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K-5 Content Area Writing

by Jen Jones

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Boston Harbor Brain DrainA Demonstration Writing Activity

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Language Development

ListeningSpeakingWritingReading

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Basic Literacy

Intermediate Literacy

Disciplinary Literacy

Where does Content Area writing fall?

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Basic Literacy“learning to read”

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Basic LiteracyLettersSoundsSegmentingBlendingSyllablesSpelling Patterns

Sight WordsSentencesVowel BlendsSight WordsSight PhrasesParagraphHandwriting

GrammarParts of Speech

VocabularyFluencyPoems

Centers

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Intermediate Literacy

“reading to learn”

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Intermediate Literacy

“writing to learn”

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Intermediate LiteracyText TypesBooksMagazinesBook SeriesWebsitesTextbooksBrochures

Text GenresBiographiesJournalsMemoirsArticlesInformationalText

Text StructuresDescriptionCompare/Contrast

Cause/EffectProblem/Solution

Sequence of Events

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Intermediate LiteracyAuthor’s PurposePersuadeExplainEntertainInform

Author’s ViewpointUnderstand the author’s perspective & thoughts, & feelings

Author’s ReasonsReasonsArgumentsClaimsJustifications

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Helping Kids Get in the Right Lane

Fiction NF Article Poem Song

CharacterProblemSolutionChanges

What is the structure?

What features can

help me?Mostly about

Big IdeaBigger IdeaKey Details

What is the author’s

message?What did he want me to

think or understand?

What is thisreally 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?

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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

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Examples of content area writing at the Intermediate Level…

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GraphicOrganizers

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Graphic Organizers

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Graphic Organizersas pre-writing planners

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Venn Diagrams

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RAFTS

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Annotating

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Two Column Notes

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Content Area Close Readingwith Two-Column Notes…all strategies at once

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Sticky Notes

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Inquiry Research

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Notetaking

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Wordles

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Biopoems ABC Lists

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Creative Projects

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Science Notebooking

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Fake Social Media

Fake Social Media

Disciplinary Literacy

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BIG ROCKS of

Content Area Writing

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most like real world writing

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for a real purpose and a real audience

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student write their worst when “teacher” is the audience

Some strategies for developing disciplinary

literacy…

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#1 Help students write like an author.

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Watch mentor cooks

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Give it go!

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Reading Authors Closely

“What have you read that is like what you are

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Study Author’s Craft

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Mentor Text Types

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Not All (Snake) Booksare the Same!

{RIT.7, RIT.8, RIT.9}

1 Topic, 3 Purposes

Snakes are dangerous!

Snakes arealways hunting!

Snakes arequiet & sweet!

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“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)

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not so much about WHAT the author is saying…

…but HOW they are saying it.

“Reading Like a writer”(Ray, 2006)

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Authors have WAY of doing what they do…study that way and write that way.

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#2 Help students understand text structure.

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Description Comparison Problem-Solution

Cause and Effect

Sequence of Events

is a characteristic of is similar toa reason for the

problemcauses 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

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#3 Help students ask “How do historians, and scientists write?”

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