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Coaching Writing in the Science Classroom

Coaching Writing in the Science Classroom. Paideia. Paideia Conference Charlotte, NC October 3, 2014. Kristin Knight Burrus Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences 7 th Grade Science teacher, NBCT csasburrus@gmail.com.

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Coaching Writing in the Science Classroom

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  1. Coaching Writing in the Science Classroom Paideia Paideia Conference Charlotte, NC October 3, 2014 Kristin Knight Burrus Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences 7th Grade Science teacher, NBCT csasburrus@gmail.com

  2. What kind of writing do you ask your students to do in science?What helps them be successful? Socrative Poll

  3. Goals for today • Scaffolding student writing with graphic organizers. • Matching writing tasks with texts. • Informational • Narrative • Argumentative • Creating prompts for writing assignments. • Assessment strategies

  4. Pre-Seminar Writing Graphic Organizers • Reading Symbols and Highlighting - Always give students a reason for highlighting. (agree/disagree, POV, claim/counterclaim, imagery, ideas, etc.) • Summarizing -MVP 5-3-1 / Bulls Eye • Visualizing & Connecting – Two Column Notes • FQR (Three columns – Facts – Questions – Response) • Anticipation Guides • Cause/Effect (fishbone) • Compare/Contrast (Venn)

  5. Graphic Organizers to get students ready to read science texts. ReadingSymbols P - Prediction T-S – text to self connection T-T – text to text connection T-W – text to world connection ? – a question I have about the text QA – question answered * - important detail V – visual image here I – inference S – synthesizing/generalizing statement or theme  Use these symbols when highlighting text. • Say Something • Teacher breaks a piece of text into four sections. • At the end of each section, the students complete one of the following: • Make a prediction. • Ask a question. • Make a comment. • Make a connection. • This can be done with partners and shared/discussed with group.

  6. Paideia Seminars – the fun part!

  7. Planning Steps to Post-Seminar Writing

  8. Common Core State Standards Science and Technical Writing Standards • Argumentative • Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. • Informational/Expository • Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

  9. Argumentative Essay

  10. Argumentation Graphic Organizers

  11. Brainstorming for Arguments

  12. Argument Organizers

  13. Read, Write, Think Essay Map Informational / Expository Graphic Organizers

  14. Innovation Seminar

  15. Innovation Post-Seminar Writing Student Work

  16. Small Group Planning • Read the text and plan (if available). • What kind of writing supports this text? • Narrative, Informational, or Argumentative • Create a prompt that fits the type of writing you want students to do. • Use the “LDC Template Task Collection” to create prompts. • What type of graphic organizers support this prompt? Break into 5 Groups: Death of a Pine Human Skeleton Newton’s Laws of Motion Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs The Wonderful Mistake

  17. Share Group Ideas

  18. Prompts for Science Texts HS Biology: “Trash” Seminar After observing maps, pictures and objects from the TN River , write a report that examines the cause(s) of pollution and its effect on riparian ecosystems. Support your discussion with evidence from the seminar and additional classroom resources.

  19. Prompts for Science Texts Middle / High School Science: “Experiments and Observations on Air” by Joseph Priestley After reading and discussing “Experiments and Observations on Air,” write an entry in Priestley's Journal as if he is in 2014 that describes the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Support your discussion with at least two quotes from the text.

  20. Prompts for Science Texts Middle / High School: Bicycle Seminar After observing the bicycle and reading the text, Pedaling Through the Parts, write an Edmodo blog for our science class, in which you compare the systems of the bicycle with analogous systems of the body in both form and function. Include three systems of the body and support your ideas with evidence from the text and your science book. (We really will post these for your science class to see!)

  21. Assessing Writing Writing checklist - argumentative essay

  22. On-line, Interactive, Argumentative Essay Rubric Rcampus.com

  23. General Writing Rubric

  24. Sources "English Language Arts Standards » Writing.”Science and Technical Subjects. Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2014. Web. 27 Sept. 2014. <http://www.corestandards.org>. "Project Write MSU." Graphic Organizers. Wikispaces, 15 June 2009. Web. 28 Sept. 2014. <https://projectwritemsu.wikispaces.com/file/detail/graphic+ organizers.pdf>. "Essay Map." Essay Map. ReadWriteThink.org, 2014. Web. 28 Sept. 2014. Appendix C: LDC Template Task Collection. Paideia Course Manual. National Paideia Center, 2013. 91-95. Print.

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