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If Rosa Parks Could Text…

K-5 Content Area Writing

by Jen Jones

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Boston Harbor Brain Drain

A Demonstration Writing Activity

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Language

Development

Listening Speaking Writing

Reading

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Where does Content Area writing fall?

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Basic Literacy

“learning to read”

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Grammar Parts of Speech Vocabulary

Fluency Poems Centers

practicing to read, in isolation

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Intermediate

Literacy

“reading to learn”

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Intermediate

Literacy

“writing to learn”

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Memoirs Articles Informational Text

Text Structures Description

Compare/Contrast

Cause/Effect

Problem/Solution

Sequence of Events

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thoughts, &

feelings

Author’s Reasons Reasons Arguments Claims

Justifications

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Helping Kids Get in the Right Lane

Fiction NF Article Poem Song

What features can help me?

Mostly about Big Idea Bigger Idea Key Details

What is the author’s message?

What did he want me to think or understand?

What is this really 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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Graphic Organizers

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Graphic Organizers

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Graphic Organizers

as pre-writing planners

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Venn Diagrams

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Two Column Notes

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Content Area Close Reading

with Two-Column Notes…all strategies at once

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Sticky Notes

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Inquiry Research

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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

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 trying to write?” ^ 2015, Hello Literacy

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Study Author’s Craft

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Mentor Text Types

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Not All ( S n a k e ) Books

are the Same!

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

1 Topic, 3 Purposes

Snakes are

dangerous!

Snakes are always hunting!

Snakes are quiet & sweet!

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“After deciding on a specific genre in which to

of the very writing their students will soon be

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

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.

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Authors have WAY of doing what they

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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 to a reason for the

problem causes 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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Hello 41 1 Articles

for Teaching

all 5 Text Structures

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# 3 Help students ask “How do

historians, and scientists write?”

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