2. Writing Beliefs
Above Everything Else—
WRITING IS COMMUNICATION
Writing is not DRILL & KILL Worksheets
Writing is not practicing isolated skills
Writing is not mindless writing exercises
Writing is not all about assessment
Writing is not formulas
WRITING IS COMMUNICATION
3. Writing Beliefs
Writing may stem from and is intimately related
to:
Thinking
Reading
Speaking
But—Writing is none of these things.
Written Communication is not spoken language
transferred to print.
We cannot “Write it like you say it!”
4. Making Writing Tangible
Incorporating multiple intelligences in mini
lessons.
Using and developing strategic writing
activities that employ multiple
intelligences
5. Mini Lesson Development
Let’s look at the Mini Lesson
Determine Content Need
Keep Them Short
Make Them Simple
Engage Students and Provide for Interaction
Provide Practice Time
Consider, “What’s Next?”
Evaluate
7. Sample Mini Lessons
Lessons for Sentence Structure,
Punctuation and Grammar
Nouns and Verbs
Postcards from the Past
Crushing Contractions
8. Kinesthetic Writing Exercises
Based on Improvisation Games
(Spolin, 1999)
One Word Story
Beginning-Middle-End
Situation-Problem-Solution
Pearls on a String
9. Reflections
What did I learn about writing?
Why is what I learned important
To ME?
To my STUDENTS?
How will I incorporate what I have
learned into my teaching?
11. How to Reach Me
Email: katie@katherinemcknight.com
Website: katherinemcknight.com
Twitter: @literacyworld
Facebook: Katie Siewert McKnight
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