Imagining Possibilities:

A Career Recipe Dr. Janette Bosetin

National Writing ProjectFlorida Gulf Coast University

June 2012

When students are taught to see how writing is done, this way of seeing opens up to them huge warehouses of possibilities for how to make their writing good writing(Ray, KW, 1999).

Quote-1

We need to do reporting assignments right along with the children, showing them how to look at a subject, read picture books, raise questions, take notes, and write a discovery draft (Graves, 1994).

Quote-2

Sunshine State StandardsWriting ApplicationsStandard 1: CreativeThe student develops and demonstrates creative writing.LA.1112.4.1.1-The student will write in a variety of expressive and reflective forms that uses a range of appropriate strategies and specific narrative techniques, employs literary devices, and sensory description; and

CommunicationStandard 2: Listening and SpeakingThe student effectively applies listening and speaking strategies.LA.1112.5.2.5- The student will research and organize information and demonstrate effective speaking skills and behaviors for a variety of formal and informal purposes

Common Core Standards Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

• Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.

Research

“Nonfiction is one of the most accessible genres for reluctant and less experienced readers because the features scaffold the reader’s understanding.” Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2000).

“ Smart is not something you are—it’s something you get. And you get smart by reading, writing, talking, listening, and investigation by THINKING!” Harvey, S. (2008).

Research

Students learn counterintuitive information

better when it is presented in more than

one way. Thus, we provide students with

multiple opportunities to encounter

scientific principles, through reading in

different formats (such as textbooks, trade

books, the Internet, and articles),discussion,

demonstration, and investigations.

Jetton, T. & Dole, J. (2004)

What I expect all students to

know and be able to do as

Good Listeners, Thinkers

and

Learners

Good ListenersOn the outside On the inside

Make eye contact Make connections

Face the speaker Ask questions

Use appropriate body language Visualize

Nod their heads Make inferences

Say something: e.g., “great idea, Get new thoughts“that’s an interesting point”….. and ideas

Summarize Summarize

Remember important details Remember details

0 1 2 3 4

Even with help, I have no

understanding

 

(I don’t get it)

With help, I have partial

understanding

 (I kinda-sorta get it)

I have partial

understanding but

inability to articulate this understanding

(I get it, but I can’t explain

it)

 

I have a clear

understanding

 

(I get it, and I can explain it

to others)

 

I have a clear

understanding and can produce original content.

(I get it, I can explain it to others, and I can mirror author’s style) 

Check for Understanding

Purpose of the lesson

Writing without specificity leaves too many unanswered questions and makes writing fuzzy. Today, I will show you how to organize your thinking about your reading by listening for actions you hear, listing the special vocabulary that goes along with your topic and thinking about how you can use this information to create a career recipe.

Writing information in lists or using a graphic organizer will help you think of details to add to your writing so that it is clear. Provide a title for your career recipe.

Bell work

• How do you draft your writing to establish an organized and logical pattern supporting details that are specific in your writing?

• Discuss with your group..

• Share-out…

AGENDA

*Bell work*Introduction *Brainstorm*Discussion*Front load vocabulary *During Reading*Read Aloud*Group Sharing and Discussion*You Tube*Group Activity: List Action and Career Words*Share with Class*Create class recipe using vocabulary*Check Your Understanding

Brainstorm: Firefighters

Front Load Vocabulary

Actions/Career VocabularyConstructionOccupancyApparatusLife hazardWater supplyAuxiliary appliancesStreet conditionsWeatherExposuresArea and heightLocation and ExtentTime Hazards

Apparatus, noun

a set of materials or equipment designed for a particular use

Example Sentence:The hospital's operating rooms boast of having the very latest medical apparatus.

Synonym: equipment, gear

Etymology: Latin, from apparare to prepare,

While I am reading, I want you to jot down your thoughts about:

1)What are the actions and vocabulary words you can use to write a draft for a firefighter’s recipe?

2)What special vocabulary words used in the article could you use?

3)What are characteristics of a firefighter?

During Read Aloud

Read AloudSimulation Training in the Firehouse

• Being a Firefighter• What makes a career firefighting an ultimate dream job? Passion! Doing what you love and loving what

you do. I love everything about firefighting. I love dragging and/or rolling fire hoses. I love climbing the enormous, truck mounted ladders. I love riding the engine, code three, lights and sirens down the highway. I love being the first one on the team making entry into a burning building, watching the fire build, then doing what I am trained to do and knocking the fire down. I love wearing my turnouts (bunker gear) and helmet, wearing a heavy, air tank, and dragging a fire hose.

• What do I love about firefighting? I love returning to the station, reloading the fire hose onto the engine. I love washing the engine. I love hand drying the engine and making sure all the equipment is secured, put away correctly and ready to use on the next call. I love being hot, sweaty, bruised and having tired muscles, because I feel like I earned them.

• The firefighters I know jokingly say, "we show up, in the middle of the night, break the windows, cut holes in the roof, deluge the home with water, drag huge hoses through the landscape and then we are thanked for coming."

• A career firefighter is an ultimate dream job because there are clearly defined goals and objectives. You put the wet stuff on the red (hot) stuff. You go in the structure and you put the fire out. It is not complicated, it is not political. You are helping people in their very worst hours, when their home has burned down, when they have been in a car crash or when they are suffering an unexpected medical emergency. You are there for them when they call. What else can you do as a career that would make such an impact?

• Why is firefighting my ultimate dream job? At the end of the day, I have worked hard, I earned my sore muscles, I helped someone who needed assistance and when my five year old son introduces me to his friends he says, with a puffed out chest, "This is my mom, she's a firefighter!"

• Sally is a dedicated writer for StudentScholarships.org. She is an expert in Scholarships, Financial Aid, Career Advice, and most other things college related.

• Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sally_Tolentino

After Reading Activity

Brainstorm and Share Out…

1)What are the actions/vocabulary words you wrote?

2)What “career” vocabulary words were thinking of during our reading?

3)What are some characteristics of a firefighter that you were thinking of?

Firefighter Tribute - Bon Jovi

It's My Life

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46uI8QBEww&feature=related

A Recipe from a Firefighter for a Firefighter

Ingredient Vocabulary

Active playWisdomStrengthHumorEndurancePatienceHumilityCourageGlaze of love

Recipe for FirefighterIngredientsActive play Humor HumilityWisdom Endurance CourageStrength Patience Glaze of love

DirectionsSet aside a small child.Sprinkle generously with active play to mold a strong body.Add liberally, stirring slowly, huge handfuls of humor - a firefighter will not jell without it.

Watch carefully for approximately 13 years until the child turns into a spirited youth using patience and discipline.

Add the seeds of wisdom that only grow through youthful trial and error.

Knead continuously through the teen years until endurance is blended with strength.

Add slowly the yeast of humility. Set aside for 3 or 4 years, allowing the dough time to rise and double.

Call in master chefs with the recipe engraved upon their hearts for the final work.

Punch down the fully risen dough to shape the loaf.Roll carefully, using the rolling pin of training on the well-floured board of discipline.

Blend in the rare spice of courage found hidden between the leaves of foolishness and cowardice that is only purchased with the gold of sacrifice.

Shape the loaf with care, and brush with the glaze of love to make them shine.

It is this glaze of love for human life that makes them what they are. The love that makes them stand and risk life, health, and security for strangers until their job is done, as they fought courageously and one day hear these precious words:

Well done-good and faithful servant.

Note: Firefighters are prepared and blended only over many years.

Recipe for a Life as a Talented ArtistIngredientsA lifetime of focus on Goals and Dreams300 blinks of Observations650 moments of Amazement120 simple questions of Curiosity390 quiet moments of Planning100 practical Sketches677 eyes of Carefulness876 million hours of Exactness743 inner practices for Perseverance1 in–a-million moments of Patience100 magic hours of Passion

Follow this Life for a Talented ArtistIf you would like to be a talented artist, you have to have goals and dreams. You should have something to accomplish. You should also observe. To create a work of art, you should observe things that will help you. Observe and be amazed! When you are amazed, you become more involved with the subject. You cannot work without full concentrations.

Curiosity is something you’ll always need. Find, Discover. To be talented, you should always look for new ways to improve your art.

If you have a project to work on, you should always plan. You should be able to think to organize your work.

When you are ready to begin your project, you should start sketching. This is just your rough draft, so mess around! Try new strategies. Be creative!

Once you’re done with your sketching, you can start on your final copy. Be very careful. This is your final copy so try not to mess up! Being exact is also important in this step. You want it to be perfect, and the best it can be, as it reflects YOU!

Say our final draft is done, and you’re not satisfied with it. Don’t give up. Try again. You shouldn’t throw away a good idea. All ideas are good. If you are one of the people in this situation, then patience is very important, It could take awhile for it to come along.

The last thing is most important! All talented artists should follow this rule. You must put your feelings into the project. This is your project. It has to have a part of you in it.

If you follow this recipe, and try and try again, you should be able t to live the life of a talented artist.

Graphic Organizer

Brainstorm and list words that relate to a career to create your recipe:

Actions~~ Career vocabulary words

You must have a minimum of 9 words related to the career of your choice.

*Note: Must list ingredients and have specific directions. Be Creative!

Imagine…

 

Individual ActivityWrite your ideas in your notebook/graphic organizer that includes career actions (What do they do?), career vocabulary, (Words specific to the career/position), and create a recipe (Directions, like a recipe!).

Individual Activity

1. Choose your career

2. Use Graphic Organizer or List

3. Make a Tagxedo with your “ingredient words”

4. Write your Career Recipe

5. Underline each of the 9 ingredient words!

6. Submit recipe to Edmodo (online program)

7. Exit Slip-Check for Understanding/Post on board..

8. Share out~ “Celebration”

Check for Understanding• On one side of the post-it note, list a number

of your understanding (0-4). Write 2-3 sentences related to your response.

• On the other side of the post-it note, write your name and period.

3I understand and am able to

share and help other students in my group.

Janette Bosetin

P2

Celebration!

• How do I make a constructive comment?

• What are some positive phrases I can use?

Digital Media

• Edmodo• Tagxedo.com• Angel

• Recipe cards: • http://www.apollostemplates.com/templates-food/

recipe-card-notebook-templates.asp• http://www.freeprintablerecipecards.net/

How will I extend the lesson?1. Career Poem

2. The Happiest and Unhappiest Jobs in America

3. Who I Am Portfolio which will include: My People, Who I Am, What I do, Favorite things, Changing, and Poetry (cinquain, concrete, sonnet, and acrostic).

4. Where I’m From…

5. Pig Plan and jot ideas..

6. Bio-Poem upward…

7. Using Great Poetry to Teach Poetry..upward..

8. Fibonacci with a twist!

9. Inspiring Writing through Reading..

References

• Dole, J. & Jetton, T (2004). Adolescent literacy research and practice. New York: The Guilford Press.

• Dorfman, L. & Cappelli, R. (2009). Nonfiction Mentor Texts. Portland: Stenhouse Publishers.

• Grear, A. (2008). Nonfiction reading power. Ontario: Stenhouse Publishers.

Appendix

Lesson Plan: Imagining Possibilities

Hook or connection: Careers~ For this lesson to be effective, a process for learning will provide students with discussions, read-aloud, examples, examples of actions and vocabulary that relates to the career.

Purpose: Writing without specificity leaves too many unanswered questions and makes writing fuzzy. Today, I will show you how to organize your thinking about your reading by listening for actions you hear, listing the special vocabulary that goes along with your topic and thinking about how you can use this information to create a recipe. Writing this information in lists will help you thinking of the details to add to your writing so that it is clear to the reader. You can decide to actually use food words and recipe measurements or leave them out!

Brainstorm: Ask students to think about a career they are personally interested in. Brainstorm career example. Ask students to jot down their ideas in their notebook, or have them share orally and record some ideas on the board. Have students share ideas. Have students’ chart their ideas in their notebook that include career: actions (what they do), special vocabulary (words used within the career or positions), how they could use the information to create a recipe.

Model: Teacher chooses a read-aloud linking it to the topic. As you share it with students, ask them to listen for actions and specific career related vocabulary. Students can jot down ideas in their notebooks. Discuss. Share.

• Shared/Guided Writing: After students read the article on a career, as a class, have them create lists of actions, specific vocabulary and recipe topics. Have students list possible topics for their career recipe.

• Independent Writing: Students can return to the brainstorm activity with lists of actions, specific career related vocabulary and topic interests. Once they decide what career they want to focus on, have them complete the graphic organizer and begin planning to create their recipe.

• Reflection: Ask writers to reflect on how this strategy worked for them using the “check for understanding” scale. All students write their level of learning on a post-it note. On one side of the post-it note students write their name and level. On the other side of the note, students write 1-3 sentences to reflect upon their answer.

Imagine Your Career