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Writing For Professional Audiences: Becoming Powerful Change Agents Juan Araujo February 2, 2013
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Let’s Write What is something you've done as an English Language Arts teacher that took guts, and was it worth the risk? (Due November 15) 7-10 minutes
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Writing For Publication Reasons: Contribute to the professional dialogue To spread knowledge that adds to the language and literacy profession Share/validate classroom ideas Publish scholarly findings To professionally develop oneself To meet promotion and tenure requirements
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Look-Think-Act Identify a Current Problem Collect/think about Data Use the Results in your Teaching Write it up Stringer, E. T. (1999). Action research: A handbook for practitioners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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It’s a Mindset Writing ReadingListening Speaking Writing crystallizes thought, and thought produces action.” Paul Meyer
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What Do The Experts Say?
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Always be Writing Explore who you are as a writer Know what environment suits you Are you a Mac or Windows user? Talk to others about your writing Put it in your calendar Carry a notebook Write
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Think-Pair-Share About You Who are you as a writer? Who are you as a teacher of writing? What environment suits you? What writing tools do you use? What feelings do you get when you see your name in print? 7 minutes
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Publishing in Scholarly Journals Planning Writing the manuscript Submitting the manuscript The waiting game Replying to revise and resubmit
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Teacher as Researcher “Systematic, intentional inquiry by teachers.” (Lytle and Cochran-Smith, 1990) Why Increases understanding of educational concerns Focuses on a problem of immediate need Geared toward practical needs Encourages collaboration
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Other Practitioner Ideas? Blogs Newspapers – Education Week – Dallas Morning News Teacher Magazines – Yes!Magazine Newsletters – NCTE Inbox – Smartbriefs
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One Personal Example Literacy Research Association Yearbook January/February 2010—Drafted proposal March 2010—Submitted proposal for review November 2010—Edit paper and handouts December 2010—Present paper in FW January 2011-Submitted paper for review March 2011—Received provisional acceptance May 2011—Submit revisions July 2011—Camera-ready copy November 2011—Published
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Let’s Share For the next five minutes meet someone “new” to you and talk about your publishing experiences.
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Find a Buddy To be a sounding board To provide mutual support To be honest Because writing is social! It needs to be read and heard. To be that “critical friend”
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What Do The Experts Say?
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Sharpen Your Writing Write daily Log your time Post your questions somewhere Send papers to non-experts Read aloud Introduce concepts gently
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Just Do It—Hit Send Brainstorming Planning and Organizing your thoughts Drafting/ Sharing Draft Revising and Editing Hitting the send button Modified from virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/lumanr2/english_25/Writing_Process.ppt
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