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Beyond the Five Paragraph Essay. Dianna Baycich Ohio Literacy Resource Center. ocean. Objectives TWBAT: Engage their students in a writing activity that will build students’ comfort and fluency with the writing process. Discuss the research this activity is based on. http://lincs.ed.gov.
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Beyond the Five Paragraph Essay Dianna Baycich Ohio Literacy Resource Center
Objectives TWBAT: • Engage their students in a writing activity that will build students’ comfort and fluency with the writing process. • Discuss the research this activity is based on.
AModel of Writing Goals Content Organize Text production Planning Evaluation Revision Self regulation
to remember informal to learn formal Form Purpose to share to assess Audience self other students others outside the classroom teacher Making Decisions about Classroom Writing Activities
Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools
Knew/New/Q K = I know it N = It’s new information Q = I have a question about it
Instructional Shifts • Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction. • Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidencefrom text, both literary and informational. • Regular practice with complex text and its academic language.
Affecting change in literacy practices: Impact of two dimensions of instruction Purcell-Gates, V., Degener, S., Jacobson, E., Soler, M.
Authenticity Those literacy activities and purposes used by people in their lives
Participants 22 states 83 adult literacy classes 159 adult literacy students
Writing Territories • band in the basement • Satan’s cat • close enough to pet the big kitties • Italy with my mom • a night in the castle • Baby Tirebiter • The Pensic War or all men look good in tunics
Italy with my mom Rome Florence Venice Food Sightseeing Traveling in Italy