Writing in the Reading Program

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Writing in the Reading Program

• And Use of Childrens Literature

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Using the Skyscraper Model

• Knowledge-Get the facts What is ___?
• Comprehension-Understand the facts What is the
  main idea? Summarize the story. What facts
  show___?
• Application-Make a connection What examples can
  you find to__? How would you make use of the
  information in this story?

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Using the Skyscraper Model

• Analysis-Take apart-What conclusions can you draw
  about___? What do you think about__?
• Synthesis-What would happen if__? Suppose you
  couldWhat would you do?
• Evaluation-What is your opinion? What do you
  think about____? What would you do? Why

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Skyscraper Model

• What is the significance of Blooms Taxonomy and
  the Skyscraper Model for students learning?
• How will you use it in your classroom to support
  comprehension?

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• 1. Prewriting-getting ready,
• observing, free reading, drawing,
• storytelling, collection, writing
• folders, freewriting
• 2. Writing-producing the rough
• draft, conferencing, revising, editing
• 3. Postwriting-Author's chair,
• bookbinding, publishing, Young Author's Fair

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• The lesson plan for teaching writing
• within the writing process
• -Status of the class
• -Mini-lesson
• -Writing
• -Conferencing
• -Group sharing
• -Movement procedures and writing
• posters

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce a steps of the writing process and
  what happens during each stage, i.e. drawing and
  webbing for prewriting

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• The mini-lesson-Introduce a form of writing
  Descriptive-describe something through stories,
  poems, and essays Expressive-close to normal
  speech, includes diaries, letters, journals,
  logs Narrative-entertain through stories, poems,
  and plays Expository-research reports and
  explanations of technical procedures
  Persuasive-essays to argue a position or to
  persuade the reader to do or believe something

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce story elements
• Beginning, middle, end
• Plot-conflict, climax, and resolution
• Setting-place and time
• Character development
• Message
• Role of the narrator

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• The mini-lesson-Introduce a non-fiction writing
  Model research and writing Work on a single
  collaborative piece Provide guiding questions or
  an outline to assist individual students Follow
  steps of the writing process to complete the
  research and writing

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce autobiographies
• with models in children's literature
• -Introduce biographies
• teach about selection of resources
• teach paraphrasing
• teach citation of references
• teach interviewing
• teach notetaking
• teach organizing and outlining

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce poetry writing
• Teach sensitivity to language (exposure,
  sharing, memorizing, choral speaking)
• Teach technical terminology of poetry
• simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification,
  onomatopoeia, hyperbole,
• oxymoron
• rts and

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce six traits of writing
• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce letter writing
• form
• content

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce tools of writing
• handwriting
• spelling
• dictionary skills
• grammar/sentence transformations (363),
• word substitutions, sentence expansions, sentence
  combing,
• punctuation and capitalization
• technology applications

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• The mini-lesson
• -Introduce procedures for the structure and
  operation of writer's workshop