workshops.
I don't really think that I had much work with writer's workshops. When I was younger it was always just a one on one experience with the teacher. We would make an appointment with the teacher and then talk to her for about 15 minutes. I think that this method was not a good idea. The ways that we learned about in class (i.e. teacher, peer, one on one) are better so that the student gets more time to actually catch mistakes that they have made and make sure the story makes sense.

Reader's Workshop/ Literature Circles, Literature Focus, Thematic Units
I have not had experience with Reader's workshops. We did Literature Circles more. Literature Circles was mostly elementary school and middle school. I loved literature circles and the different tasks that we had to do every week. My most favorite books were the Cam Jansen Books. I also loved Charlotte's Web. I loved to be the illustrator. Drawing pictures was the thing I did best. I don't really remember Thematic Units. I would like to teach a unit on the Titanic or possibly Egypt.