Mary Tedrow

Write, Think, Learn (eBook, ePUB)

Tapping the Power of Daily Student Writing Across the Content Areas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Find out how to create the climate and space for everyday student writing. In this new co-publication with MiddleWeb, award-winning teacher Mary Tedrow shows you how to encourage students to integrate daily writing into their lives, leading to improved critical thinking skills, increased knowledge of subject areas, and greater confidence in written expression. This practical guide will help you consider the unique needs of your students, while still meeting state standards.

You'll discover how to...

• Develop classroom routines and activities that invite creativity and self-expression
• Teach writing methods that can be used across different grade levels and all content areas
• Challenge students to examine their own writing processes for thinking and problem solving
• Evaluate written work in a way that emphasizes growth over grades

Many exercises, prompts, and attempts at thinking found in the book can be easily adapted for use both in and out of the classroom. Whether you are a new or experienced teacher, Write, Think, Learn will enable you to make writing come alive for all your students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351683388
• Artikelnr.: 49040489

Autorenporträt

Mary K. Tedrow is a National Board Certified Teacher of English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood with twenty-six years of classroom experience. She directs the Shenandoah Valley Writing Project housed at Shenandoah University.

Inhaltsangabe

Meet the Author Acknowledgements Preface: How to read this book. Chapter One: Why add writing? Moving Toward a community of authentic learners Exemplifying authentic learning
Ensuring student success
Understanding the struggle
Employing a Daybook Chapter Two: Where to begin? Motivating students to accept the daily writing challenge. Introducing, formatting, and managing the notebook
Motivating students
Developing routines Chapter Three: What will we write about? Understanding characteristics of effective prompting. Defining the teacher's role
Reviewing theory
Examining questions
Anticipating answers
Categorizing prompting Chapter Four: Where have we been? Where are we going? Prompting Reflection and goal setting with an emphasis on inquiry. Understanding reflection
Determining when to use reflection and goal setting
Activating reflection
Tying reflection to specific assignments Chapter Five: Wait. What? You want my opinion? Helping students locate their own thinking. Highlighting existing student skills
Using expressive writing to locate thought
Engaging in thinking activities Chapter Six: How does writing support course objectives? Teaching the curriculum through writing. Shifting away from teacher talk
Managing time
Deepening learning with writing
Understanding concepts with writing Chapter Seven: Why are these essays so hard to read? Scaffolding student products by collecting and brainstorming before assigning. Assigning versus supporting writing
Exploring and collecting ideas
Breaking through writing blocks
Identifying gaps in research and argument Chapter Eight: What about grading? Assessing daily writing for growth that makes the invisible visible. Reviewing grading and motivation
Creating a low-risk environment
Assessing in the moment
Letting students evaluate
Assessing learning through written products Afterword Works Cited Appendix A - Additional sources for prompting Appendix B - Assignments that support reflecting and goal setting Appendix C - Additional handouts