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Bridging the Gap from Reading to Writing

Bridging the Gap from Reading to Writing. The goal-directed nature of reading-to-write. Reading-to-write makes a special demand for critical literacy because … it brings these two processes [reading and writing] into strong interaction.

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Bridging the Gap from Reading to Writing

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  1. Bridging the Gap from Reading to Writing

  2. The goal-directed nature of reading-to-write • Reading-to-write makes a special demand for critical literacy because … it brings these two processes [reading and writing] into strong interaction.

  3. The reading process is guided by the need to produce a text of one’s own. The reader as writer is expected to manipulate information and transform it to his or her own purposes. • And the writing process is complicated by the need to shape one’s own goals in response to the ideas or even the purposes of another writer. • Linda Flower et. al. Reading-to-Write (6, 1990)

  4. A look at my own read to write process • Begins with close reading (and re-reading)

  5. and then I take notes of what I think is important from the reading

  6. Next I sort relevant notes from multiple sources (quotes or information) around key topics I will discuss in my paper. One “evidence sheet” for each topic.

  7. Finally, as I write on those key topics, I pull relevant quotes and information from these evidence sheets.

  8. T H N K N G Moving from Reading to Writing: “The Story of An Hour”--link

  9. Begin with close reading http://www.lirvin.net/WGuides/closereading.html

  10. Provide (or find) an “Essay Question” and Brainstorm for Reasons http://www.lirvin.net/WGuides/definereasons.htm

  11. Brainstorming for reasons example Topic/Subject: Marriage Essay Question: What does the story communicate about marriage? Tentative Thesis: Chopin in her story communicates that marriage is a “joy that kills.”

  12. Sample Brainstorming

  13. Mini-outline sheets • Work on defining and phrasing of Primary Supports • Early work on what will be transition sentences for Body paragraphs • claim/thesis + reason

  14. Developing Secondary Support:Finding Textual Evidence http://www.lirvin.net/WGuides/Support.htm

  15. Textual Evidence Sheets

  16. How Evidence Sheets Work • Each Evidence Sheet focuses on a SINGLE Primary Support • Restate the Essay Question and the Thesis • Write out the CLAIM + REASON (Primary Support) • E.g. Chopin communicates that marriage is a joy that kills because the view out the window reveals a freedom and life missing in her marriage. • What evidence IN THE TEXT is there that shows/proves that what she sees out the window reveals a freedom and life absent in her marriage life?

  17. Writing from Evidence Sheets • Evidence sheets become sources of selected textual support that students can access as they build supporting paragraphs

  18. It’s a messy process

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