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Jot down your answer or discuss. Where (in life, work or school) does one need to read non-fiction and use it to support a statement, opinion or decision? . Evidence Based Writing:. Preparing Learners to write for the 2014 GED and Beyond. Let’s Share!. Padlet.com /wall/ABEwriting2013. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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JOT DOWN YOUR ANSWER OR DISCUSS
Where (in life, work or school) does one need to read non-fiction and use it to support a statement, opinion or decision?
EVIDENCE BASED WRITING:
Preparing Learners to write for the 2014 GED and Beyond
LET’S SHARE!
http://padlet.com/wall/ABEwriting2013
Padlet.com/wall/ABEwriting2013
What is Evidence Based Writing?
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:PWBAT• Define “evidence based writing”.• Explain the “extended response” component of
the RLA test of the 2014 GED and related rubrics.
• Identify and implement instructional activities to prepare students for evidence based writing (& reading) tasks.
• Identify ways to adapt materials for learners who below “GED level” in order to incorporate evidence based writing at all levels.
GED 2014: What are students asked to do?Read 2 non-fiction texts - about 400 to 900 words.
Read and respond to a prompt:“The article presents arguments from both supporters and critics of Daylight Savings time who disagree about the practice’s impact on energy consumption and safety. In your response, analyze both positions presented in the article to determine which one is best supported. Use relevant and specific evidence from the article to support your response.”
GED 2014: EVIDENCE BASED WRITING RUBRIC
Development & Organization of Ideas
Clarity and Formal English
Argument & Evidence
Explain task
Teaser about “controversial” Issue
Read related article & Summarize
State claim
Reread article & identify evidence
Use organizer to draft & write paragraph
Read prompt
LOWER LEVEL STUDENTS
Reading and Responding
1. Read a Journey’s story related to the unit every week
2. Students identify the topic of the story.
3. Students use sentence frames to identify what is similar in their lives to the author’s life and what is different using evidence from the text.
4. Students identify unknown words from the story, and we work together to identify the part of speech and guess at the meaning from context clues.
Writing Tasks
Students write a paragraph with a topic sentence supported by evidence from their own
experiences.
Weekly Journal: Students have 30
minutes to respond to a question that relates to the topic of the week. I
provide feedback on their writing each week.
READ
THE
TEXT
Summarize
READING STRATEGIES• Use context clues to guess at unknown
vocabulary
• Charts and organizers to pull evidence from a text and categorize it
• Venn Diagrams to compare characters in a story or candidates in an election
New Word Noun Verb Adj Definition/Meaning
Unpack the Prompt
State a Claim& Identify Evidence
Would you rather be raised by wild dogs or monkeys?
Identify evidence from each text to support your claim. (Underline it.)
quote, or summarize,or paraphrase
“evidence from the text”
__________ is the stronger
argument.
The writer states ___________, but________.
__________ shows that _______________.
One similarity between the author’s life and my life is that we ____________________.
I ____________, and he/she _______________, too. We both ______________________.
One difference between the author’s life and my life is that we ___________________.
He/She ________________________, but I _______________________________. We____________________________.
STRUCTURE?
Beginning
Middle
End
5 paragraph essay ?
4 ?
Organized paragraphs
WHAT WILL YOU IMPLEMENT IN YOUR CLASS?
WHAT WILL YOU ADD OR ADJUST FOR YOUR STUDENTS OR SETTING?
LET’S SHARE!
http://padlet.com/wall/ABEwriting2013
Padlet.com/wall/ABEwriting2013