using thinking maps to improve writing proficiency for english language learners
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Using Thinking Maps to Improve Writing Proficiency for English Language Learners. Created By: Patti Burke, Dolly Hathaway, and Amanda Amante. Family. Education. I am from Michigan. This is my 6 th year teaching. Amanda Amante. Married 4 ½ years. Gerber daisies are my favorite!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Amanda Amante
I am from Michigan.
This is my 6th year teaching.
Gerber daisies are my favorite!
Married 4 ½ years
No children, but we have a
dog named Bell.
Runner!
Family
Friends
Education
Travel
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sevenothrMoterr Dolly
Hathaway
Mother of seven
North Carolina
Grandmother
Faith
Dancer
Dancer
Teacher
Family Education
ChurchFriends
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Patti Burke
Pennsylvania
traveler
wife and mother
singer in church choir
teacher
Family
Church
Friends
Education
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The “Hook”
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Establishes a baseline for learning by tapping schemaLowers affective filtersPrompts motivationSets the student up for success
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“Thinking Maps provide a ‘conceptual net’ for capturing the essential information for any type of learning” (Buckner, 2009, p.16).Thinking Maps provide a guided path to organizing information.Thinking Maps allow levels of scaffolding to meet the needs of the writer.
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The Hook (motivation)The Circle Map (writing ideas/info)The Tool (design for the writing assignment) describing, comparing/contrasting, classifying, whole to part relationships, sequencing, cause and effect, seeing analogies)Differentiation (First, next, last, etc.)
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To define a concept, a word or an ideaTo brainstorm before writingTo diagnose prior knowledgeTo close a lesson Key words:
ContextContext cluesListDefineTell everything you knowIdentifyTell aboutDiscuss
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This circle map and acrostic poem was a group effort with 1st graders.
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This was completed by a 1st grade student on his own.
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Students typed their poems with Kidspiration and were able to add pictures that went along with their poems.
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At your table, discuss ideas for using circle maps. You will share these with the whole group.
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Uses only adjectives and adjective phrases for describingUsed for vocabulary development and inferential thinkingKey words:
DescribeUse vivid languageAttributesCharacteristicsPropertiesAdjectivesQualities
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Used for comparing and contrastingKey Words:
Compare/ContrastDiscuss similarities/differenceDistinguish betweenDifferentiate
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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use double bubble maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.
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Used for classifyingKey words:
ClassifySortGroupCategorizeTypes/Kinds ofList and elaborateTaxonomyGive details
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Student sample. Students created tree maps with words and illustrations.
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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use a tree map to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.
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Use to sequence and orderKey Words:
Sequence, put in orderRecount/retellWhat happens nextCyclesPatternsProcessesChangeSolve multi-step problems
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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use flow maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.
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Shows cause and effectSupports the reasons that “cause” the writer to have this opinionDepicts a position or opinionServes as a plan for writingKey Words:
Causes and effectsPredict what would happen ifChangeIdentify motivesResults, outcomes, benefitsWhy
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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use multi-flow maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.
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Use to show part to whole relationshipsCan act as a checklistKey words:
Parts ofTake apartShow structurePhysical components
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La hamburguesa
El pan
La hamburguesa/ la carne
El queso
El tomate
La lechuga
La cebolla
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Jan. 23, 2011Dear Sally, I am having a birthday party and would really like you to come! It will be Friday, January 28th at my house. I live at 113 Holland Ave. Please let me know if you can come!Your friend,Emily
Jan. 23, 2001
Dear Sally,
I am having a birthday party and would really like you to come! It will be Friday, January 28th at my house. I live at 113 Holland Ave. Please let me know if you can come!
Your Friend
EmilyInvitation
Heading
Greeting
Body
ClosingSignature
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Seeing analogiesKey words:
Identify the common relationshipGuess the ruleInterpret symbolsRatioSimileMetaphorAllegory
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Is the word
La pizza La hamburguesa
El perro caliente
as as
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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use brace and bridge maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.
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Buckner, J. (2009). Path to proficiency for English language learners. Cary, NC: Thinking Maps.