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Using writing to learn activities in the content area classroom.
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TED Talks~ Birth of a Word
TED Talks~ The Linguistic Genius of Babies
Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think
TED 406 Teaching Secondary Reading
Spring 2011
Generally, writing-to-learn activities are short, impromptu or otherwise informal writing tasks that help students think through key concepts or ideas presented in a course.
Journals
Learning Logs
Annotation
Analyze the Process
Solve a real problem really
well.
Solve a problem.
Really solve a problem.
Solve a real problem well.
Letter Writing
What Counts As Fact?
Analysis of Events
Post Hoc
•what happened•why it happened•what it means
Analysis of Events
What If
How might the outcome of an actual event differ if one crucial condition were changed?
Analysis of Events
What If
How might the outcome of an actual event differ if one crucial condition were changed?
What If…
Analysis of Events
What If
How might the outcome of an actual event differ if one crucial condition were changed?
Process Analysis
Problem-solving
Descriptions
Literature review
Project Notebook
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