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Unlocking Opportunitiesthrough Reading, Thinking,
and Writing about NonfictionNancy Steineke
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Oral language probably started to develop around 100,000 years ago.
Written languagewas conceivedaround 3200 BC, a little over 5000 years ago.
Why is writingSO hard?
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The brain has specialized areas ONLY for spoken language.
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Areas of the brain MUST BE RECRUITED for reading and writing! –David Sousa
“Fascinating Revelations in How the Brain Learns to Read” December 14, 2016
Writing Involves Risk!
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Though well intended, our grading and commenting often discourages writers.
Instead, we need to create opportunities for students to SAFELY share and discuss their writing with others on a regular basis. Steineke.IRC Wired Wednesday
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MOST CCSS – DERIVED STANDARDS
Narrow the Range of Writing Tasks
• Heavy emphasis on occasional, extended,
high-stakes reports and essays
• Full writing process steps and stages
• Polished and public final graded work
• Passing reference to “shorter research
projects” and shorter “seatings”
• No mention of “writing to learn”
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WRITING STANDARDS
TOO LOW?
Kids need far more writing practice
than the CCSS calls for.
Quick writing about curriculum
content 5, 7, 12 times a day.
More than teachers could ever read,
much less grade.
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Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon - Alaskan Way Viaduct Traffic, Wikimedia Commons
If we limit kids’ writing to the amount that we have time to read – or to grade – we become a bottleneck in their development.
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We must have faith in the unmonitored practice that undergirds so much learning.
zaui/Scott Catron, flickr.com,Creative Commons
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Short Substantial
Spontaneous Planned
Exploratory Authoritative
Informal Conventional
Limited Sharing Public
One-draft Multi-draft
Unedited Edited
Ungraded Assessable
WRITING TO LEARN vs PUBLIC WRITING
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Short Substantial
Spontaneous Planned
Exploratory Authoritative
Informal Conventional
Limited Sharing Public
One-draft Multi-draft
Unedited Edited
Ungraded Assessable
WRITING TO LEARN vs PUBLIC WRITING
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Malene Thyssen, commons.wikimedia.org
Quick andEasy-to-Implement Nonfiction Writing Strategies
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.”
What are your thoughts, reaction to this quote?Fill the card’s front!
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Public Domain
Quote is from a speech given by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.
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What questions doyou have about this statement?
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.”
Share your most interesting question!
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1869
Library of Congress
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As you view a section of the image, what do you SEE, THINK, or WONDER?
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Take a moment on your own to write a title for this political cartoon.
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Re-imagining the Text with Tableaux
TABLEAUX ELEMENTS• Tight composition
• Multiple levels
• Facing audience
• Exaggerated facial expression—statue reflects emotion
• Exaggerated gestures
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Thoreau: It is life near the bone where it is sweetest. Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Moneyis not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
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Accountable ViewingAccountable Viewing
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Taking on
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Who might be
the readers of
this article?
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Choose one of the roles
we just listed and—in
character—annotate as
if you were that role.
What would that
person/character think?
How would they react to
this information?
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Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi, commons.wikimedia.org
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Stu
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for
30
se
con
ds
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•What story is this piece
telling?
•How is the artist attempting
to shape the viewer’s
impressions?
•What choices did the artist
make to shape the story
depiction?
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Quick Write: Micro Non-Fictions
TEXT From? To?
SIX WORD MEMOIR Distill the essence of the
topic/experience in only six words. “For sale: baby shoes,
never worn.” Ernest Hemingway
TWEET 140 characters or less (including
handles/hashtags)
BREAKING NEWS Bulletin, Current Update, News Alert
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What Micro
Non-Fictions might
these characters
(people or objects)
write?
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How do we manage
the paper load?
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• Kids have to write way more than we can read.
• Writers need an audience, but it doesn’t have
to be us!
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What Makes Writing Easier?
STUDENTS engage in short, authentic
writing tasks every day, in every class
with subject-matter content.
STUDENTS’ WRITING is used during
class to advance the lesson.
STUDENTS’ WRITING is used to build
relationships with others.
TEACHERS assign more writing than
they can read; they trust in
unmonitored practice.
STUDENTS WRITE with an eye towards
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