Dr. Jennifer Dove, Director of Literacy & Humanities, Binghamton City School District [email protected] William Dove, High School English Teacher,

Daily Reading & Writing Improvement

Dr. Jennifer Dove, Director of Literacy & Humanities, Binghamton City School [email protected]

William Dove, High School English Teacher, Spencer-Van Etten Central School [email protected]

Less is more

Start small (gradually flesh out the framework)

Student work informs the Learning Continuum

(Modeled, Shared, Guided, & Independent)

Foundational Premises

Learning Continuum

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Demonstrated Learning

Shared Learning

Guided Learning

Independent Learning

Gradually handing over responsibility/the thinking and letting students take on the thinking independently.

Based on the research of Pearson, et al, 1983

Mike Schmoker- Results Now

Daily warm-ups & literary element paragraphs (Regents exam: #26, #27, & Critical Lens)

Kelly Gallagher, Article of the Week Video

Common Core Standards- Close Reading

Using wikis with one to one devices

Seeds Leading up to this Work

Reading short, rich informational text

Building content knowledge through text

Use critical reading strategies to analyze text construction & message(s)

Answering evidence based questions

Participating in evidence based discussions & written responses

Using word solving strategies to determine meaning of key academic vocabulary words in the text

The 6 Literacy Shifts in this Work

The Shifts: Close Reading

Pre-Common Core

“Prove you read it” type questions:

What color was the truck?

How many children were there?

Types of WritingMore journal writing

& personal connections

Common Core

Close Reading/ Analyzing the text for:

-Author’s purpose-Point of view-Message(s)-Words, Sentences, &Passages-Craft/ Technique

Types of WritingMore argument /

persuasive writing

Shift

Harvard Guide (6 Steps for Interrogating Text)

http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/sixreadinghabits

Annotating Text Guide http://engageny.org/resource/network-team-institute-materials-grades-3-5-el

a-curriculum-appendix-1-teaching-practices-and-protocols-august-13-17-2012/

Guide for Writing Text Based Questions http://

engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Guide-to-Creating-Questions-for-Close-Analytic-Reading.pdf

Norms for Collaboration http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Norms-for-Collaboration.pdf

Resources for Close Reading

Identifying/ Using the Common Frame in A Written

Response/ Text Beginning

-Claim (topic sentence or thesis statement)

-Intro (lists main points, background info, etc.)

Middle-Supporting Reasons or Details-Evidence (quotes, statistics, stories, etc.)

-Elaboration of evidence & connection to the claim

End -Summary of main points -Clinching sentence leaves reader w/ something to think about

Transitions and transitional phrases

Teaching the Written Response

Modeled (Lots of examples of quality responses & the actual thinking process that takes place when writing a response)

Shared (Time to write responses together as a class)

Guided (Time to work on writing various parts of a response & eventually the whole response with support/ immediate feedback)

Independent (Time to practice writing responses independently with specific feedback from peers & teacher)

Start small (build in the learning)

Identify where students are within the frame

Gradually add to the frame throughout the year

Building the Frame

Determine where your students are with:

Previewing text Annotating text Identifying the outline of text Comparing & contrasting text Identifying author’s purpose, message, point of view, etc.

Determine where your students are with: Developing a claim (writing a topic sentence or thesis) Using supporting reasons/ details Using evidence & connecting the evidence to the claim Using tools such as transitions and similes to strengthen the

clarity of their writing

Getting Started

Paperless system

Public performance (authentic audience)

On-line portfolio (see growth overtime)

Individual & public feedback via wiki

Using the Wiki

www.dovenyscate2012.wikispaces.

com

www.dovesample2012.wikispaces.com

Examples

Use for Data Driven Instruction

Use for individual student writing conferences

Use for parent conferences

Use to inform grades and comments on report cards

Tacking Data

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