informative/explanatory writing for grades...
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Informative/Explanatory Writing for Grades 4-5
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Agenda
4th and 5th grade teachers will:
learn about the reciprocity of reading and writing
review three different types of
informative/explanatory examine different types of informative/explanatory text structures. study the inquiry based instruction review resources to teach informative/explanatory writing
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Reciprocity of Reading and Writing
While reading and writing are different processes, they are complementary. Readers and writers use the same sources of information and integrate them.
Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency: Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Reading, K-8. Fountas and Pinnell
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Writing Modes and Purposes from Common Core State Standards
1. Opinion– expresses and justifies ideas
2. Informative/Explanatory – gives facts about a topic, describes, explains a procedure, etc. To Describe To Instruct To Explain
3. Narrative – tells a story
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Building Background for Text Structure
•Text structure refers to the internal organization of a text
•As authors write a text to communicate an idea, they will use a structure that goes along with the idea (Meyer 1985)
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Guide Use of Text Structure
• Texts can be hard because they are organized in complex ways
• The structure of what is read can help students determine importance.
• Students should know common text organization schemes (description; compare/contrast; problem-solution; sequence; enumeration)
• Students should know how to use headings and subheadings to determine the scope and sequence of information
• Examine texts to see if organization holds a special key to the meaning (like in a comparison text or problem-solution text) and to guide students to attend to this structure
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Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Description
Problem and Solution
Chronological Order (Sequence)
Five Text Structures
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top_teaching/2011/03/my-march-top-ten-list-nonfiction-reading-resources
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1. Goose bumps make me shiver. First I get cold. Then I shake all over.
2. Goose bumps make me shiver. I get little bumps on my skin. They look like sesame seeds. 3. Some people get goose bumps from fear. Others get goose bumps when they are touched emotionally.
4. Goose bumps make me shiver. When the temperature drops below 45 degrees, my skin crinkles into goose bumps. 5. Goose bumps make me shiver. But they disappear as soon as I cover up with a jacket or sweater.
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Identify the Text Structure
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Before students write in a particular text structure, it is necessary for
them to hear and read multiple texts in that structure.
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Many times authors use a blend of more than one type of text
structure to accomplish their purposes.
Blended Text Structures
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Instructional Considerations
•What is your purpose for teaching students the text structure you have chosen?
•How can students transfer this structure to other academic subjects (disciplines)?
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Pre-Assessment
An assessment rubric that identifies key skills and understanding that children need when writing a specific piece of nonfiction is invaluable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_rtFRvoO70
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Identifying Mini-lessons
Use student writing pre-assessments to identify writing mini-lessons which would benefit students.
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Formative Assessment
Formative assessments during the study
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Inquiry and Immersion
“The teaching is ‘structured for surprise’ and it’s the promise of what you might discover together that gives both students and teachers energy for the study.”
Study Driven by K. W. Ray
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Inquiry Based Instruction
Gathering mentor texts
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Inquiry Based Instruction
Set the stage
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Inquiry Based Instruction
Immersion in text examples of the writing genre
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Inquiry Based Instruction
Writing under the influence
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Post-Assessment
Post-assessment to see growth
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“Studying the process of writing by looking closely at what people who write actually do insures the teaching around process will be
grounded.”
Study Driven, K. W. Ray
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Reviewing the Process
• Pre-assessment
• Gathering Texts
• Setting the Stage
• Immersion
• Close Study
• Writing Under the Influence
• Post-assessment
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Looking Ahead to Implementation
-Do I consider reciprocity of reading and writing in my classroom instruction? -Do I have students examine the different types of informative/explanatory text structures? -Utilized rubrics and performance assessments related to informative/explanatory writing -reviewed resources to teach informative/explanatory writing.