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CRITICAL THINKING, RIGOROUS WRITING SUPPORTING RIGOROUS, COMMON CORE ALIGNED WRITING INSTRUCTION

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CRITICAL THINKING, RIGOROUS WRITING

SUPPORTING RIGOROUS, COMMON CORE ALIGNED WRITING INSTRUCTION

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Workshop takeaways

• Importance of Writing Instruction• Misconceptions

• Research-vetted Practices• Call to Action

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Transfer of Information

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National Commission on Writing

“If students are to make knowledge their own, they must struggle with the details, wrestle with the facts, and rework raw information and dimly understood concepts into language they can communicate to someone else. In short, if students are to learn, they must write.”

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Urgency for writing instruction

• Literacy rates• Graduation rates• Common Core• College preparedness• Career readiness• Global competitiveness• Teacher training

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misconceptions• What improves reading does not always

improve writing. • Although writing and reading are both vital

aspects of literacy, they each require their own dedicated instruction.

• Literacy skills do not just develop as a child grows older.

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Leading Change

• Establish a “Moral Imperative”• Focus the schools on goals and expectations

for student achievement• Develop teacher capacity• Create structures and opportunities for

teacher collaboration• Empower understanding of effective writing

instruction

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What concerns you about your school/district writing instruction?

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Current writing realities • Teacher-dependent instruction• Absence of writing opportunities • Ambiguous expectations• Instructional overkill• Inconsistent feedback• Convention drill & kill

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Teacher-dependent instruction

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Absence of writing activity

• NCLB – Time mandates for Math and Reading

• Absence of research-proven writing programs

• Dependence on graphic organizers

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Ambiguous expectations

• Subjective grading practices (A,B,C…)• Complex rubrics• “Summer Vacation” writing assignments• Inconsistent internal school/department

expectations for student writing

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Teacher expectations

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Instructional overkill

• Examples – 5 paragraph essay, figurative language, engaging beginning, dialogue…

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Inconsistent feedback

What concerns do you have about how teachers provide feedback to students

about their writing?

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conventions

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Convention drill & kill• “Isolated grammar instruction has negative

impact on student writing.” Writing Next

• Easiest way to critique & give feedback

• Quickest way to destroy student interest/confidence

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Research-vetted effective practices

1) Writing Process / Writing Time2) Lesson Delivery3) Genre Structure4) Specific Product Goals /Rubrics &

Assessments5) Teacher Collaboration / Instructional

Coaching

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writing time

“If waiting writing time is always changing, always haphazard, children remain pawns,

waiting for their teacher’s agenda.”Lucy Calkins

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#2 Lesson Delivery• Review It• Identify It• Teach It• Model It • Do It• Share It

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Author’s chair

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#3 Genre structure

NarrativeArgumentInformation / ExplanatorySummary

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#4 specific product goals

• Note taking expectations

• Writing Strategies

• Rubrics & Assessments

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Six Traits• Ideas—main message• Organization—internal structure of the piece• Voice—personal tone and flavor of the author's

message• Word Choice—vocabulary a writer chooses to

convey meaning• Sentence Fluency—rhythm and flow of the

language• Conventions—mechanical correctness

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rubrics• Best – “Teaching” rubrics, generated by

students with teacher guidance• Peer revision and teacher revision – John

Hopkins University • Revision vs. editing • Models, Guides, Applications

– Educational Research Service

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Education Consultants 31

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profiles• Writing progress requires formative &

summative assessments• Student/teacher writing conferences• Status of class conference• Explicit feedback to parents about acquired

skills• Teacher reflection / re-teaching / collaboration

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#5 Teacher collaboration

Researched Outcomes• Belief in efficacy / job satisfaction• Instructional decisions• Collegial relationships• Student achievement

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“School leaders undermine teacher trust when they give verbal support to collaboration but fail to provide the time and resources for teachers to work together. To be effective, teacher teams may need changes in scheduling, access to student data, professional development and other forms of support.”

Rand Report, 2003

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Workshop takeaways

• Importance of Writing Instruction• Misconceptions

• Research-vetted Practices• Call to Action

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Questions?

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Thank you

Dr. Karen Dubrule

[email protected] Emily Vizzo

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]
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