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Helping students put words on a page can be hard enough I dont have anything to write about they say And when writing does happen how do you help them develop these ideas into more effective piecesA powerful tool to jumpstart writingIn The Quickwrite Handbook master teacher Linda Rief shares 100 compelling mentor texts and shows how to use each one as a powerful tool for sparking successful writing Each mentor text includes Try this suggestions for inviting students to get started Youll also find Interludes woven throughout examples of quickwrites that students crafted into more fully developed piecesThese mentor texts are curated in four categoriesSeeing Inward How do students view themselvesLeaning Outward What do students consider when they step outside of themselvesBeyond Self What do students notice and wonder about the world at largeLooking Back How does reflection help students grow into more articulate thoughtful citizens of the world Quickwrites go beyond writing promptsThe pages of this book champion Lindas wise words Quickwriteswriting to find writingare a powerful teaching tool that help students find ideas discover their voices and build their confidence as they discover they have important things to sayQuickwrites are more than a set of formulaic prompts They are opportunities for students to use another writers words to stimulate their thinking andthrough writing themselvesto discover a voice they didnt know they had. HANDBOOK JumpStart your AwarenessProudly South Africanreminded about Proudly South African Week MONDAY/TUESDAY-PICK UP A NEW ONE ON THE BOX. WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY-GO GET IT FROM YOUR FILE FOLDER. #1-CAPITALIZATION. did napoleon lose at the battle of waterloo?. #2-PUNCTUATION. The correct road to take I think is Route 42. Andrea Williams. What’s a mentor?. And…what . good do they do anyway. ?. "What are your best read-. alouds. ? . “. What author's words do you bring to life?" . Begin with the end in mind: . Today’s goal…. Supporting First Year Students in Academic Need. Amy Lorenz. Marshall University. Huntington, West Virginia. United States. Connect with me. . . coachamyruns. lorenza@marshall.edu. A Little About Amy. by . Gail Cartee. What if children are introduced to key qualities of good writing in the context of illustrations? What if children gain lots and lots of experience planning, drafting, revising, editing content in the process of composing illustrations for their books?. A knowledgeable, more experienced helper. A friendly source of guidance, advice, and confidence for new referees . A source of knowledge and experience for referees who wish to upgrade. 2. Why Is Mentoring Important?. SNRPDP. Common Core State Standards. Writing. Grades K, 1, and 2. SNRPDP. Agenda. SNRPDP. Introductions. Narrative Writing. Revising and Editing. CCSS Writing Samples. Argument (Opinion) Writing. CCSS Writing Samples . What are . informational. texts?. Procedural. : technical step by step instructions, sequential instructions. Expository. : text written to inform, explain, and describe something to the reader. Next Two Weeks. Social Media, Academic Writing, and Constructing a Review Quickwrite #4: Can Social Media help us with Academic Writing? On p. 537, the authors of Everyone’s an Author assert (claim to be true) that Assessing. Metacognition in the Math Classroom. Andrea Johnson. Bellingham Technical College. … and am I really teaching them . how. to do that?. As teachers, we can either…. Deliver content and expect students to absorb it . If you want to learn how to shoot a basketball, you begin by carefully observing someone who knows how to shoot a basketball. If you want to be a writer, you begin by carefully observing the work of accomplished writers. Recognizing the importance that modeling plays in the learning process, high school English teacher Kelly Gallagher shares how he gets his students to stand next to and pay close attention to model writers, and how doing so elevates his students\' writing abilities. Write Like This is built around a central premise: if students are to grow as writers, they need to read good writing, they need to study good writing, and, most important, they need to emulate good writers.
In Write Like This, Kelly emphasizes real-world writing purposes, the kind of writing he wants his students to be doing twenty years from now. Each chapter focuses on a specific discourse: express and reflect, inform and explain, evaluate and judge, inquire and explore, analyze and interpret, and take a stand/propose a solution. In teaching these lessons, Kelly provides mentor texts (professional samples as well as models he has written in front of his students), student writing samples, and numerous assignments and strategies proven to elevate student writing.
By helping teachers bring effective modeling practices into their classrooms, Write Like This enables students to become better adolescent writers. More important, the practices found in this book will help our students develop the writing skills they will need to become adult writers in the real world. Goals help guide my thinking about reader\'s skills within each level of text complexity, and a leveling system helps my understanding of readers\' development from level to level.-Jennifer Serravallo Understanding Texts & Readers makes comprehension make sense. In it, Jennifer Serravallo narrows the distance between assessment and instruction. She maps the four fiction and four nonfiction comprehension goals she presented in The Reading Strategies Book to fourteen text levels and shares sample responses that show what to expect from readers at each.Jen simplifies text complexity and clarifies comprehension instruction. She begins by untangling the many threads of comprehension: Levels, engagement, stamina, the relevance of texts, and much more. Then level by level she:calls out with precision how plot and setting, character, vocabulary and figurative language, and themes and ideas change as fiction across levels specifies how the complexity of main idea, key details, vocabulary, and text features increases in nonfiction texts points out what to expect from a reader as text characteristics change provides samples of student responses to texts at each level shares progressions across levels to support instructional planning. Even if you haven\'t read the book your reader is responding to, you\'ll have the background necessary to make great teaching decisions for all your readers. Understanding subtle shifts and increases in demands from level to level, writes Jennifer Serravallo, can guide what a teacher asks a student, what the teacher expects of the student, and what the teacher, therefore, teaches the student.Want to become a master of matching kids to books? Looking to take the difficult out of differentiation? Or do you want to dramatically increase the power and responsiveness of Jen\'s Reading Strategies Book? Understanding Texts & Readers shows you how to move forward when students need to make progress. Using mentor texts from a range of high-interest sources and diverse authors can be a real game changer in secondary writing classrooms. Students learn to read like writers, deepening their understanding of quality writing and inspiring them in their own drafting and revision. In this foundational guide, you\'ll learn the what, why, and how of teaching with mentor texts in small ways as well as large-and discover the power of mentor texts to serve as writing teachers alongside you. Allison and Rebekah provide a multitude of annotated examples from professional writers, alongside student samples, to illustrate how mentor texts can teach specific writing skills. Online resources, planning tools, and videos for both teachers and students make A Teacher\'s Guide to Mentor Texts an instant companion to your lesson plan book. The Scholarship Handbook 2011 provides the most complete and authoritative facts about more than 1.7 million awards, including scholarship, internship and loan programs offered to undergraduates by foundations, charitable organizations, and state and federal government agencies. Every entry is verified by the College Board to be legitimate, up to date, accurate, and portable to more than one college.This guide includes a planning calendar and worksheets to organize and keep track of applications. Indexes help students find programs by eligibility criteria � such as minority status, religious affiliation, state of residence and intended field of study � so they can quickly zero in on scholarships for which they qualify.