Grounding Your Writing Classroom Sue Morrell, NBCT, Wagner Community School Dakota Writing Project June 6, 2007.

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Grounding Your Writing Classroom Sue Morrell, NBCT, Wagner Community School Dakota Writing Project June 6, 2007

The Plan (90 minutes) Write – Share (one on one) Write – Share (one on one) Repeat (x 3) Repeat (x 3) Collaboration (“assigned” group) Collaboration (“assigned” group) Post & Share & Discuss Post & Share & Discuss Research base Research base Application (and Q&A) Application (and Q&A)

First Question: Why write? Reflex write Reflex write Five minutes Five minutes Write what you know Write what you know All answers valid and honored All answers valid and honored Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, handwriting, etc. Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, handwriting, etc.

Second Question: What have I learned about Writing? As a writer? As a writer? As a teacher? As a teacher? Both? Both? Five minutes!! Five minutes!!

Third Question: How do I write?

Last Question: What are the qualities of GOOD writing? Five minutes Five minutes Be a reader! Be a reader! Be a teacher. Be a teacher.

Collaboration Time Your task: Working together, identify FIVE significant ideas to share. Your task: Working together, identify FIVE significant ideas to share. Appoint a recorder & a spokesperson. Appoint a recorder & a spokesperson. You have TEN minutes You have TEN minutes Share all ideas from group members (your question only). Share all ideas from group members (your question only). Choose best ideas – list on chart paper. Choose best ideas – list on chart paper. Be ready to post & present. Be ready to post & present.

Additional Thoughts (points from the Prairie Winds Writers) Why Write? Why Write? To communicate in a lasting way To communicate in a lasting way To set things right in the mind To set things right in the mind To get organized To get organized To express feelings or thoughts To express feelings or thoughts To commit to something To commit to something To pass the class To pass the class What have I learned about Writing? What have I learned about Writing? Takes practice Get it down first; then get it correct Is not a subject – is ABOUT subjects Works best when I am motivated Requires risk and sacrifice

Additional Thoughts (more points from the Prairie Winds Writers) How do I write? How do I write? Illegibly Illegibly Fast Fast Organize as I go Organize as I go Practice, practice, practice Practice, practice, practice “The poems are in the scars” – Linda Hasselstrom “The poems are in the scars” – Linda Hasselstrom What are the qualities of good writing? What are the qualities of good writing? Evidence of Motivation Evidence of Commitment Awareness of reader Uses specific, concrete words Observes conventions of standard English

What have we learned about the teaching of writing? Suggested reading: Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools – A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education. Mack-Kirschner, Adrienne. (2005). Straight Talk for Today’s Teacher: How to Teach So Students Learn. NH: Heinemann. Marzano, R., Pickering, D., & Pollock, J. (2001) Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. NWP & Nagin, C. (2006) Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools. IN: Jossey-Bass.

Using Research to Inform Our Teaching of Writing Setting product goals involves assigning students specific, reachable goals for the writing they are to complete. It includes identifying the purpose of the assignment (e.g., to persuade) as well as characteristics of the final product. Graham & Perin, Writing Next, 2007) Common expectations about writing should be developed across disciplines through in-service workshops designed to help teachers understand good writing and develop as writers themselves. National Commission on Writing, The Neglected “R”: The Need for a Writing Revolution, 2003

Where we go from here Recognize that writing is hard work. Recognize that writing is hard work. Write with your students. Write with your students. Co-design assessment rubrics with your students. Co-design assessment rubrics with your students. Publication provides motivation to write. Publication provides motivation to write.