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The Background & Research• Writing is second behind reading as an essential test-taking skill
• Writing helps students understand and remember content like no other teaching technique
• “The research is strong that students are far better off when we score their work for only one or two criteria that we have just finished teaching explicitly.” (Mike Schmoker)
• Students need limited amounts of specific feedback – and they need it quickly. (Robert Marzano)
• Exemplary schools emphasized student writing and collaborated on scoring . Students had multiple opportunities to succeed on assignments. (Doug Reeves)
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Activator
• We know that teachers struggle to get students write on a regular basis.
• If writing is so important, why do teachers and students struggle?
• Write 5 lines. 2 minutes
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Type One: Capture Ideas
Type Two: Respond Correctly
Type Three: Edit for Focus Correction Areas
Type Four: Peer Edit for Focus Correction Areas
Type Five: Publish
The 5 Types of Writing
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• Is a model for writing in all content areas
• “Write more-grade less”
Goals of the program are to:• Improve student performance• Actively engage students in content• Require students to reflect • Refine listening and speaking skills• Read writing out loud• Listen critically to writing that is being
read
The Facts about Collins Writing
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• Explicitly states what students must do to be successful
• Takes away one of the primary obstacles to good writing:
FEAR• Writing assignments stop being a
punishment for teachers
• Provides a way for teachers to evaluate student work quickly and still make it count.
What Makes Collins Different?
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“But my Students Don’t Like to Write!”• Should be the
way we do business in ALL classes and subject areas
• Students should be writing everyday
• Students will complain but that’s not a good enough reason NOT to do it
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John Collins Writing5 types of writing:
• TYPE 1: Getting ideas on paper – brainstorming.Purpose: to build fluency
• TYPE 2: Shows that the writer knows something about a topic or has thought about the topic. It is a correct answer to a specific question.
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• One draft• Papers should be organized like this:
• Audience: the student writer• Evaluation: completed the task
• Use # of lines rather than # of sentences.
Type 1
Ami Healy11/20/2014
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X
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X
1 There is a quarterback.
2 A touchdown = 6 points
Format for Type 1
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Type 1 Writing
On your paper write your
name on the top right and
‘Type 1’ on the top left.
Under your name write the
date
Skip lines as you write
List 5 of the Top 10 News Stories of the 20th Century (5 lines; 2 minutes)
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• “Thinking on paper”
• e.g. K-W-L, what do you know about football?, 2 questions you’d ask the President of the US
• Timed and requires a minimum number of items or lines to be generated.
• Questions and/or guesses are permitted.
• Not done at home.
• Outcomes evaluated with a √ or −, 100 or 0; may also give a √ + to students who really went above and beyond
The Type 1
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Examples of Type 1 PromptsList 3 things you learned from last night’s homework (3 bullets; 2 minutes)In the last 15 min. of class, what do you understand best? What do you understand least? (5 lines; 4 min.)Describe 3 ways you can use this information outside of school. (3 lines; 5 minutes)In 5 lines, describe what might have caused the scene you see in this picture. (5 minutes)
List 4 ways to use math at the mall. (4 bullets; 6 minutes)
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• Activating prior knowledge
• Reflecting about learning
• Predicting
• Making connections
• Creative thinking
Type 1
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Your turn!
TYPE 1 WRITING fits every class!
Plan at least 2 type 1 writing prompts that you will use in your class.