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•Variables in the Classroom

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•“Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy- which many believe goes hand in hand with it- will be dead as well.” – Margaret Atwood

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SRSD: Self-Regulated Strategy Development

•Strategy that allows students to use a procedure to work through the writing process

•Relates directly to student learning and work

•Specific strategies taught and modeled

•Divided into 6 stages

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•List 5 adjectives to describe this student.

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•List 5 adjectives to describe this student.

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•In your groups, decide which is your best adjective to describe the first picture and the best adjective to describe the second picture.

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Students not using SRSD

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Students using SRSD

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•One student who had been taught to use SRSD said, “Of course I can write now, somebody taught me how!”

– Bring Powerful Writing Strategies Into Your Classroom! Why and How

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