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Strategic Literacy Support Cycle of Instruction Writing

Your Name: ___________________ Student Observed: ____________________

Date: ________________________

____________________________________________________________________________MODELEDWRITING

Teacher thinks aloud duringwriting

Conventions of print are used

Teacher and students shareread the writing

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INTERACTIVE WRITING

Teacher facilitates orallanguage and vocabularydevelopment through writingdiscussions

Teacher supports students intheir understanding ofphonology, word analysis,spelling and print conventions

Teacher and students sharethe pen to construct anaccurate message

Students demonstrateknowledge of the writingprocess

Students reread text fluently

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GUIDED WRITING

Students write text whileteacher observes

Teacher supports students atthe point of error

Teacher encourages morecomplex writing

Student reads own writingaloud

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INDEPENDENTWRITING

Teacher provides uninterruptedtime to write for a variety ofpurposes and audiences

Teacher observes, confers,and assesses students writing

Students practice writing skillsand strategies

General comments:

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