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Chapter 4 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. 4 Writing to Learn (WTL) Strategies (for more WTL’s go here or here or here) Nonstop write: students write nonstop in response to a prompt for set time (3-5 min) write in sentences […]
Chapter 4 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. 4 Writing to Learn (WTL) Strategies (for more WTL’s go here or here or here) Written Conversations students process material by passing notes to each other about the material wonder if technology like Twitter, Todaysmeet, […]
Chapter 6 in Farrington, Camille A., Melissa Roderick, Elaine Allensworth, Jenny Nagaoka, and Tasha S. Keyes. “Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners.” UChicaco CCSR (2012): 1-108. LEARNING STRATEGIES Involve several processes: metacognition: knowing how to monitor one’s misunderstanding self-regulated learning: intentional use of metacognition to learn selecting strategies and environments most conducive to […]
Chapter 10 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. Uses: Prepare for standardized tests Assess what students are learning Limitations of Standardized Test Essays: Writing to summarize what one knows as opposed to everyday writing that aims to inform, persuade, entertain, etc. […]
Chapter 8 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. Learning Fairs: Students present work to community in poster session like environment (think science fair) Uses: Students study topics in depth Students present to wide audience Student learn field research techniques Opportunity to […]
Chapter 7 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. Newspaper Front Page: Team creates short list of interesting articles that leave audience wanting more Uses: summarize material practice different formats – news article, editorial, feature, advice column show how subjectivity plays into […]
Chapter 7 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. RAFT Papers What is RAFT? Role of writer Audience of writer Format of writing piece Topic Uses: See content from different perspectives. Creative representation of researched facts Play by Play: Topic search: Give […]
Chapter 7 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. People Research: Uses / purposes: Easier than research abstract topics Stepping stone for building research and writing skills that build up to attract topics Questionnaires & Surveys Play-by-play: Investigate sample surveys and extract […]
Chapter 6 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. These are examples of activities that assess student writing in order to improve it before it appears before a public audience. To see the difference between public writing pieces and write-to-learn pieces, go […]
Chapter 8 in Daniels, Harvey, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke. Content-area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print. These are examples of activities that guide students to create writing drafts for public writing. To see the difference between public writing pieces and write-to-learn pieces, go here. To see an overview of all […]