1. Welcome to “Come Write with Us”
Individualized Language Arts
Brought to you by
Deborah Johnson and
Penny Arnold
GTPTs at Hays STEAM Academy

2. Austin’s Butterfly

3. We’re going to learn to cut and paste kids!!

4. What we want kids to experience.
If I can think it, I can say it. If I can say it, I can write it. If I can write it, I can read it. The more I write, the better I read. The more I read, the better I write.

5. Techniques Techniques- use higher order thinking skills
are differentiated for individuals and content
are interactive
are intended to allow the students to have more control of their learning.
Reading, writing, listening and speaking, and thinking skills are highlighted.

6. Tom Smith called Sarah Lou is here
Tom Smith Punctuation
Tom Smith called Sarah Lou is here 13

7. How many ways can you punctuate the sentence?

8. 3 Types of Sentence Tic-Tac-Toe1

9. Write 7 sentences with dogs in 1st, 2nd, etc. positions.
Dogs are man’s best friend.
Five dogs make life very interesting.
Cute, fluffy dogs…

10. Write sentences from given sentence.
Dinosaurs
are
found
throughout
areas of
Texas.
have
been in
twenty
states.
All sentences can belong to the same theme or concept.

11. Designate that sentences begin with certain parts of speech.
Noun…
Verb…
Adjective…
Adverb…
Pronoun…
Preposition…

12. Sentence Combining The Chicken
A man lived in a farmhouse. He was old. He lived alone. The house was small. The house was on a mountain. The mountain was high. The house was on the top. He grew vegetables. He grew grain. 2

13. Wet-Ink-Writing
This is a great way to assess prior knowledge or just get kids excited about what’s coming.
“Mystery” 3

14. Writing Roulette 4

15. Musical Writing 5

16. Tryptic Writing Flip Books6

17. Sentence Slotting
The man cried. 7

18. Up words, down words, in words, out words8

19. Stories Told With 26 lines A-Z
At Hays STEAM Academy
Blaberus Discoidalis are
Cared for. D E
Etc. 9

20. Cubing 10

21. Describe It

22. Compare It

23. Associate It

24. Analyze It

25. Apply It

26. Argue for/against it

27. A Cubing Example

28. WRITING AS A WAY INTO READING Using Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive thought, Aristotle’s rhetoric, Purves’ response to literature, Cowan’s concept of cubing, and Emig’s theory that “writing is a mode of learning,” I have developed a schema which enables students to stretch their critical thinking skills. --Joyce Armstrong Carroll
6. Judgment: Write the answer to each of these questions in at least one complete sentence: a) Do I like the work or not? b) Why do I think this way? c) What in the work makes me think this way? (Here extract something specific, place in quotation marks, and explain.) Bloom calls this evaluation; Aristotle: testimony; Purves: evaluative; Cowan proposes arguing for or against it

29. 5. Literary Associations: Write literary allusions
5. Literary Associations: Write literary allusions. What in other works are like or unlike this work? Bloom calls this synthesis; Aristotle: comparison Purves: classificatory; Cowan explicitly says compare it while implicitly saying contrast it.
4. Separate the work into parts: Break the work apart to show how the parts support the whole (theme). Do this either by taking one part (e.g. imagery) and tracing that literary device throughout the work, or by taking several devices (e.g. diction, symbolism) and connecting those to theme. Bloom calls this analysis; Aristotle: consequence & degree Purves: analytic; Cowan advises analyzing it.

30. 3. Theme: Write out the meaning , the message
3. Theme: Write out the meaning , the message. What do you think the author’s purpose was in writing this work? (This often helps the writer/reader to think on the social or universal level). Bloom calls this application; Aristotle: circumstance; Purves: interpretational; Cowan suggests you associate it.
2. Personal Associations: Write personal allusions. What in the work reminds you of something, someone in your life? Bloom calls this comprehension; Aristotle: relationship; Purves: personalistic Cowan suggests you associate it.
Literal Level: Write title and author; give plot; retell the work in your own words. Bloom calls this knowledge; Aristotle: definition; Purves: contextual; Cowan says describe it.
--Joyce Armstrong Carroll

31. Hexagonal Writing

32. Description

33. Personal Association

34. Literary Association

35. Analyze It

36. Apply It

37. Evaluation

38. Parts of Speech Activities
Mad Libs
Chaos in Puctuatio
Jabberwocky 12

39. Ratiocination 14

40. [The] dogs were were funny.
[The] people laughed at the dogs

41. Sharing of Writing Strategies
All attachments can be found on our school websites. 15

42. SEE 16

43. Owl Moon 17

44. Sources
For your viewing pleasure, our sources for this session are located on the back table.

45. Thank You for Joining us Today!!
Have a Great Year!!