WritingWriting

Framing Your ThoughtsProject Read

Pat Rakovic MA CCC/SLP,CAGS

Whole Brain LearningWhole Brain LearningWhole Brain LearningWhole Brain Learning

• I always begin my sessions with a I always begin my sessions with a routine.routine.

• I teach the students the rules of I teach the students the rules of learning and always use an learning and always use an attention set.attention set.

• Whole Brain teaching: Chris BiffleWhole Brain teaching: Chris Biffle

Teach OkayTeach OkayTeach OkayTeach Okay

• Education research tells us that the most effective learning takes place when a student engages the brain's primary cortices- visual, auditory, language production and motor- at the same time.

• Further, as students enjoy the experience, their limbic systems become involved.

“Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn.”“Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn.”

• The limbic system is the portion of the brain that controls emotional engagement.

• As you involve all four learning modes at once, and attach a positive emotional experience, students form deep and lasting anchors for the information they are acquiring.

• Divide your class into teams of two. One student is a One, the other member of the team is a Two.

• You want students to do a large amount of the teaching. Present a small amount of information, complete with gestures. When you finish, look at the class and clap two times, say “Teach!” Your students clap twice and respond “OK!” 

• Teach your students to copy your gestures (kinesthetic) and mimic the emotion in your tone of voice (limbic).  

• As your students teach each other, move around the room listening to what they are saying.  This is an excellent opportunity to monitor student comprehension.  

• Then, call them back to attention with the Class-Yes!  If you are not convinced your students have understood your lesson, repeat it.  Otherwise, go on to the next small group of points.

• You can either let your students find their own natural way of determining who speaks or listens, or provide more structure using "Switch!"

Project ReadProject Read

• Project Read©/Language Circle© is a research based mainstream language arts program for students who need a systematic learning experience with direct teaching of concepts and skills through multisensory techniques

Project ReadProject Read

– Differentiation of instruction•Color coded•Auditory:Saying for each part of speech

•Visual symbol•Tactile symbol•Kinesthetic

What do you do when you have a What do you do when you have a great photogreat photo

What do you do when you have a What do you do when you have a great photogreat photo

A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with

a stop sign.

Literature that teaches PunctuationLiterature that teaches PunctuationLiterature that teaches PunctuationLiterature that teaches Punctuation

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Draw a sentence frame on your Draw a sentence frame on your paper ( board).paper ( board).

• Say it as you draw it.Say it as you draw it.

A noun is a word that names the person, place, thing, idea and animal

John

Dog

Cars

Discovering the SubjectsDiscovering the Subjects

• The use of visuals to teach nouns• TASK

– Use your camera to find subjects in the pictures.

– Think about what story you might be able to tell with that particular subject.

Subject line or blue card/sticky note

GameGameGameGame

• Say the noun poemSay the noun poem• Lets think of all the nouns that areLets think of all the nouns that are

– PeoplePeople– PlacesPlaces– ThingsThings– AnimalsAnimals

• You need to listen to your You need to listen to your classmates you can’t repeat what classmates you can’t repeat what they saythey say

Books about NounsBooks about NounsBooks about NounsBooks about Nouns

The action of thesubject is called the predicate.

The action can be physical (doing) or mental (thinking or being).

paints

runs

crash

Predicate

VerbsVerbs

• Verbs can be mental/physical it is what you do.– TEACH

• Activity: Just call out verbs that could be used for these pictures.

Books about VerbsBooks about VerbsBooks about VerbsBooks about Verbs

Bare Bone Sentences

A sentence only needs a subject wordplus a predicate wordpredicate word

to equal a complete thought.

Sentence Formula

Cars crash.

John paints. The dog runs.

Cars crash.

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Use student’s names to make Use student’s names to make some barebone sentencessome barebone sentences– Mary yodelsMary yodels– Extra points for novel verbsExtra points for novel verbs

A predicate expander expands the predicate by answering the questions

where, how, when, and why.

Where How When Why

Predicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate Expanders

• Each Triangle or Predicate Each Triangle or Predicate Expander Type would be taught Expander Type would be taught separately.separately.

• The categories answer the The categories answer the questionsquestions– WhereWhere– HowHow– When When – WhyWhy

Predicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate Expanders

• Predicate Expanders are taught after the subject and verb because they are what adds substance to the sentence.

• Note that the predicate was marked by four mountains, each of these mountains represent a category of expanders

CarsWhere

on the busy freeway.crash

CarsHow

loudly.crash

CarsWhen

during rush hour.

crash

CarsWhy

because of the rain.

crash

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Write a sentence using a subject Write a sentence using a subject descriptor.descriptor.

• Diagram the sentence.Diagram the sentence.• Did you use any triangles?Did you use any triangles?

Looks like/Physical

Behavior/ Personality

Numbers Ownership Set Apart

Subject Describers describe or tell more about the subject.

Subject DescriptorsSubject DescriptorsSubject DescriptorsSubject Descriptors

• Looks/Physical CharacteristicsLooks/Physical Characteristics– Shape, size, color, texture, taste, Shape, size, color, texture, taste,

smellsmell• Behavior/personalityBehavior/personality• NumberNumber• OwnershipOwnership• Set ApartSet Apart

– Sets the subject apartSets the subject apart• The cup, on the desk, fell down.The cup, on the desk, fell down.

The dog runs.

dogruns.The big

dogruns.The playful

dogs run.Three

dog runs.Bob’s

runs.The dog with the red collar

lllJoins words, phrases, and

sentences.

Cars crash.

and

lll The red green carscrash

.

Sentence MobilitySentence MobilitySentence MobilitySentence Mobility

• Write a sentence having at least one Write a sentence having at least one predicate expander.predicate expander.

• Diagram it.Diagram it.• Take the sentence and move the Take the sentence and move the

predicate expander to another place in predicate expander to another place in the sentence.the sentence.

http://www.projectread.com/videos/lc2.wmv

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Paragraph WritingParagraph WritingParagraph WritingParagraph Writing

• This writing program goes from the one This writing program goes from the one word level to the paragraph and word level to the paragraph and research levelresearch level

• There are visual formats that assist the There are visual formats that assist the student in gathering the correct student in gathering the correct information and then putting it into the information and then putting it into the correct formatcorrect format

• There is a step by step procedure for There is a step by step procedure for writing the paragraph as well as editing writing the paragraph as well as editing it.it.

6 steps of writing a paragraph6 steps of writing a paragraph6 steps of writing a paragraph6 steps of writing a paragraph

1.1. SubjectSubject

2.2. Key IdeaKey Idea

3.3. Brain stormBrain storm

4.4. OrganizeOrganize

5.5. WriteWrite

6.6. EditEdit

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Write a short story Write a short story – 5 sentences5 sentences– Begin with bare bones to sketch out Begin with bare bones to sketch out

storystory– Add as many triangles in your Add as many triangles in your

sentence as you can.sentence as you can.– Proof sentences by diagramming.Proof sentences by diagramming.

Diagramming SentencesDiagramming SentencesDiagramming SentencesDiagramming Sentences

• First put the sentence frame First put the sentence frame around each sentence. Alternate around each sentence. Alternate colors for each sentence.colors for each sentence.

• Then put the symbols around the Then put the symbols around the words.words.

• Do you see a pattern ?Do you see a pattern ?• If you see a pattern try to change If you see a pattern try to change

it.it.

How to Make A Peanut Butter ShipwreckIf you want something really yummy like candy, but your

mom says it has to be healthy, you’ll probably be bummed out. I can however easily teach you how to make a nutritious, but extremely delicious snack called a celery boat.

First, wash your hands. Next, gather all of the luscious ingredients, brisk, crisp celery, an immense amount of creamy peanut butter for color and taste, and some savory raisins. Now you can congregate this tasty treat. Find a nice, clear area like a countertop or cutting board and make sure that it is clean. Next, take a washed piece of celery and then with a knife or a fork gently spread on the appetizing peanut butter. After that, lightly sprinkle on yummy raisins to look like fish on the sunken ship

For extra fun, stick a toothpick with a piece of cheese on top of it into the celery stalk for a mast. Now you are ready to gobble up this delicious peanut butter shipwreck.

     The thunderstorm is coming. Lightening crashes in the garden. Noisily the clouds cry during the thunderstorm. The sky gets gray. The loud thunder booms. The wind is blowing against the window. The big storm clouds gather in the sky. The lightening flashes across the sky like a lighthouse. The trees are bending because the wind is blowing them. The rain floods the streets. Loudly the thunder crashes. Since they are scared, the animals run from the storm. Now you know you know that a thunderstorm is scary .

Thunderstorm by Jordan, Dan, and Alex