2. Regie Routman Planning for Genre Writing Session 5

3. Beliefs About Writing Review: Session 3 Pages 4 - 7

4. Demonstration Writing Turn and Share Have you tried to demonstrate writing in front of your students? If so, how it go? If not, what are your future plans to do so? Questions or concerns?

5. Start With Celebration Article

6. Goals See thoughtful planning as the necessary first step Understand the crucial role of audience and purpose in quality student writing Apply Optimal Learning Model for teaching writing. Begin to use and apply the Framework for Teaching Writing Genres to writing in any genre. Use the Deeper Understanding charts to enhance our “take-away” from the video clips. Use the resources in this session to help us begin to plan writing in a genre for our students. Understand the leaning associated with this project extends beyond memoir writing and applies to all writing genres and to instruction across the curriculum. Understand the students are still writing daily while in the immersion/planning stages.

7. Planning Video Explanation of Plan 5 p.22 Immersion In the Genre 5 p.23 Expectations For Writing 5 p. 24 Turn and Talk after Video

8. Simple Memoir Immersion and Charting (1 - 2 Weeks) Read Alouds… Charting Characteristic of that Genre Teacher Demonstration Demo a writing with the students watching (your piece shouldn’t about as long as what your students would write) Shared Writing Teacher writes a piece with student input Independent Writing Students are revising, editing, and conferencing with the teacher and other students. Edit Publish?!?!

9. Beyond the Writing: The Elements That Transfer To All Good Teaching Section 5, p. 12 (Emphasis on p. 16)

10. Planning Your Genre Section 5 p. 6,7, 13 - 16

11. Planning Your Genre Unit Scope and Sequence Wiki Blank Genre Unit p. 14 Grade 1, Simple Memoir

12. Resources in Blue Notebook Optimal Learning Model: pgs. 6 & 13 Framework for Teaching: pgs. 7, 8-11 Planning for a Genre Study: pgs. 14 & 15 Planning Calendar: pg. 16 & 17 Audience & Purpose: pg. 18 & 19

13. Goals Make a simple goal for yourself. Take a risk and try something in your classroom. We will share the next time we meet. If you have any questions, feel free to write them on note cards and we will address them next time.