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Chapter 4: Writing and Composing Text
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Chapter 4
Writing: Composing text
Alana Cross
What do you think??
70-75% of students K-12 – low achieving writers
College instructors say – 50% of high school grads are unprepared for college level writing
2/3 of students say – weekly writing assignments add up to less than 1 hr., actual teaching of writing -15 min./day
81% of employers – recent high school grads. deficient in written communication
The nation’s private companies now spend an estimated $3.1 billion per year—and state governments spend an additional $200 million—teaching their employees to write
Students average 3 minutes. of prewriting
• Some Interesting Stats….
What Writing Is……??? Words
Purposeful
Risky
Assessment
Thinking
An art
Linear, process
Self-expressive
Reading
Communicative
Meaning
Grammar based
Self-taught
Quick
A springboard
Our Learning
The writing process Considered a big step forward in writing
Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
Always intended to be optional and recursive
Allowed for writing to be “messy”
Not useful for every kind of writing
Not a recipe or “magic formula”
Not neat and simple
“Writing is both an art and a craft. Writing consists of recursive, discrete, tasks, including planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.” (NWP)
“Some would argue that you aren’t really writing until you are revising.”
Videos
Revision – Janet Angellilo
Revision – Linda Rief
Peer Review – writing Instruction
Scholastic Videos
The four Lenses Meaning Centered – “We want
students to mean what they say.”
Social – Writing should be surrounded by talk!! Problem with this?????
Language Based – the way we learn to write – related to how we learn to speak
Human – Finding your voice;
“Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed…writing with real voice has the power to make you pay attention and understand.” (Peter
Elbow)
Writing from different points of view can broaden your VOICE as a writer!
Tend to ask kids to write in first person POV – can be stifling!!
How many points of view could we ask kids to write from here?
Literacy Stages1. Early Literacy Stage –
preschool/kindergarten o Written language reflects speaking vocabulary
2. Expanding literacy Stage – grades 1-3o Begin to master print/sound code/ can write about what
they have learned/different types of writing
3. Enhancing Literacy Stage – upper elementary/ middle grades
o More awareness of what they like and want to write about
4. Lifelong Literacy Stage – high school levelo Functional writing is important!
What writers need Rich environment
of varied literature
opportunity to write/discuss
Instruction – good readers/writers/ strategies
Choice
Direction
Learn at own pace
Clear expectations
Opportunity to write about what they know best
Use writing to learn new material
What do you see missing in today’s classrooms???
True then and now…
• “Most of us write in multiple genres and formats determined by our needs, purposes and interests,. Our students’ writing can and should reflect the same authenticity, even within the bounds of required curriculum and standards.” (Routman, 1996)
Technology and writing
Not much to be said in this chapter…..
Can’t make anything required until there is equal access by all to computers
Articles:
Davis, A. (2009). “Proof-revising” with podcasting: Keeping readers in mind as students listen to and rethink their writing. Reading Teacher, 66(6) 522-529.
Sweeney, S. (2010). Writing for the instant messaging and text messaging generations: Using new literacies to support writing instruction. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 54(2) 121-131.
Additional ResourcesArticles:
Baroudy, I. (2008). Process writing: Successful and unsuccessful writing behaviors. International Journal of English Studies, 8(2), 43-63.
Gibson, S. (2008). An effective framework for primary-grade guided writing instruction. The Reading Teacher, 62(4), 324-334.
Kaplan, J. (2008). The national writing project: Creating a professional learning community that supports the teaching of writing. Theory in Practice, 47(4), 336-344.
Read, S. (2010). A model for scaffolding writing instruction: IMSCI. The Reading Teacher, 64(1), 47-52.
Wall, H. (2008). Interactive writing beyond the primary grades. The reading Teacher, 62(2), 149-152.
Websites:
Alliance for Excellent Education Policy Briefhttp://www.all4ed/org/files/WritPrior.pdf
KidPubhttp://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=1179&external=http://www.kidpub.com/kidpub/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/070046.shtml&title=KidPub
Kid Writinghttp://kidwriting.homestead.com/Index.html
OWL Purdue Online Writing Labhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/587/01/
Penn State Online Pro Teacher Directory http://www.proteacher.com/070037.shtml
Sue LeuBeau: The Writing Processhttp://www.suelebeau.com/writingprocess.htm
Survey Report: Problems With Writing Instructionhttp://www.physorg.com/news193475433.html
Websites
The ABC’s of Writinghttp://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
The Writing Process: An Overview of Research on Teaching Writing as a Process (Research and Evaluation Report)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index_authors.htm
The Writing Process: The Most Important Things to Knowhttp://www.arcanum-butler.k12.oh.us/writing_process.html
Writing with Writershttp://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index_authors.htm
VideosScholastic (Includes revision videos)http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749217
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/media.jsp?id=178
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/scholasticprofessional/authors/ta_rief_motivation.htmPeer Reviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWPK6lgcsl0