Learning Through Written Expression Your Write To Learn

Learning Through Written Expression

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Agenda • • What is Write. To. Learn? CCSS Alignment Built-in Support for ALL Students Resources

What is Write. To. Learn? Essay Writing Summary Writing = Vocabulary Exercises Write. To. Learn!

Essay Writing • Automatic evaluation with immediate feedback • Scores on 6 traits of writing: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ideas Organization Convention Sentence Fluency Word Choice Voice Summary Writing • Nearly 1, 000 Reading Passages • Across All Subject Areas • History • Science • Social Studies • • Vocabulary Personalized/Adaptive Exercises Builds Word Knowledge/Comprehension

Aligns with Common Core State Standards

CCSS Requirements Write. To. Learn Support The CCSS stress writing every day across subject areas (Science and Social Studies) and incorporating technology in practice. Write. To. Learn was built to reinforce the importance of practice writing across subject areas in English language arts, history, social studies, and all sciences that engage students in the writing cycle: write, get feedback, and revise. The CCSS stress that students must read increasingly more difficult texts and mandates use of source documents and using student writing to demonstrate the ability to summarize informational texts. Write. To. Learn includes nearly 1, 000 informational texts appropriate for grade levels 3 -12 and supports development of reading comprehension through summary writing activities. The CCSS emphasize learning academic vocabulary and acquiring these words through reading. The CCSS writing tasks focus on evidence-based writing to authentic texts and are designed to encourage critical thinking. Within selected reading passages, Write. To. Learn takes students through a series of adaptive vocabulary exercises before they read the passage to help build their word knowledge for better content understanding. This practice personalizes students' development of the academic vocabulary that will support them throughout the curriculum while building their reading comprehension and writing skills. Write. To. Learn supports these changes to the standards by including new types of prompts—including argument, narrative, and expository—and prompts that include source documents.

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Resources Available

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Amazing Outcomes

• Mr. Jeff Pence • Dean Rusk Middle School • Cherokee County School District; Canton, GA • Seventh Grade English Language Arts Teacher www. mrjpence. com jeff. pence@cherokee. k 12. ga. us

Outcome with Using Write. To. Learn • 94 - Number of writing students per day • 28 - Number of essay/summaries each student completed • 6 - Average number of times each essay was submitted for grading, evaluated, scored, and returned to the student • 15, 792 – Number of drafts that were thoroughly evaluated & returned to the students with specific feedback & absolute consistency • 5 ½ Years – Approximate time it would have taken a teacher to grade

3 Things to Remember! • Complete Literacy Tool • Aligned to CCSS • Supports ALL Students

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