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Fostering the Reading and Writing Connection in Middle School Language Arts How can you encourage students to read, write and like it? How can you tap into the literature that they like and the writing that they do to encourage student engagement? If you have ever asked either of these questions, then this session is for you! Come learn about strategies and tools to use to help students see the connection and enjoyment in reading and writing. Rebecca McKnight The Academy at Lincoln - Greensboro, NC
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Rebecca McKnight 6th grade Language Arts Teacher
The Academy at Lincoln, Greensboro, NC March 6, 2012
When we are done, we will …..
Answer our essential
questions
Generate a list of
adolescent literature for
our students to read
Participate in some
activities to help foster
the reading/writing
connection
Agenda Introduction
Goals for the session
Define Reading and Writing
Activities to foster connections
Questions, comments, concerns
Info about me…
I love to read!
I have a master’s degree in Education from UNCG and a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary
This will be my 15th year in Guilford County. I have taught at several middle schools including the Academy at Lincoln.
I have worked as a school-based Curriculum Facilitator and as a Curriculum Specialist for the school system.
I am teaching, now, because I love to work with students.
Session Objectives (Essential Questions)
• How can we get students to see the connections between what they read and what they write?
• How important is student choice in the reading/writing process?
• What tools can be used to encourage students to read and write?
Common Core
Standards
What is the value of fostering the connection between Reading and Writing in
middle school?
• Improved retention of
information
• Deepen Understanding
• Application of current
research
• Build community
• Create equity
• Stimulate creativity
• Increase student
responsibility for learning
• Meet developmental needs
• Resolve management issues
• Renew enthusiasm for
teaching
William Butler Yeats
Education is the lighting of a fire, not
the filling of a bucket.
Where do the prompts that my
students write about come from?
How do I accept student writing?
How do I model how I want students to read and write for
me?
What are my favorite texts to use? Why do
I love them?
Questions to think about ……
• Blogs
• Texts
• Formal vs. Informal Writing
• Facebook and Social Media
• Web 2.0 tools like: – Storify --Animoto
– Glogster --Dvolver
• Movie Maker
• Journals/Daybooks
Reading Strategies Brainstorm
Placemat: Reading Strategies
Brainstorm
What types of strategies and
materials do you use to
teach reading to students in your classroom?
Literacy Skills
• Setting a purpose for reading
• Finding the main idea and supporting details
• Summarizing/paraphrasing
• Developing vocabulary
• Activating prior knowledge
• Recognizing the author’s point of view
• Making predictions
Literacy Skills continued….
• Recognizing text structures
• Using text features to connect with and guide through the reading
• Making inferences
• Questioning what you read
• Visualizing what you read
• Making connections
Reading
Strategies
should lead to
writing.
Writing
strategies
should
encourage
further reading.
What are 3 things that the brain needs to learn and retain
information? Ritual
Challenge
Novelty
Reading Response Cards
& Connections
Charts
Literature Circles/Book Clubs
• What are they?
• How do you organize them?
• What is their value in use of informational text?
• Resources for organizing your own
• Book Club resources
– http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/reading/literature_circles/: Samples of role sheets and forms
– http://www.litcircles.org/: Some additional information and forms
– http://www.npatterson.net/reading.html: Role sheets
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in
creative expression and knowledge.”
Albert Einstein
• Battle of the Books list • Journals and
magazines • Young Adult Literature • Poetry books • Picture books • Professional resources • Short Stories • Basal readers • Internet • Picture Books
Scranimal Activity
Use mentor text to teach
poetry elements
Develop vocabulary
Make connections
Imagery
Write your own
Technology
• Web 2.0 tools like….. – Wordle – Glogster – Wallwisher (pre-writing
ideas) – Dvolver – Tagxedo – Google docs – Gaggle – Animoto – Wobooks
• Blogs • E-mail
Dvolver Summaries
– http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies
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– http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies
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– http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies
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Choice
Purpose Possible Reading selections
Possible Writing Topics
Express and Reflect
Inform and Explain
Evaluate and Judge
Inquire and Explore
Analyze and Interpret
Take a Stand/Propose a solution
Real World Writing Purposes: Adapted from Write Like This by Kelly Gallagher
Topic
• Conversations
• Student Surveys
• Blog writing
• What are they
bringing to class
to read?
• Formal & Informal
Reading and
Writing
workshops
3-D Graphic Organizers
Can be used to ………
Brainstorm ideas for writing
Plan and organize ideas for writing
Organize vocabulary
Share student analysis of text
Share student reflections
Make comparisons
Visually display critical thinking
How can 3-D graphic organizers help to
engage writers and readers in my
writing instruction?
• Hands-on way to manipulate and organize information
• Allows and encourages creativity
• Help spatial learners make connections
• Small enough to fit into daybooks or writing/reading journals
• They are fun!
Middle School Reading/Writing Teacher’s Pledge
Resources for strategies and ideas • Teaching Blogs
– The Organized Classroom
– Secondary Solutions
– Laura Candler
– Teaching Blog Addict
• Websites
• Colleagues
• Professional Resources
Questions, Comments, Concerns
Ticket out the Door
Please fill out 3-2-1 session TOD and give it to me before you leave.
Thanks for coming