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Writing Across the Curriculum

Chapter 9

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Frame of Mind

Why emphasize writing to learn in content areas?

Why integrate writing and reading?

How might teachers create occasions for students to write to read and to read to write?

How can teachers use exploratory writing activities to motivate students to read and write?


Frame of Mind

How can teachers use journals to connect writing and reading?

How can teachers develop essay writing through RAFT activities?

Why and how do teachers guide the writing process?


Key Terms

Academic journals Admit slips Audience Biopoems Double-entry journals Exit slips Freewriting

Historical character writing

Learning logs RAFT writing

assignments Sketch books Unsent letters


Reading and Writing Processes

Composing

Exploring

Motivating

Clarifying


Writing to Learn Activities

Unsent Letters Biopoems Dialogues Admit Slips and Exit Slips Microthemes POVGs


Biopoem Example

Line 1: First name

Line 2: Four traits that describe character

Line 3: Relative of __________

Line 4: Who feels __________ (three items)

Line 5: Who needs __________(three items)

Line 6: Who gives ___________(three items)

Line 7: Last name


Admit Slips and Exit Slips

What’s confusing you about __________?

What problems did you have with your text assignment?

What would you like to get off your chest?

What do you like (dislike) about _________?


Journal Writing

Response journals Historical character journals Sketchbooks in art Math journals Freewriting response journals Double-entry journals (DEJs) Learning logs


Double-Entry Journal Sample

“What is the solar system?”

It is nine planets, along with asteroid belts, starts, black holes, and so on.

“What does it mean to you?”

The solar system is a mystery to me. I know the planets and stuff, but how did it come into being? Galileo had something to do with the solar system, but I’m not sure exactly what. I would like to find out more about it.


Essays are effective writing-to-learn tools when… content exploration and synthesis, not form

and organization, become the primary motives for the writing assignment.

writing involves reading more than a single text source.

students engage in the writing process.


RAFT Writing Assignments

Role

Audience

Form

Topic


Stages in the Writing Process

Discovery

Exploring and generating ideas

Finding a topic

Making plans (Audience? Form? Voice?)

Getting started



Drafting

Getting ideas down on paper

Sticking to the task

Developing fluency and coherence



Revising

Revising for meaning Responding to the writing Organizing for clarity Editing and proofreading for the conventions

of writing, word choice, and syntax Polishing


Evaluating a Writing Activity

Accurate content in support of a position statement.

A logical and coherent set of ideas in support of a position statement.

A convincing and persuasive position statement aimed at a specific audience.

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