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Daily Reading & Writing Improvement
Dr. Jennifer Dove, Director of Literacy & Humanities, Binghamton City School [email protected]
William Dove, High School English Teacher, Spencer-Van Etten Central School [email protected]
Less is more
Start small (gradually flesh out the framework)
Student work informs the Learning Continuum
(Modeled, Shared, Guided, & Independent)
Foundational Premises
Learning Continuum
Assess
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Demonstrated Learning
Shared Learning
Guided Learning
Independent Learning
Gradually handing over responsibility/the thinking and letting students take on the thinking independently.
Based on the research of Pearson, et al, 1983
Mike Schmoker- Results Now
Daily warm-ups & literary element paragraphs (Regents exam: #26, #27, & Critical Lens)
Kelly Gallagher, Article of the Week Video
Common Core Standards- Close Reading
Using wikis with one to one devices
Seeds Leading up to this Work
Reading short, rich informational text
Building content knowledge through text
Use critical reading strategies to analyze text construction & message(s)
Answering evidence based questions
Participating in evidence based discussions & written responses
Using word solving strategies to determine meaning of key academic vocabulary words in the text
The 6 Literacy Shifts in this Work
The Shifts: Close Reading
Pre-Common Core
“Prove you read it” type questions:
What color was the truck?
How many children were there?
Types of WritingMore journal writing
& personal connections
Common Core
Close Reading/ Analyzing the text for:
-Author’s purpose-Point of view-Message(s)-Words, Sentences, &Passages-Craft/ Technique
Types of WritingMore argument /
persuasive writing
Shift
Harvard Guide (6 Steps for Interrogating Text)
http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/sixreadinghabits
Annotating Text Guide http://engageny.org/resource/network-team-institute-materials-grades-3-5-el
a-curriculum-appendix-1-teaching-practices-and-protocols-august-13-17-2012/
Guide for Writing Text Based Questions http://
engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Guide-to-Creating-Questions-for-Close-Analytic-Reading.pdf
Norms for Collaboration http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Norms-for-Collaboration.pdf
Resources for Close Reading
Identifying/ Using the Common Frame in A Written
Response/ Text Beginning
-Claim (topic sentence or thesis statement)
-Intro (lists main points, background info, etc.)
Middle-Supporting Reasons or Details-Evidence (quotes, statistics, stories, etc.)
-Elaboration of evidence & connection to the claim
End -Summary of main points -Clinching sentence leaves reader w/ something to think about
Transitions and transitional phrases
Teaching the Written Response
Modeled (Lots of examples of quality responses & the actual thinking process that takes place when writing a response)
Shared (Time to write responses together as a class)
Guided (Time to work on writing various parts of a response & eventually the whole response with support/ immediate feedback)
Independent (Time to practice writing responses independently with specific feedback from peers & teacher)
Start small (build in the learning)
Identify where students are within the frame
Gradually add to the frame throughout the year
Building the Frame
Determine where your students are with:
Previewing text Annotating text Identifying the outline of text Comparing & contrasting text Identifying author’s purpose, message, point of view, etc.
Determine where your students are with: Developing a claim (writing a topic sentence or thesis) Using supporting reasons/ details Using evidence & connecting the evidence to the claim Using tools such as transitions and similes to strengthen the
clarity of their writing
Getting Started
Paperless system
Public performance (authentic audience)
On-line portfolio (see growth overtime)
Individual & public feedback via wiki
Using the Wiki
www.dovenyscate2012.wikispaces.
com
www.dovesample2012.wikispaces.com
Examples
Use for Data Driven Instruction
Use for individual student writing conferences
Use for parent conferences
Use to inform grades and comments on report cards
Tacking Data
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