Content_Area_Writing

=Carson City-Crystal Content Area Writing Professional Development= Chippewa River Writing Project

October 31, 2011

 * Common Core Cross Walk
 * Our Google Doc
 * Diigo
 * Our Diigo Group
 * Our Google Presentation

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August 31, 2011
Facilitated by Troy Hicks and Elizabeth Brockman


 * Welcome and RAFTS from WritingFix.com
 * It was harder than I thought -- it took awhile on
 * It was good because students could be more informal, have some fun
 * Kids enjoy it the more silly that you can get with it because it doesn't seem "like writing" to them
 * Freedom to express their ideas
 * Exploring writing in the content areas
 * Learning to write
 * Writing to learn
 * Writing in the disciplines
 * NCTE's Writing Now
 * Holistic
 * Get your thoughts out, be flexible, allow the kids to get the information out as they learn
 * The reading skills and writing skills work in tandem with one another
 * Helping students share their thinking, get organized
 * Grading things all the time can lead them to be less motivated
 * Authentic
 * Having students write book reviews rather than book reports
 * Different content areas/specialties have different perspectives on writing
 * Varied
 * 5 minutes, 55 minutes, 5 hours, 5 weeks...
 * Common Core Standards for cross-curricular writing, 6-12
 * Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
 * Break
 * Examples of writing assignments in the content areas
 * CRWP WAC Handout (See PDF Below)
 * "Think aloud" model - designing a writing assignment
 * Resources for informational writing
 * Troy's Wiki
 * ReadWriteThink.org
 * Rubistar4Teachers
 * Work time: individual or partner
 * Identify a mentor text, design a writing assignment, gather resources, and create a (brief) assessment tool
 * Resources
 * My Fake Wall
 * Joyce Valenza's Wiki
 * Wacky We-Search Handout from Barry Lane
 * MDE WAC Documents
 * Science
 * Social Studies
 * ELA
 * Math
 * Wikispaces Tutorial on YouTube
 * Mini-demos



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