If Rosa Parks Could Text: Content Area Writing in the Literacy Block

If Rosa Parks Could Text… K-5 Content Area Writing by Jen Jones hello

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Boston Harbor Brain DrainA Demonstration Writing Activity ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Language Development Listening Speaking Writing Reading ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Basic Literacy Intermediate Literacy Disciplinary Literacy Where does Content Area writing fall? ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Basic Literacy “learning to read” ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Basic Literacy Letters Sounds Segmenting Blending Syllables Spelling Patterns Sight Words Sentences Vowel Blends Sight Words Sight Phrases Paragraph Handwriting Grammar Parts of Speech Vocabulary Fluency Poems Centers practicing to read, in isolation ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Intermediate Literacy “reading to learn” ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Intermediate Literacy “writing to learn” ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Intermediate Literacy Text Types Books Magazines Book Series Websites Textbooks Brochures Text Genres Biographies Journals Memoirs Articles Informational Text Text Structur Description Compare/Contras Cause/Effec Problem/Solutio Sequence of Events ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Intermediate Literacy Author’s Purpose Persuade Explain Entertain Inform Author’s Viewpoint Understand the author’s perspective & thoughts, & feelings Author’s Reasons Reasons Arguments Claims Justification ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Helping Kids Get in the Right Lane Fiction NF Article Poem Song Character Problem Solution Changes What is the structure? What features can help me? Mostly about Big Idea Bigger Idea Key Details What is the author’s message? What did he want me to think or understand? What is this really about? Who is talking? How does the author want me to feel? What is the tune? How does it go? What’s the feeling? What’s the message? ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Most of the content area writing that students do at the Intermediate Literacy level is content area “pre-writing” …learning, researching and trying to understand the content in order to write well about the topic. ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Examples of content area writing at the Intermediate Level… ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Graphic Organizers ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Graphic Organizers as pre-writing planners ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Venn Diagrams ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

RAFTS ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Annotating ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

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Two Column Notes ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Content Area Close Reading with Two-Column Notes…all strategies at once ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Sticky Notes ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Inquiry Research ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Notetaking ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Wordles ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Biopoems ABC Lists ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Creative Projects ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Science Notebooking ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Fake Social Media

Disciplinary Literacy ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

BIG ROCKS of Content Area Writing Image: D. Garland ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

most like real world writing ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

for a real purpose and a real audience ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

student write their worst when “teacher” is the audience

Some strategies for developing disciplinary literacy… ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

#1 Help students write like an author. ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Watch mentor cooks ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Give it go! ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Reading Authors Closely “What have you read that is like what you are trying to write?” ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Study Author’s Craft ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Mentor Text Types ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Not All (Snake) Books are the Same!{RIT.7, RIT.8, RIT.9} 1 Topic, 3 Purposes Snakes are dangerous! Snakes are always hunting! Snakes are quiet & sweet! ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

“After deciding on a specific genre in which to write, teachers should seek out strong examples of the very writing their students will soon be doing. This can be the most challenging part as it takes time to locate and identify strong pieces to use. However, these texts are a vital piece to the teaching process because much of the teaching about how to craft these kinds of texts will come from these examples.” (Pytash & Morgan, 2014) ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

not so much about WHAT the author is saying… …but HOW they are saying it. “Reading Like a writer”(Ray, 2006) ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Authors have WAY of doing what they do…study that way and write that way. ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

#2 Help students understand text structure. ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Description Comparison Problem- Solution Cause and Effect Sequence of Events is a characteristic of is similar to a reason for the problem causes first, second for example is different from the problem is effects next most important although a solution is as a result of on (date) to illustrate instead the question is since initially is a feature of however as a result of because (of) finally also in the same way the dilemma is for this reason not long ago another but difficulty consequently now in fact yet the challenge is leads following for instance similarly solve produces preceding such as while help in order to before in addition on the other hand one answer is effects of after just like, just as one solution is if…then when likewise this led to during whereas therefore Text Structure Signal Words ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

Hello 41 1 Articles for Teaching all 5 Text Structures ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

#3 Help students ask “How do historians, and scientists write?” ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

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If Rosa Parks Could Text: Content Area Writing in the Literacy Block

Jennifer Jones

If Rosa Parks Could Text: Content Area Writing in the Literacy Block