KELLY GALLAGHER Shelley L Esman PREPARING OUR STUDENTS

KELLY GALLAGHER Shelley L. Esman

PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE REAL WORLD Can they write thoughtfully on demand? Does their writing consist of academic vocabulary, words spelled correctly, and clear thoughts? Writing is not just an option- It’s necessity. (page 4) What’s essential? Write arguments and support a claim Write informative texts to convey complex ideas clearly Write narratives to develop real or imaginary experiences Conduct research both long and short to answer questions Write analysis, reflection or research by drawing evidence from texts.

WRITING PURPOSES Real World Writing Purposes How ? Express and Reflect Introduce Students to Real –World Discourse Inform and Explain Evaluate and Judge Inquire and Explore Analyze and Interpret Take a Stand/ Propose a Solution Provide Students with Extensive Teacher and Real World Models

EXPRESS AND REFLECT 6 word memoirs What are your dreams? Encyclopedia of an ordinary life (ABC memories) Top 10: movies, TV shows, restaurants, books, stores, vacation spots, Favorite Mistake Memory minutes: embarrassment, realization, accomplishment, regret, lesson learned, turning point. The Bucket List I appreciate_______ because Neighborhood spot What my childhood tasted like Childhood games A hard moment A family photo

INFORM AND EXPLAIN Congrats newly minted……babysitter, parent, dieter, brother, sister, employee, high school student Unwritten Rules Words…. . that make me laugh, cry, I never forget, of wisdom, that hurt, that my parents say, that teachers should use more or less, that motivate me, I wish I hadn’t said. My ____history (camping, travel, school, music, video game, dance, pet, health, writing, work, reading) I was a witness…… Don’t judge a book by its cover Facebook Square Peg/Round Hole How______works A leads to B (explain a connection) What is the perfect…… Collages…. . jobs How to survive…… Look closely

EVALUATE AND JUDGE Navigating our consumer culture Evaluating from real world to literature and back again Evaluate a print ad Television commercial You tube videos Website Ballot box Share the 4 corner (111)

EVALUATE JUDGE Imagery Print words Spoken words Music

INQUIRE AND EXPLORE “The act of writing has somehow deepened your level of comprehension” Writing allows us to think of new ideas What does the future hold? Deep and Close Reading Why Activity: New laws about cell phones and driving, higher insurance rates mean less driving, higher gas prices mean less driving, more restrictions on teen drivers… I’d like to know more about…. . How does ____influence people’s behavior? Idiom exploration That is disturbing Where did _____ come from? Burning questions Rumor has it

ANALYZE AND INTERPRET “What I did want, however, was for my students to recognize how writing can move beyond simply summarizing and into areas (in this case, analysis and interpretation) that sharpen the writer’s ability to think and the reader’s ability to understand. ” Connect the dots Why do ______ behave that way? Jump shark Interpreting song lyrics Nursery Rhymes Charts Illustrations –really look Multiple reading…. (147) Who is to blame? Table topics… Imagine if…. Practice Aphorisms…(156) What’s the connection? What would happen if? On second thought

TAKE A STAND/PROPOSE A SOLUTION Would you rather……(175) Five things you can do Five ways to be more Four square argument chart (177)

FOUR SQUARE ARGUMENT What are the main points of your argument? What are the counter arguments you will hear from your parents, friends, audience? What are the main arguments of the other side? What are the counterarguments you would present to the other side?

REVISION WITH RADAR

10 CORE BELIEFS The Wizard of Oz would have been a lousy writing teacher. Teachers hold scaffold lessons that help stretch young writers Background knowledge plays a large roll in learning to be write better Teachers should emphasize the value of second and third wave thinking There is no such thing as a five paragraph essay Students need more time to write, and they need more time to be coached how to write Students should not lose the skill of writing by hand Model what’s right, not what’s wrong There are other purposes for writing than those emphasized in this book Purposes for writing should be blended

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