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Using Writer’s Notebooks in Intermediate Grades

Using Writer’s Notebooks in Intermediate Grades. Presentation by Stacie Noisey Raise the Roof: Inspiring Great Writing Instruction March 2, 2011.

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Using Writer’s Notebooks in Intermediate Grades

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  1. Using Writer’s Notebooks in Intermediate Grades Presentation by Stacie Noisey Raise the Roof: Inspiring Great Writing Instruction March 2, 2011

  2. Into my notebook goes anything that is interesting enough to stop me in my tracks--the slump of a pair of shoulders in a crowd, a newspaper entry, a recipe, "chewy" words like ragamuffin or Maurice . . . For me, it all begins with a notebook: it is the well I dip into for that first clear, cool drink. • Rita Dove

  3. Enduring Understandings • The act of modeling sends powerful messages about a teacher’s beliefs and practices. • Writing takes many forms. • Words shape and reflect our values, beliefs, and thoughts.

  4. Essential Questions • How does modeling the writing process help students as writers? • What compels you to write?

  5. Today’s TargetsParticipants will be able to: • Help students live as writers • Create a writer’s notebook • Explore strategies to use with students • Share ideas and writing with others

  6. Ties to the Common Core • College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing • Production and Distribution of Writing • 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. ALL K-5 strand 5 standards begin with the stem: • With guidance and support from adults…

  7. My Notebook Habits • Always have a notebook handy • Make a habit of writing • Make it yours • Don’t be a perfectionist

  8. TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY “I do it” Focus Lesson Guided Instruction “We do it” “You do it together” Collaborative “You do it alone” Independent STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY A Structure for Instruction that Works (c) Fisher & Frey, 2006

  9. The Importance of Modeling • Writing instruction has to come during the writing process, not after. • Show students your process • Make your thinking visible • You don’t need to be perfect • (Kittle, 2008)

  10. Getting Started • Size • Portability • Storage • Personalization • Refill/replacements • Organization

  11. Let students take ownership • Create collage covers • Decorate • Choose tabs • Identify sections • Writing utensils

  12. Collage Covers

  13. What’s inside? • Ideas • Lists • Daily writing • Collections • Reflections • Notes • Revision strategies

  14. Daily Writing

  15. Notes on process, genre, and craft

  16. Glue in notes and ideas

  17. What’s not included? • Entire drafts • Editing • Final copies

  18. Let’s write! • Lists • Favorite words • Favorite things • Best/worst/most exciting/scariest • Questions- Wonder/ponder • Collections- Ideas/books/music • Seeds • http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown/ • Turn and talk- What did you include?

  19. Books to Read, Ideas to Write

  20. Daily Writing • Develop expectations/set goals • Teachers will: • Provide time to write • Teach strategies and daily mini-lessons • Write daily and share his or her notebook • Teach rules of spelling and grammar to enhance writing Buckner, 2005

  21. Daily Writing • Develop expectations/set goals • Students will: • Write daily • Find topics • Try strategies from mini-lessons • Respect the notebook • Practice what they know • Buckner, 2005

  22. Let’s write! • Choose a topic from your ideas section and write for 10 minutes. • http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown/

  23. Writing Strategies • Seven Stories • Mind Pictures • Writing from reading • Expanded Moments • Overheard Conversations • Words of Advice • Memories

  24. Let’s Write! • Choose a strategy to try • You have 10 minutes to draft • http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown/

  25. Notes on process, genre, and craft • Note taking during mini-lessons • Glue-in entries • Samples and examples • Word to the wise: Less is more.

  26. Improving your ideas • Use the writer’s notebook to hone your craft • Look for patterns • Practice revision strategies • Expand topics • Write from another point of view • Find “hidden gems” • Lift lines

  27. Transformations • “Digging out the Crystals” • Look through the writing you have added to your notebook. • Choose one revision strategy to try • Find one line to lift • Revise for strong verbs • Highlight a “hidden gem”

  28. Enduring Understandings • The act of modeling sends powerful messages about a teacher’s beliefs and practices. • Writing takes many forms. • Words shape and reflect our values, beliefs, and thoughts.

  29. Essential Questions • How does modeling the writing process help students as writers? • What compels you to write?

  30. 3-2-1 Summarizer • 3 Ideas you have learned • 2 Strategies you can use in your classroom • 1 Lingering question

  31. Resources • Allen, J. (2006). Becoming a Literacy Leader. Stenhouse, ME. • Bomer, K. (2010). Hidden Gems: Naming and Teaching from the Brilliance in Every Student's Writing. Heinemann, NH. • Buckner, A. (2005). Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the Writer’s Notebook. Stenhouse, ME. • Fisher,D. & Frey, N. (2007). Scaffolded Writing Instruction: Teaching with a gradual-release framework. New York: Scholastic. • Fletcher, R. (1996). Breathing In, Breathing Out. Heinemann, NH. • Fletcher, R. (1996). A Writer’s Notebook. Harper Trophy, NY.

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