1. WRITE TO LEARN FEB. 29, 2012

2. OBJECTIVES 1. Provide teachers with more Write to Learn strategies to implement 2. Share Write to Learn examples and collaborate for further implementation

3. GOAL… Longterm goal: Writing in every classroom, every day Immediate goal: Get students writing

4. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WTL

5. How can teachers motivate students to write? Do teachers have to grade the writings? How much time will implementing writing strategies take? How often do teachers have to use writing strategies in class? What WTL strategies can aid the writing teachers already do in class?

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7. How can teachers motivate students to write? Do teachers have to grade the writings? How much time will implementing writing strategies take? How often do teachers have to use writing strategies in class? What WTL strategies can aid the writing teachers already do in class? What kind of writing expectations should teachers have with these strategies?

8. ADMIT SLIP (POST IT NOTES) At your table… Combine your ideas for other possible answers or what you do New questions you have about WTL

9. EngagingProcessing Demonstrating Understanding Purpose: provide all students with a nonthreatening opportunity to respond. Students engaged in writing Not graded, not related to content Purpose: help students show their thinking through writing. Students process the content Give writing a plus, check, minus to guide instruction Purpose: produce a written piece that goes through the writing process. Students given feedback through a rubric with clearly identified levels of proficiency Collaboratively scored

10. 3 GROUPS OF STRATEGIES Go to the location you chose last time for the small group strategy session Commons: admit/exit, MVP, double entry Choir Room: frames Band Room: quick write, 12 word summary

11. NEW WTL STRATEGIES Specific genre frames Lists Bloom’s Sentence Starters

12. COLLABORATION TIME Share your examples Develop a writing frame or list What ideas from other teachers can you try in your classes? Any common formative assessments for data teams?

13. COLLABORATION TIME EnglishFCS Science SpEd Math Foreign Lang. Social StudiesArt PE Music Business Industrial Tech.

14. -SHARE EXAMPLES -DEVELOP FRAME OR LIST -USE AS COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT? -PLACE EXAMPLES IN FOLDER

15. WRAP UP Lincoln High School WTL Wiki LincolnWTL – home Next time bring more examples Questions for the parking lot about WTL?