1. Darlene Smith-Worthington
Rinse, Lather, Repeat: Replicating, Reinforcing, and Refining for Success
Developed and Presented by Pitt Community
College Developmental Studies English Faculty
Regina Garcia
Allison Flowers
Jennifer Leigh
Sallie Stone
Cheri White
Darlene Smith-Worthington

2. Bridge students to the Land Of Promise, Potential, Prosperity
Rinse, Lather, Repeat
The gaps we span
Bridge students to the Land
Of Promise, Potential, Prosperity
So today, you will see
That we approach this process
With great reverence and temerity
For the results we seek are induced by
Rinse, Lather, Repeat

3. I’m gonna rinse bad habits out of my mind
DRE 096 is in the RLR Remix
“I’m Gonna Rinse!”
I’m gonna rinse bad habits out of my mind
I’m gonna rinse anxiety out of my mind
I’m gonna rinse low confidence out of my mind
And send them on their way
And send them on their way!

4. How do we address this problem?
Rinse - Deprogram
Lack of preparation
How do we address this problem?

5. Lather - New Skills Begin class ONLY when students are prepared
Count students without books and materials absent
Use departmental policies to encourage effective student skills

6. ATTENDANCE POLICIES 1. Two tardies equal one absence.
2. You are allowed four (4) hours of absences in DRE classes
3. Leaving class early without permission will result in being counted absent.
4. You may make up work if you are absent for one of the following reasons:
· Personal illness with verification from a physician.
· Death in the immediate family (spouse, children, parents, or grandparents.)
Verification of the death may be required by the instructor.
· A school-sponsored activity.
· A court appearance which must be verified by letter from an attorney or judge.
· Jury duty with documentation
· Required military service.
5. You are not allowed to make up work for absences related to the following reasons:
· Medical, dental, or legal appointments
· Lack of transportation · Registration
· Picking up financial aid checks · Minor illness
· Sports team practice · Meeting with advisor
· Work-related responsibilities · Lack of child care

7. Developmental Studies Departmental Policies
CELL PHONE POLICY: The cell phone policy in the Developmental Studies Department is very simple:
Cell phones should be turned off and put away during class time.
Therefore, the following statements are unnecessary, but just in case—
If your phone rings during class, you will be asked to leave the class for the day and will be counted absent.
If you are seen text messaging during class, you will be asked to leave the class for the day and will be counted absent.
If you anticipate an emergency situation, give your contact person the number for Campus Security, , and someone will come to get you immediately.

8. Not activating prior knowledge/schema How do we address this problem?
Rinse - Deprogram
Not activating prior knowledge/schema
How do we address this problem?

9. Lather - New Skills Use THIEVES notes (beginning of annotation)
Guide class discussion followed by journal assignment

10. PRE-READING STRATEGIES
Title
Headings
Illustrations
End of chapter/section questions
Vocabulary
Embedded questions in margin
Summary

11. “The Pact”
Journal Prompts: Choose one or more to respond to in paragraph form, using MLA format. Response must be a minimum of 12 sentences!
1) Have your friends been a help or a hindrance in your academic pursuit? How?
2) What situations from your past almost kept you from pursuing success?
3) Who has been your main supporter/ motivator for success?
4) Have you ever made a pact with your friends? Discuss.

12. How do we address this problem?
Rinse - Deprogram
Passive reading
How do we address this problem?

13. Require thorough annotations
Lather - New Skills
Require thorough annotations
Circle vocabulary
Enter summary notes in the margins
Highlight supporting details
Note questions and answers
Add reactions and responses

14. Annotation Example

15. No idea generation or outlining How do we address this problem?
Rinse - Deprogram
No idea generation or outlining
How do we address this problem?

16. Lather - New Skills
Map writing process and check as each step is completed
Provide outlines and paragraph sentence drafts
Conference on each step for Unit 1; conference on outlines and rough drafts

17. The Writing Process 1. Idea generation: brainstorming, freewriting,
bubble mapping
Thesis development and choose topic for paragraph
from thesis
Outline
Paragraph sentence draft
Revision of draft
Editing
Final Draft
PROOFREAD!!!

18. DRE 096 Paragraph Outline
DRE 096 Paragraph Sentence Draft

19. Ignorance of or refusal to edit How do we address this problem?
Rinse - Deprogram
Ignorance of or refusal to edit
How do we address this problem?

20. Lather - New Skills Grammar blasts Aplia
Substitutions for use of 2nd person
Editing worksheet requirement

21. Repeat
DRE 096 course is designed to help students internalize the reading and writing processes.
Each unit covers the same skills and assignments in a specified sequence.

22. The following are expected of students for each reading:
1. Skim reading to activate what the topic is
2. Journal- pre-reading on topic of reading
3. Annotate
· Identify unfamiliar words
· Write in margin and underline proof or support of margin notes
4. Vocabulary quiz
5. Topic sentences of paragraphs (while going over annotation)
6. Author’s purpose
7. Audience= what would they put in if different audience
8. Main Idea and Major Details
9. Patterns of organizations with signal words
10. Fact/Opinion
11. Inferencing
· Tone
· Mood
· Drawing conclusions
12. Critical thinking with short answer questions
13. Paragraph writing

23. “Don’t Stop til You Get Enough”
DRE 097 Just Can’t Stop the RLR Bop
by paying homage to learning inspired by the King
of Pop
“Don’t Stop til You Get Enough”
Keep on with the Rinsing
Don’t stop til you get enough!
Keep on with the Structure
Don’t stop til you get enough
Keep on Fixing Grammar
Keep on Learing New Stuff
Don’t Stop til you get enough!

24. DRE 097 The goals are as follows:
Students will demonstrate the use of reading and writing processes.
Students will apply critical thinking strategies in reading and writing.
Students will recognize and compose well- developed, coherent, and unified texts.

25. Of Course We Rinse Throughout! Really, it’s like a Repeat Rinse!
The lingering tendencies to not activate prior knowledge! We address this by continuing the prewriting strategies and discussion on topic and theme and prompting them to connect those concepts to self and society.
The low academic self confidence and self limiting beliefs! We address this by integrating low stakes “practice and perfect” assignments while building toward high stakes mastery assignments centered around a theme.
The continual desire not to engage in the before and after stages of reading and writing! We address this by integrating the execution of these stages into assessment.

26. Honoring the Past: Activation of Prior Knowledge
REPEAT
Honoring the Past: Activation of Prior Knowledge
Now Acknowledging
Prior DRE Course Knowledge
Prior Formal Educational Knowledge
Prior Reading Content Knowledge
Prior Life Experience

27. Grammar Concepts and Editing Strategies
REPEAT: “Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough!”
(You can never really get enough, can you?)
Grammar Concepts and Editing Strategies
Stages of Reading Concepts and Pre-Writing, Outlining and Drafting Concepts from DRE 096
Annotation Techniques and Vocabulary in Context Strategies
Consistent Reading and Writing Term Usage and Application

28. LATHER: Lathering in New Information to Ready the Student for the Future thus Adding to the Coffers of Knowledge
New ways to develop ideas
New ways to consider ideas
New ways to blend the old into the new
New and more complex topics to consider
New ways to connect texts to themselves
New ways to connect texts to other texts
New ways to connect texts to the world

29. REPEATING, LATHERING, RINSING, OH MY!
Reading
Implement the comparison and contrast of texts and other media forms under an umbrella theme
Work collaboratively to build knowledge base (schema) on themes presented in the media
Refine annotation strategies for application usage on tests and quizzes

30. REPEATING, LATHERING, RINSING, OH MY! Writing
Continuing the practice of following prewriting, outlining, and editing strategies
Increasing the focus on the connection of the topic sentence to the thesis (Repeat)
Intensifying body paragraph development practice using a variety of rhetorical modes (Repeat and Lather)
Adding the concepts of developing new paragraph structures such as the introduction and conclusion (Lather)
Assigning multiple free writing and associated media assignments to generate ideas for writing and promote critical thinking to develop responses (Lathering and Repeating)
Adding the Five Paragraph Essay Structure (Mastery)

31. PRE-WRITING This is How We Do It!
Exemplification Body Paragraph
Prompt Options:
Discuss three good ways to meet a potential mate.
Discuss three factors people should consider before naming their child
Discuss three important pieces of information that individuals should know about their partner before deciding to marry.
Discuss three ways that people’s names can impact their lives.
Brainstorm or freewrite on your chosen prompt:_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
Develop your closed thesis statement: _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________
Write your three topic sentences based on your thesis statement:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________

32. It’s More than Fine to Outline
Pick one of your above topic sentences to guide your outlining process:
Topic Sentence: __________________________________________
Major Detail 1:_________________________________
Dev: ___________________________________
Dev: _____________________________
B. Major Detail 2: ____________________________
Dev: _________________________________________
Wrap Sentence: __________________________________________________ Now go on to use your outline to create a rough draft. This should be one paragraph that reflects one topic sentence.

33. Example of an Associated Lesson that Integrates Reading and Writing in the DRE 097 Way!
Text To Text Activity
Read and/or activate schema on Richard Wright’s “Black Boy.” Then, consider the following poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar ( ):
We Wear the Mask
WE wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, —
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

34. Lesson Continued
4. How does this connect to the main idea that Wright attempts to convey in “Black Boy?” What does Wright say about his experience that parallels what Dunbar expresses in his poem? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Text to Self
Free write about a time when you felt that you had to “wear a mask” (narrative). How did it make you feel (descriptive)? How did you handle your feelings?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Questions
1. Who do you think “we” is in this poem? (topic) ______________________________________________________________2. What do think the writer is trying to say about the topic? (controlling idea)
______________________________________________________________________________________________3. What details does the writer give in this poem that lead you to his controlling idea?
______________________________________________________________________________________________

35. Ultimate Mastery: A Lather and A Repeat
DRE 097 Essay Outline
Introduction (Lather)
Hook: (1 – 2 sentences)
__________________________________________________
Background / supporting information: (3 – 5 sentences)
______________________________________________
Closed thesis statement: (1 sentence that contains your topic, controlling idea, and three points of development)
Body Paragraphs
Body Paragraph One (Repeat same structure for two and three)
Topic Sentence: (to focus your paragraph by commenting on your first point of development)
__________________________________________________
Major Detail 1: _________________________________________________
Specific examples that support your major detail (3-4 sentences of observations, readings, prior knowledge): _
Major Detail 2: ________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

36. DRE 097 Essay Outline Continued...
Conclusion (4-6 sentences) Lather
Restatement of thesis (in different wording than original thesis):
_____________________________________________________________________________________
What do your ideas demonstrate concerning the focus of your essay?
Explain why the ideas in your essay are important / relevant
Closing thought: ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

37. DRE 098 rounds out our hit list with one we can all lather up to!
“Pump up the Volume”
Put your finger on the nozzle and
Pump up the Volume (3xs)
Put your hands in the lather and
Keep your minds on what you know and
Add New Skills (It’s unreal)
You’ll Pump up the Volume (3xs)

38. DRE 098 Rinse Academic Skills Lack of preparation
Lack of prior knowledge
Lack of pre-reading
Lack of annotation skills
Lack of understanding reading/composition connection
Lack of editing/proofreading skills
Self-limiting Beliefs
“I hate to read.”
“I can’t write.”
“I don’t need to be in this class.”
“I don’t like to ask questions.”

39. DRE 098 Lather
Annotation
Annotation Guide for articles and textbook chapters
Annotation Chart for non-fiction book

41. Chapter
Characters
Character
Traits
Settings
Important
Events
Things to
Remember For
Topics Chart

42. DRE 098 Lather Linking reading to composition through Topics Chart
Theme recognition
Finding evidence
Connecting themes from one reading to another

43. Waiting for Text Identity and Family Function or Dysfunction Societal
Perceptions
Identity and Race
Religion
Education
Erickson’s
Stages
Color of Water
Blaxican’s
The Meaning of
Keeping
Kosher
Waiting for
Superman

44. DRE 098 Latherr Summary Writing Summary Notes Recall Card
Summary Quickstart

45. DRE 098 Lather
Responding to Literal, Interpretive and Analytical Questions
Multiple Choice (Literal)
Short Answer (Interpretive)
Essay (Analytical)
Documented Essay Writing
Open Thesis Statement
Text to Self
Text to Text
Text to World
Incorporating Textual Evidence
MLA Parenthetical Citation

46. DRE 098 Repeat From DRE 097 Journal Writing (Text to Self)
Annotation of narrative essays
Main Idea and Major Details
Organizational Patterns
Outlining
Rough Drafts
Use of Terms
Within DRE 098
Annotation (all readings)
Book Quizzes (3 times)
Journals (2 times)

47. Just Rinse, Lather, Repeat
We are the Champions, my friends
‘cause we’ll keep on teaching til the end!
Rinse, Lather, Repeat
No time for failure
Just Rinse, Lather, Repeat
til the End! (2x)