Writing Pedagogy

WRITING AGENDA 1.Writing Process 2.Six Traits 3.Contexts for learning writing 4.Writing Workshop 5.Writing Assessment 6.Genre Writing

WRITING PROCESS PREWRITING DRAFTING REVISING EDITING PUBLISHING

Six Traits Ideas Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence fluency Conventions

Writing Pedagogy Modeling: Language Experience Shared writing: teacher models process, students generate ideas Interactive writing: Sharing the pen Guided writing: scaffold writing process Independent writing: time for students to utilize writing process, peer revision.

WRITING WORKSHOP Mini-lesson - Topic generation Writing time - Conferencing and other parts of writing processes Sharing time - Author’s chair

Goals….Writing What do we want our children to be and become? Healthy – physically and mentally safe Happy Positive Self-esteem Good/Moral people Curious and engaged in life Life long learner Reading & writing ◦ have a voice ◦ enjoy reading ◦ learn to know where to find information

Purposes of Writing Voice-expression-immortality Communicate Inform-persuade Remember Express comprehension across curriculum Reflect Incite discussion-raise issues Entertain

WRITING (PUBLISHING) USING THE COMPLETE PROCESS Storybooks Reports Poems Biography & Autobiography Authentic letters Newspapers Science journals Book reviews Plays

WRITING IN CONTENT AREAS Informal writing 15 minute research reports ◦ 5 minutes reading ◦ 5 minutes for notes ◦ 5 minutes to write Social Studies or Science Workshop Text Structure

WRITING WITHOUT COMPLETE PROCESS INFORMAL & UNPUBLISHED WRITING WITHOUT COMPLETE PROCESS INFORMAL & UNPUBLISHED Graphic Organizers Clusters Data chart Venn Diagram T Chart Journals Quickwrites

Journals Personal Journals Dialogue Journals Reading Logs Learning Logs Experience Journals

Writing Assessment Student generated rubrics Examples of practice

Genre Writing Descriptive genre Expository genre Narrative genre Persuasive genre Poetry genre Technical genre

Multi-genre reporting Writing in a variety of genre in a creative way to express comprehension in content areas: Science, math, social studies. See Tom Romano’s website: Users.muoio.edu CCSS: Children will collaborate on writing starting in kindergarten Have students write daily for a variety of purposes!