Honing the Narrative Craft

Honing the Narrative CraftFeedback and Instructional moves

Outcomes:By using synectic mindmapping, teachers

generate different ways of improving student writing as a craft.

Utilizing Save the Last Word, teachers will study the 3 column of the rubric to provide students with effective feedback and make informed decisions regarding writing instruction.

Synectic MindmappingSynectics: experiments with alternative ways of

dealing with the obstacles to success.

Mind Mapping: used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, and making decisions.

Sequence: Identify the Craft1. Think silently what crafts or activities that you currently

embrace.

2. Choose one craft that you want to explore and write it in your space

3. How do you hone and improve upon that craft?

MIND MAP YOUR CRAFT OUT ON THE PAPER

Warm up: Synectic activity

You may use this as a guide

How is honing your craft like honing the craft of writing?

1. Make explicit connections between the two...

Connect to to a place on your mind map.

Teaching writing is honing a craft

Transition this type of thinking to improving student writing.

Looking at Student WorkRound One: 10 minutesRead through the exemplary work we brought.

Celebrate the great work that we do.

Round Two: 20 minutesRound Three: 20 minutesRound Four: 20 minutesLooking at student work for feedback and

instructional moves.

If student work is at school:Download Narrative Student Writing Exemplar from wiki page under professional learning…utilize protocol.

If more than one person does not have work:Utilize protocol around a dilemma for writing:

• Teacher presents dilemma

• Group talks about multiple approaches to dilemma

• Teacher who presented dilemma gets final word on next steps

EXIT SLIPOn a notecard please write the following:

Name:School: One or more things that you learned or are

going to use as a result of today.

Please place in box by door when leaving.