What is a Workshop Model and how does it Work? In the past, students would learn their studies from a teacher standing in front of a blackboard and copying notes onto it. They would learn their reading skills by reading books and writing skills by reading essays, but this method does not benefit the students of today's times in the way that they need it to. Students today need a method of learning their reading and writing skills in a simple yet constructive way. That solution was introduced by the New York City School Officials when they adopted the workshop models for teaching reading and writing skills. The workshop model intends for the students to learn reading and writing skills through much participation amongst themselves and their peers. Unlike just taking notes from a blackboard, in a workshop model, much interaction ensues after a mini lesson on a specific reading or writing strategy. Students either interact with the teacher or amid themselves by discussing certain pieces of writing that incorporates the strategy. The students learn from writing their own pieces of literature and reading their own novels that they choose. Through this reformed instructional technique, both teachers and students will have the opportunity to feed off each other and to understand one another in a relationship that goes beyond notes on paper.
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