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B R E E J I M E N E Z , P H D
U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A A T G R E E N S B O R O
B A J I M E N E @ U N C G . E D U
A L I C I A S A U N D E R S , M . A .
U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A A T C H A R L O T T E
A F Q U E S I N @ U N C C . E D U1
OBJECTIVES
• Writing and Reading• Stages of Writing• 6 Writing Traits• Graphic Organizers• Lesson Planning and Formative Assessments
This presentation will present examples of student work along with practical
applications for students at all symbolic levels and across
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WRITING
Reading and Writing go hand-in-hand
• Complimentary activities
• Should be taught concurrently and should interrelate
• NOT a one-size fits all approach
Best method is to provide opportunities to write about MEANINGFUL events and topics!
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WRITING
Need for repeated reading opportunities to help build reading and writing skills
• Allow students to choose materials
• Need to read and reread texts, summarize, and write about what was read
Integrate technolog to help make st dents more • Integrate technology to help make students more independent
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KEYS TO WRITING SUCCESS
• Practice, practice, practice
• Model for students
• Provide feedback and error correction
• Encourage students
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STAGES OF WRITING
Developmental Stages of Writing (Sulzby, 1989):• Drawing• Scribbling• Letter strings• Invented Spelling• Conventional SpellingConventional SpellingStudents with moderate and severe disabilities progress
through these stages as well (Hedrick, Katim, & Carr, 1999; Katims, 1991)
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BEGINNING WRITING ACTIVITIES
• Picture writing
• Structured sentences with fill-in blank spaces
• Sentence starters
• Scrambled words to put into a sentence
• Ordering sentences into a paragraph
• Journal Writing/Experience Journals
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PICTURE WRITING •Purpose is to develop student’s ability to express themselves through writing.
•Student will draw or select a picture. Then instruct student to “write” about it.
•Students may use scribbles, may orally express what they want help writing, may use invented spelling or may be
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invented spelling, or may be able to create own words or sentences.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE STARTER FOR SWSD:
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TACTILE EXPERIENCE JOURNAL
•Select a topic that is personally relevant to the student (e.g., events from daily life)
•Teacher will ask questions to help student create sentences
•Teacher writes sentences
•Student helps select supporting
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•Student helps select supporting items to go with the story (e.g., pictures or tactile items)
•Read story with student
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WRITING
Examples for the classroom:• Spelling lists (e.g., Dolch High Frequency Sight Words)
• Word Wall in classroom
• Editing checklist
• Graphic organizers
• Have students read written passage aloud
• Computer (Spelling and grammar check)
• Speech-to-text software: TextHelp, Kurzwell, Sappy Speech, and Macintalk
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CONSIDERATIONS FOR SELECTING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR WRITING
• Need to identify strengths and weaknesses
• Often standardized assessments offer little information for our students
• Suggestions: Test of Developmental Spelling and a Test of Listening Comprehension (Johns, 1994)
• Accessibility: Address student’s physical needs (e.g., gross and fine motor skills)fine motor skills)
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TECHNOLOGY FOR WRITING
• Form of Universal Design for Learning• Allows all students regardless of background, learning style, ability, or
disability to write
• Just a few examples:• Alpha Smart (dictate compositions)• Clicker 4• iPad• DynaVox• SymWriter/Writing with Symbols 2000
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INTERNET BASED RESOURCES• Text-reading software
• *Natural Readers- www.naturalreaders.com• *iSpeech Beta- www.ispeech.org• *CAST UDL Book Builder™- www.bookbuilder.cast.org
• Word-prediction software • Don Johnston, Write:OutLoud 6
• Visual concept-organization software • Inspiration Software, Inc. and Kidspiration http://www.inspiration.com/
• Graphic-Organizers Graphic Organizers • *To Build Your Own: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/• *Premade: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/ )
• Writing Templates • *CAST Science Writer- http://sciencewriter.cast.org/welcome
* Indicates free
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Content/Ideas
Information/ Organization
Grammar/ Mechanics
Sentence Fluency
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REFERENCES: EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SOUTH DAKOTA ALTERNATE FORMATIVE WRITING ASSESSMENT
Word Choice/ Clarity
Voice
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CONTENT/IDEAS
What is my message?Is my message clear?Did I try hard to make it interesting?Do I have enough information?
Graphic Organizers:
e.g., KWL chart, E-Chart, Fact and Opinion
Resource: http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/ideascontent.htm
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INFORMATION/ORGANIZATION
How does my paper begin?
Did I tell things in order?
Does everything link to my message?
How does my paper end?
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Transitions2
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GRAMMAR/MECHANICS
Did I leave spaces between words?Did I use a title?Did I use periods or question marks?Did I use capital letters in the right places?Is it easy to read my spelling?Could another person read my paper?
Includes the correct use of spelling, spacing, and subject/verb agreement
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EDITING CHECKLIST (EMBEDDING SELF-DETERMINATION SKILLS)
_________ My name is on my paper.
_________ My name is spelled correctly.
_________ I put capital letters in my paper.
_________ I have periods, question marks, or
exclamation points at the end of my sentences.
_________ My paper has a title.
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SENTENCE FLUENCY
Did I use sentences?
Do my sentences begin in different ways?
Did I use some long and some short sentences?
Does my paper sound smooth as I listen to it?
Addresses sentence flow and rhythm within the student’s writing
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WORD CHOICE/CLARITY
Have I used some words that I really love?
Can my reader tell what my words mean?
Have I used any NEW words?
Did I try not to repeat words too many times?
F h d l d b h dFocuses on the words selected by the student nouns verbs modifiers Did I use any unique words Did I choose good descriptive words?
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Interesting Words
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VOICE
Do I really like this paper?
Does this writing sound like me?
How do I want my readers to
feel?
My favorite part is ____.
Deals with writing to your audience, the use of tone, and writing with personality and energy.
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Voice Lesson Ideas
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EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
Alternate Achievement Standards• Breadth and Depth
You may need to think outside the box to come up with strategies that will allow students to participate in the steps
Assistive technology Graphic organizers Use pre-typed words, photos, or symbols.
Writing consist simply ofg p y Generating ideas Creating a permanent product
Consider how you might make activities more concrete and narrow Provide limited response options or templates Add symbols or photos
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Remember that as mastery occurs, students may be able to participate in more of the steps
SAMPLE MAPPING ACTIVITYSTUDENT CAN: USE COMPLETE SENTENCESGENERATE WORDSSELECT WORD FROM AN ARRAYSELECT PICTURE TO REPRESENT AN IDEA
Summer
No schoolSummer brings ____ days.
hot free snowy
Ice cream
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I like to go on vacation with my family
Sleeping late
fishing
* Content and Organization: PrewritingPrewriting strategies are used in kindergarten through high
schoolBy late elementary school students consider what the purpose
of the writing is as well as who the intended audience is
WRITING ACROSS THE YEARS
By high school students use more complex graphic organizers, use time management, and keep records of writing such as daily journals
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Persuasive Graphic OrganizerBased on the book:___Number the Stars by: Lois Lowry________Your Opinion:_My favorite character in the book was _(Write in or circle your
opinion)_____________________________________________Peter Uncle Henrik Anne Marie
My Reason: Circle your reason: Uncle Henrik was brave.Peter was kind.Anne Marie showed courage.
Supporting Details:_Circle the fact that supports your reason:Anne Marie ran through the woods at night.Peter brought the Johansens gifts.
Uncle Henrik helped the Jews escape to Sweden
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Uncle Henrik helped the Jews escape to Sweden
My Reason: Circle another reason Uncle Henrik was smart.Anne Marie loved her best friend, Ellen.Peter was brave.
Supporting Details: Circle the fact that supports your reasons:Uncle Henrik built a hidden area in his boat so he could hide the Jews from the Nazis.Peter helped the Jews escape from Denmark.Anne Marie saved Ellen’s Star of David necklace for her.Restate your opinion:My favorite character in the book
was______________because_________________________andbecause____________________________________.
State your opinion by filling in the sentence.
not like like
I ld t i it Littl It lI would __________________ to visit Little Italy.
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I would like to visit Little Italy because____________________.
good Italian food good cakes
dogs live there airplanes fly
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING & WORD CHOICEPick an object that could be brought
to class
Model descriptive writing by listing the descriptive words that help students visualize the strawberries
Add photos to support each descriptive word.
red
green leaves on topg
soft
shaped like a heart
bumpy
juicy
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YOU CAN CREATE THE SAME TYPE OF DESCRIPTIVE WRITING WITH PHOTOS
All About Me
Name:
My pet is a_______.
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cat dog fish
Person/Character ChartFilling out a person/character chart gives you a clearer look at a character in a piece of writing. Use it when writing a character sketch. Fill in each box with the information about the
character. Add more rows to explore other details about the
person.Name
Age
Appearance
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Personality
Strengths
Weaknesses
Goals
Other Details
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NARRATIVE WRITING
Ask the student to select the sentence that best tells about this photo. I love to ride my bike in the
summer. My baseball team won the
championship. I was proud. My dog and I like to play ball.
If additional support is needed add a picture needed, add a picture to each sentence making the picture for sentence #2 the same as the photo.
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Instead of drawing a picture, a photo taken during the event could be usedallow the student to paste pictures together to create a scenethen select from prewritten sentences to tell the story.
WRITING TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
Students with disabilities at all grade levels will benefit from creating stories that are personally relevant
Create books using Power Point
Use personal photos or photos from the internet
Create text in large font and spell checked on the computer
Have the computer read the book aloud or have a peer read aloud
Let’s take a look at an example of narrative writing in PowerPoint format
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TIME TO GO HOME!
W E H A D F U N I N H A W A I I .W E F L E W B A C K H O M E O N T H E A I R P L A N E . I T D I D N O T T A K E A S L O N G T O G E T H O M E !
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EXPOSITORY WRITINGUsed toExplain Inform Instruct
May take the form ofNewsletters Text books
Expository writing is seen across content areas
Easy to use graphic organizers
American Indian chiefsSitting Bull
Travel guidesResearch papers
Follows a logical, sequential order
gHealthy food choices Animal habitats
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER WITH EXPOSITORY WRITING
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CHAIN OF EVENTS
TIMELINE
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Higher level student:g•Student researches and writes own answers
Student who needs more support:•Text supported with pictures•Response options with pictures
FILL-IN THE BLANK RESEARCH REPORTS
PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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TRELA, K. (2008). THE EFFECTS OF I WRITE NOW STRATEGY ON STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DISABILITIES' PARTICIPATION IN COMPOSING AN OPINION PARAGRAPH. DOCTORAL DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Research to Practice
AT CHARLOTTE, 2008.
SCORING GUIDE Component Say: Response Comments
1. Topic sentence (express opinion about subject)
What do you think? : I THINK that …(e.g. “Students should wear uniforms, students should not wear uniforms, and firefighters wear uniforms”)
C I YN
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2. Transition 1 What word? (Points to transition word list)
C I YN
VP
3. Reason 1 - supports topic Why do you THINK that? C I YN
VP
4. Transition 2 What word? (Transition word list: e.g. first, second, next, then, third, this is why…)
C I YN
VP
5. Reason 2 - supports topic Why do you THINK that? C I YN
VP
6. Transition 3 What word (Transition word list) C I YN
VP
7. Reason 3 – supports topic Why do you THINK that? C I YN
VP
8. Transition 4 – conclusion What phrase (Transition word list) C I YN
VP
9. Restate opinion – agrees with topic sentence
State opinion: I THINK that … C I YN
VP
TOTAL
C = Independently chooses correct word/sentence (states/restates an opinion, detail supports selected opinion, transition word reflects sentence order) I = Independently chooses incorrect word/sentence (chooses distractor, detail does not support topic, transition word does not support sentence order) or does not respond
STUDENT INTERVENTION RATING PROFILE
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LESSON PLANNING
May start with 1 writing trait and add as students gain skills or mastery. Or start with 2-3 traits and add conventions/word choice later.
Develop a plan for teaching each trait, practice with multiple topics. • Build generalization
Remember: Grade aligned Meet specific needs/goals for your students Use assistive technology Symbolic communication levels
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Sample Graphic Organizer for writing descriptive text.
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Support Documents used to teach lessons (e.g., worksheets, websites; picture symbol word banks)
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Students are instructed to complete the graphic organizer by circling the “choice that best describes the picture”.
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Students are then directed to compose descriptive sentences using their graphic organizer and picture choices.
USING STUDENT DATA TO HELP INFORM YOUR TEACHING
• Student work samples
• Rubrics• Set goals that align to the students need as well as
the standards
• IEP goalsIEP goals
• State/ Common Core Standards
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Example: This 4-pt rubric can be used to assess the students completed writing sample. The scorer would identify if the students work sample fit best into a 0-1-2-3.
Rubric system allows students to demonstrate growth towards mastery of skill over time.
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Sample Student SCORED Assessments
REMEMBER…
Writing consist simply ofGenerating ideasCreating a permanent product
Consider how you can use assistive technology during writing activities
Consider how you might make activities more concrete Consider how you might make activities more concrete and narrow (remember the many examples )
Add symbols of photosProvide limited response options or templates
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QUESTIONS/ANSWERS/DISCUSSION
Bree Jimenez
Alicia Saunders
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References:•Edina Public Schools http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/ideascontent.htm•South Dakota Alternate Writing Formative Assessment http://doe.sd.gov/oats/AltAssessment.asp•Castellani, J., & Jeffs, T. (2001). Emerging reading and writing strategies using technology. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 33, 60-67.•Fink-Chorzempa, B., Graham, S., & Harris, K. R. (2005). What can I do to help young children who struggle with writing? TEACHING Exceptional Children, 37, 64-66.•Trela, K. (2008). The effects of I write now strategy on students with significant cognitive disabilities‘ participation in composing an opinion paragraph. Doctoral Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2008.