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Expository Reading Expository Reading & Writing& Writing
ERWC
ERWCERWC1. Weekly /Unit Goals
--Active Reading Reading Stamina Annotating--Writing (authentic writing assignments)Format/Structured vs. Non-Format Joining the conversation
2. Strategies--Help us achieve reading & writing goalsReading examples: Making predictions, thinking about the audience, determining purposeWriting examples: summary, analyzing, annotating
Wendy Connelly Expository Reading and Writing
What students can not do…
Only 1/3 of students are prepared for the two most frequently assigned writing tasks:
– Analyzing information or arguments– Synthesizing information from several sources
**Therefore, this will be our focus!
Wendy Connelly Expository Reading and Writing
Why Expository Reading & Writing??
Wendy Connelly Expository Reading and Writing
Writing and Reading Writing and Reading ConnectionConnection
Writing Reading
must go hand in hand!
Wendy Connelly Expository Reading and Writing
Step #1: Prereading Step #1: Prereading ActivitiesActivities
Getting Ready to ReadIntroducing Key ConceptsSurveying the TextMaking Predictions & Asking QuestionsIntroducing Key Vocabulary
Engage in
intellectual
discussions
(74%)
Wendy Connelly Expository Reading and Writing
Step #2:Reading & Step #2:Reading & Rereading ActivitiesRereading Activities
First ReadingLooking at LanguageRereading the TextAnalyzing Stylistic ChoicesConsider the Structure of the Text
Ask Provocative
Questions (74%)
Wendy Connelly Expository Reading and Writing
Step #3: Step #3: Postreading Postreading Activities Activities Summarizing & Responding
Thinking CriticallyConnecting Reading to WritingNegotiating Voices
Generate
hypotheses (72%)
& Exhibit respect
for others
viewpoints (71%
Collegiate Writing Collegiate Writing ExpectationsExpectationsI. Amount of Writing:
Quarter classes2 short 1000-1500 word essays OR one short essay and one long research paperA midterm exam with short answer essay questions and a longer final exam with longer questions
Semester CoursesTwo midterm examsFinal examLong analytical, research paper of at least 8 pages
Our Students will…Our Students will…
……learn to write learn to write according to collegiate according to collegiate
expectationsexpectationsThis class will teach students to write in a college English, science,
history, math or business class.
……learn to take a learn to take a systematic approach systematic approach
to vocabularyto vocabulary~Learning to understand words by using context,
--as opposed to passing over word and missing the meaning of the
sentence.
**We won’t be memorizing vocabulary
FocusFocusWe will read current event articles that contain
content designed to stimulate students—ie. Global warming, steroids in sports, juvenile justice, politics of food, etc.
The goal is to prepare students for the reading and writing demands of their college professors
What is Expository What is Expository Reading Reading
& Writing??& Writing??~Unit Plans-arranged by subject
~Reading Expectations~A New Way to Read
~Writing Expectations~Grading: 25% Language Development
/Participation, 50% Writing, 25% Reading (including Indep. Reading)
Attendance PolicyAttendance Policy~Essays and Major Assignments
~Daily/short-term assignments
~FIELDTRIPS, PARTIAL DAY ABSENCES
~Make-up work
Parent Parent InvolvementInvolvement
~Critical to students success
~New Thinking vs Old Thinking
**Writing Conferences
Web PageWeb Pagehttp://tinyurl.com/FlemingERWC5
• Class Documents• Calendar & Assignments (Absences & Make-up
work)• Standards• Students will be asked occasionally to print out
materials from the website for class.
Communication• Sign-in Sheets : Class Email Updates• Email: [email protected]• Phone: (925) 461-6600 • Conferences:
• Before school : 7:30am-8:00am Tues, Thurs.• After school: 3:00-4:00 Fridays• By appointment
• Please note: I am able to respond more quickly to email than to voice messages.