Training ObjectivesParticipants will:

Become familiar with the

format and use of

learning logs

Experience reflective writing

activities

Gain a better

understanding of how

to use Cornell Notes

Learn how to use WICOR

strategies to support Common

Core

Experience persuasive

writing activities

Common Core Connection

Integrating WICOR strategies into your lesson plans will help you address

Common Coreand keep students engaged.

Video

Brain Research

Image courtesy of Marcus E. Raichle, Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

http://www.alz.org/living_with_alzheimers_your_brain.asp

The Writing Brain

• Pre-writing• Drafting• Reader Response• Revising• Editing• Final Draft/Publishing• Self-Evaluation/Reflection

Considers: • Audience• Purpose• Form

• Writing that helps students record and make sense of the learning• Writing that is exploratory and not intended for a specific audience

Examples: • Taking Notes• Learning Logs• Annotating a Text

vs.Writing Process Writing to Learn

Venn Diagram with PartnerUnique Traits and Qualities of One Partner

Unique Traits and Qualities of One Partner

Things in Common

“Honeybees”From the book:

Joyful NoisePoems for Two Voices

by Paul Fleischman

BEING A BEEis a pain.

I’m a worker I’LL GLADLY EXPLAIN

I’m up at dawn, guardingthe hive’s narrow entrance

BEING A BEEIs a joy.

I’m a queen

I’LL GLADLY EXPLAIN

Upon rising, I’m fedby my royal attendants,

“Honeybees” continued: 

then I take out the hive’s morning trash then I put in an hourmaking wax, without two minutes’ timeto sit and relax.

Then I might collect nectarfrom the fieldthree miles north

or perhaps I’m onlarva detail

feeding the grubsIn their cells,wishing that I were stillhelpless and pale.

I’m bathed

then I’m groomed.

The rest of my dayis quite simply set forth:

I lay eggs,

by the hundred.

“Honeybees” continued:

Then I pack combs withPollen – not my idea of fun.  

Then, weary, I strive

to patch up any cracksIn the hive.

Then I build some new cells,slaving away atenlarging this Hell,dreading the sightof another sunrise,wondering why we don’t all unionize.

TRULY, A BEE’S IS THEWORST OF ALL LIVES.

I’m loved and I’m laudedI’m outranked by none.

When I’ve doneenough laying

I retire

for the rest of the day.

TRULY, A BEE’S IS THEBESTOF ALL LIVES

Two-Voice Poem

Using the Venn diagram and any other information you might generate,

create a dialogue poem about your partner and yourself.

If you want to be creative, establish a “persona”

for each of you.

Sharing Two-Voice Poems

Stand in groups of six to eight around a table.

Have one partnership perform a poem and then sit down.

Have a second partnership share a poem and then sit down.

Continue until all have shared. When everyone is sitting, we will know that all have shared.

Sample Two-Voice PoemComparing a Right Triangle with an Isosceles Triangle

We are TrianglesI am a right triangle My sides aren’t equal I am an Isosceles triangle

I have two equal sides Both of us are polygons

I have one right angle I have two angles of the same measure

We both equal 180 degreesMy acute angles are complimentary All of my angles are acute

We both have three sides I am a right triangle I am an Isosceles triangle

We are Triangles

Stretch Journal Two-Voice PoemWhat I Did What I

Learned/Observed

How I Can Use

Sample Two-Voice PoemDrafting of Original Two-Voice Poem

WICOR Integrated Throughout

Partner InterviewCompletion of Venn Diagram

Sharing of Two-Voice Poem

What Differences Do You See?

Traditional Cornell Notes

Give One, Get One

Sticky note… blank Cornell notepaper… pen/pencil

Circulate around the room.

Stop with a partner: Give one of your ideas (from sticky note).Get one idea from partner and write on CN page.

Repeat as many times as you can until time is called. You will have 3 –4 minutes total.

Discuss and Add to Cornell Notes

Tips for helping

students

set up Cornell

notes

Tips for efficient note-takingTips for early scaffolding of

Cornell notes and how to remove scaffolds and raise up

the expectations

Tips for

helping

students write

a summaryTips for using the essential question to

help students with their note-

taking

Tips for having students use their Cornell notes

Costa’s Levels of Thinking

Applying(off the page)

evaluate generalize imagine judgepredict speculate if/then hypothesize

Processing(between the lines)

compare contrast classify sortdistinguish explain why infer analyze

Gathering(on the page)

complete define describe identifylist observe recite select

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2

3

Tips for helping students write effective questions

Curve of Forgetting

Day 1• Begin = 0%• End = 100% of what you know

Day 2• Do nothing = LOSE 50-80%• Lose it when you don’t use it!

Day 7 – Day 30• Do nothing = declining percentage• End = remember 2-3% of original• Studying = re-learning

Change the Curve!

Day 1• Begin = 0%• End = 100% of what you know

Within 24 hours• Revise and clarify notes• Write a summary• Review for 10 minutes• Raises curve back to almost 100%

Daily for one week• Review for 10 minutes

Days 7-30 • Review for 5 minutes• Reactivates and raises the curve• Day 30 = 2-4 minute review

Curve of Forgetting

Stretch Journal (Cornell Notes)What I Did What I

Learned/Observed

How I Can Use

Give One-Get One ActivityTable Group Sharing of Results

WICOR Integrated Throughout

Discussion of Traditional Notes vs. Cornell Notes

Discussion of Curve of Forgetting

Learning Log Prompt

Think back to all the things we just discussed about Cornell Notes.

What key learning points have stayed with you?

What seems most important to you?

Debrief Learning Log

What is the purpose/function of a learning log?

What different forms might a learning log take?

When might students write a learning log?

What are the different approaches to prompts?

Key: Help students use learning logs productively; it does not come “naturally” for them.

Persuasion

What does it mean to persuade?

How do people persuade others?

Aristotelian (Rhetorical) Appeals

Logic = Logos(persuasion by means of reasoning)

ComPassion = Pathos(persuasion by means of emotion)

Ethics = Ethos(persuasion by means of author’s credibility)

Quickwrite Prompt

If you were going to write your own editorial or argumentative essay, what are some subjects you would

like to address in writing?

Think about school, community, state, or national issues.

“Dumb Laws” (www.dumblaws.com)

California: It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a

moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.

Florida: Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as

can the salon owner. It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit. If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee

has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

Hawaii: Billboards are outlawed. All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat. Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.

“Dumb Laws” (www.dumblaws.com)

Indiana: It is against the law to pass a horse on the street. Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide. It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.

Pennsylvania: It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors. Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must

pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass.

A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

Texas: A program has been created in the state that attempts to control the

weather. It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

Tell Someone Your Business!

Take the “Persuasive Essay Planning” sheet, the one you just completed.

Find someone with whom you have not spoken today.

Take turns telling each other your business!

The teacher with the most years of experience begins.

You each get two minutes!

Stretch Journal (Persuasion)What I Did What I

Learned/Observed

How I Can Use

Discussion of What It Means to Persuade

WICOR Integrated Throughout

Completion of Planning Sheet“Tell Someone Your Business”

Quickwrite Prompt: What would you like to write?

Thesis ~ Textbook Definition

A thesis is a clearly worded answer to a question and/or a clearly wordeddeclaration of the view(s)/ideas a writer will substantiate, assert, or prove in a paper. A thesis forecasts and focuses the essay that follows.

HS Writing Guide, p. 83

Thesis Statement Organizer

Topic:

Focus:

Forecast:

Thesis:

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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

Poe uses vivid imagery.

Imagery is used to describe setting and characters, creating a mood of suspense and horror.

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” Poe uses vivid imagery to describe setting and characters, creating a mood of suspense and horror.

Stretch Journal (Thesis Statement)What I Did What I

Learned/Observed

How I Can Use

Sharing of Thesis Statement (Whole Group or Carousel Walk)

WICOR Integrated Throughout

Thesis Statement Definition

Four Corners Discussion Thesis Statement Organizer

Thank You!

Tara Howletttara_howlett@khsd.k12.ca.us

Brad Ruffbruff@khsd.k12.ca.us