By: Sarah Stalvey & AJ Jordan

Mosaic Case Study

Who is Ashanti?

If you could travel anywhere

where would you go and why?

"Somewhere where there is fancy thing

because I like fancy items."

Favorite Movie?Don't be a menace to south

central park while drinking

juice in the hood.

Watches...

Dog with a Blog

Good Luck Charlie

Jessie

Austin and Ally

LOVES LOVES LOVES....BASKETBALL!!!

Confident 6th grader

inspired by music

Questioning Skills

Self-Selected Read Aloud: STAT

• Ashanti LOVES basketball

• Motivated by Interest

• Connected to characters

• Did not want to read Maniac Magee if it meant she would miss reading STAT

• Made predictions based on her schema

Read Aloud Predictions

Reader Fluency• Ashanti was aware of the process of Fluency

Testing

• Defensive about us marking her "mistakes"

• Fast Reader

Pink and Say

Error Ratio: 1:19

Accuracy Rate: 95%

Maniac Magee

Words Per Minute

1st: 1672nd: 1803rd: 185

Reading Samples

First Attempt

Second Attempt

Third Attempt

Ashanti as a Writer...• Initially, Ashanti

wrote that she did not like her own writing, but changed her answer when she saw the other girl's responses.

• Inconsistent in feelings

• Likes writing poetry and music

• Sees that music is poetry

Writing Samples

Ashanti's Strengths

• Highly motivated by interest

• Fluent reader and uses expression

• Knows what she likes at a young age

• Confident in herself as a person

• Uses humorous writing to hook the audience

• Eager to read aloud and share her ideas with the group

Ashanti's Weaknesses

• Struggles with providing constructive feedback to peers

• Worries about what others will think of her writing

• Sometimes she reads too quickly

• Worries about the aesthetics of writing instead of the writing itself (writing sample)

Recommendations

• Expanding her horizons in reading from fiction to non-fiction

• Openness to correction; viewing feedback as important for improvement

• Reading Deeplyo "They're going to win the championship."

• Integrating writing through technologyo music composition programso build confidence and enjoyment

References

Grisham, Dana. & Wolsey, Thomas. (2012). Transforming Writing Instruction

in the Digital Age: Techniques for Grades 5-12. New York & London:The

Guilford Press.

Rycik, J., & Irvin, J. (2005). Teaching reading in the middle grades:

Understanding and supporting literacy development. Upper Saddle River,

NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Stephanie, H. & Goudvis, H. (2007). Strategies that work: Teaching

comprehension for understanding and engagement (2nd ed.). Portland, ME:

Stenhouse.