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Heather Gould

Summary Strategies - 1 views

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  • Heather Gould on 18 Mar 12
     
    In reference to a comment below regarding Magnet Summaries, there are a lot of really good summarizing strategies out there that would be Writing to Learn. This link to our AEA 267 ELA Website has a page devoted to summaries. Within the page you'll notice a few strategies are shared, and there is also a reference to the following book: Summarization in Any Subject: 50 Techniques to Improve Student Learning by Rick Wormeli. It is an awesome resource available through AEA 267's lending library.
kellejohannsen

Double-Entry Journal - ReadWriteThink - 0 views

www.readwritethink.org/...ouble-entry-journal-30660.html

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  • kellejohannsen on 12 Sep 12
     
    This page has a template for using double-entry journals. However, it also has more links to implementing double-entry journals and using KWL charts. I looked at all of the links listed and they would be awesome to use!!!!
Shannon Wurzer

Exit Slips - ReadWriteThink - 1 views

www.readwritethink.org/...exit-slips-a-30772.html

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  • Shannon Wurzer on 14 Sep 12
     
    This page has links to print out exit slip templates as well as links to lesson plans using the exit slip. It explains what an exit slip is and gives other ideas on how and when to use it. Great website!
  • Shannon Wurzer on 14 Sep 12
     
    Exit Slips
Alison Puls

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 1 views

www.wordle.net

shared by Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    I was thinking this page ties into W2L because if students put in their work, they could easily see themes. Or if the teacher had the work electronically submitted, the teacher could copy and paste and show the class what common themes they all wrote about.
  • April Cooper on 18 Sep 12
     
    I taught my students to use Wordle this year. I gave students a choice of using Wordle as an ice breaker activity at the beginning of the year. They typed in words and phrases that described them. Students who chose Wordle had fun selecting themes, fonts, colors, and layouts. After they finished their word cloud, the students presented their Wordles to the class by explaining why they selected 15-20 of the words they placed in their word cloud. I also used Wordle to build/teach the vocabulary for one of the stories we read earlier this year. There are many great uses for Wordle in a variety of content areas.
Anne Meester

ScienceFix: RAFT Writing Prompts for Science - 1 views

www.writingfix.com/...s_Curriculum_RAFTS_Science.htm

writing raft science

shared by Anne Meester on 20 Mar 12 - Cached
    • Anne Meester
      Anne Meester on 20 Mar 12
       
      I know RAFT is a future strategy, and this website could help me to come up with ideas for framing RAFT assignments. There is similar page for social studies.
Alison Puls

Write to Learn - 3 views

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shared by Alison Puls on 16 Mar 12 - Cached
  • business of education rather than that of schooling,
  • help students become life-long learners.
  • Language is the most powerful learning tool we have.
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  • so often teachers use writing as a way of testing.
  • a way of encouraging them to find out.
  • is demonstrably a process of learning.
  • do not include copying or filling in the blanks-
  • limited learning value.
  • writing activities help students discover connections, discern processes, raise questions and discover solutions.
  • incorporating the writing activity into the lesson, allowing students to see directly or indirectly how the writing seeks to enhance the learning objectives.
  • call on several of them to read,
  • orces them to pay attention to how they have stated their ideas and encourages them to look at their written words.
  • Do not make judgmental comments
  • either good or bad,
  • A simple "Thank you for sharing"
  • Lori Willert on 16 Mar 12
     
    The following write-to-learn activities have been excerpted from Writing Across the Curriculum's Resource Binder for participating faculty. Many of the activities listed are so common in composition theory and pedagogy that their original source cannot be traced.
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  • Sue Bestul on 16 Mar 12
     
    Provides Write-to-Learn activities from the Writing Across the Curriculum's Resource Binder. Its topics include: Free Writing and Focused Free Writing, Entry Slips/Exit Slips, Reader-Response Writing, The Sentence/Passage Springboard, Writing Definitions to Empower the Student, Student-Formulated Questions, The Short Summary, Group Writing Activities, Dialectical/Double Entry Notebooks, Microthemes, Answer the Question!, Clarification/Review Letters The section on Questions challenges students/teachers to write questions that "explore" rather than provide quick responses. The Sentence/Passage Springboard shows an example of a sentence from a literary text that is difficult to understand, and different people adding their interpretation of that passage as well as commenting on the previous person's interpretation.
  • Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12
     
    This website gives many examples of write to learn strategies.
  • Jill Hulsing on 15 Sep 12
     
    The main page has some basic information about W2L, similar to what we have been discussing, but at the end there are some suggested activities that look good. 
  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    This website provides an overview of some of the information from out text. It might be a great way to share some of the W2L strategies with colleagues without the book.
nschmitz

Writing to learn Activities - 1 views

flightline.highline.edu/...writingtolearn.htm

Several good ideas and new names for activities

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  • Holly Gerber on 19 Mar 12
     
    This site is almost like a quick one-page reference tool for teachers who are looking to refresh some of the basic W2L strategies...the admit/exit slips are mentioned, among others. I would use this site if I needed a quick refresher of a strategy I needed or wanted to implement for a particular lesson.
  • Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
     
    I would agree with Holly's comments. This site would be a good one to pass along to content area teachers that are looking for some strategies to work with formative, writing pieces they do with their students.
  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    Includes Muddiest Question (one most confusing), One Minute Papers (another name for exit/admit slips) and a nice list of tips at the bottom.
Jared Pospisil

Prewriting Strategies |KU Writing Center - 0 views

www.writing.ku.edu/...prewriting.shtml

pre-writing brainstorming

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  • Jared Pospisil on 19 Mar 12
     
    I've had great success with the KU writing system. Therefore, I thought I'd see if it included any strategies that we could incorporate into our W2L methods. This page of the KU site suggests various pre-writing strategies, which may modified to fit the intentions and methods of W2L.
Drinda Williams

Ning and Writing to Learn (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

www.educause.edu/...192956

ning education

shared by Drinda Williams on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • The social networking site Ning offers a variety of Web 2.0 tools that can help students learn to write as well as write to learn.
  • educators now often view writing not only as a means of evaluating what students “know” but also as a powerful tool that fosters learning, the ability to understand new material, and the ability to think critically.
  • Ning is a social networking site created by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen. The first networks appeared in February 2007, and today Ning has approximately 1.6 million networks and 36 million registered users.4 Although it shares some features with other social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, Ning sets itself apart by focusing on groups and common interests rather than individuals’ personal pages.
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  • helps students understand concepts and formulate their own ideas
  • student contributions would be visible to a global community through the Ning network,
  • With a public forum, students would be required to stand behind their work, encouraging them to take the activity seriously and put forth their best efforts.
  • multimedia capabilities.
  • I would say seeing what other people wrote in their posts helped my writing. I could also see a different perspective on the topic which helped me by knowing what other writing styles students were using.”
  • Ning gave them the opportunity to hear other opinions on the material covered in class. It helped them prepare for class discussions. It sparked new ideas for paper topics.
  • students appreciated the chance to learn from each other, which helped them learn to develop ideas — an important element of any write-to-learn activity. Instead of periodic peer-editing sessions, our students were exposed to each other’s styles of writing on a daily basis and could always refer back to any posting.
  • the online conversations spilled over into classroom time because students regularly initiated class discussion with their thoughts about the postings. In essence, their work on Ning fueled the level of participation inside the classroom, creating a link between the online written work and oral discussion. Having the opportunity to read their fellow students’ opinions led them to feel more prepared for class, and in effect class time became an extension of the online work, with both elements simultaneously nurturing each other.
  • Its ability to help students prepare for class Their perception that their writing improved over the course of the semester
    • Margie Steinberg
      Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
       
      This article shows that writing to learn is a viable piece of evidence for teachers to use as they work with this mode of expression.
  • this element of the tool helped create a sense of community and encouraged what Barbara Ganley and Barbara Sawhill term social learning, “the forming of close bonds with the learning community itself and with the outside world.”6
  • the course Ning site ended up being largely their own creation.
  • Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12
     
    A quick read article about the history of W2L (I didn't know it has been around since the 60's) and a study done at UCONN with college students using W2L.
  • Drinda Williams on 19 Mar 12
     
    The social network Ning was used for an on-going W2L activity. Students found it helped them be better prepared for class and that it improved their writing. Interesting idea to consider!
Holly Thompson

Teaching Writing Strategies - 1 views

gse.buffalo.edu/...steps.htm

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  • Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12
     
    While we have already learned many strategies, this web page gives us a 4 step instructional process for teaching these strategies. It also gives a video example how to complete each step.
  • Heather Gould on 18 Mar 12
     
    This is a nice site, Holly. The highlighted steps would make a nice handout for this course -- I can see how it might be helpful to keep it handy as a constant reminder not to rush when implementing new strategies.
Angie Wessel

TodaysMeet - 0 views

www.todaysmeet.com

shared by Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12
     
    I started using this site by posting a class discussion question and then having students reflect on the page using their IPads. What a great way to see their thinking instantaneously.
Angie Wessel

Teaching Kids News - Kid-friendly news articles for teachers, parents and kids. - 0 views

teachingkidsnews.com

shared by Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12
     
    This is a great website for students to catch up on current events. Students find the articles interesting, and they are not very lengthy. I especially like the writing prompts at the bottom of the page. What a great way for students to learn about, analyze and reflect upon current events.
Jessica Russell

A Fuller Definition of Writing to Learn - 0 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop4a.cfm

shared by Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12
     
    It defines W2L in detail. This site is aimed to college professors, but I found some interesting troubleshooting advice on it for when W2L isn't working the best for you in your classroom.
  • Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12
     
    At the top of the page it has a variety of questions people may have about W2L. I clicked on them and read some interesting answers. One question is had that spiked my interest was "How can I avoid getting lousy student writing?" If you have any confusion about W2L, I would suggest consulting this site to help you.
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