Phelan, Jane, authorO'Donnell-Allen, Cindy, advisorGinsberg, Ricki, committee memberAragón, Antonette, committee member2021-09-062021-09-062021https://hdl.handle.net/10217/233739This case study explored the effect of discourse and oral rehearsal of writing on the progress of eighth-grade writers in the workshop model of writing instruction. Through my position of teacher-researcher, I observed three randomly chosen students to determine how learning academic discourse and orally rehearsing writing affected their progress as writers. Results suggested that writing was improved by learning academic discourse and orally practicing writing before putting pen to paper.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Text