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ICE BREAKER

Think back to your small group PLCs:

English’s topic: writing strategies for the struggling writer

*In your mind, think of one of your most effective strategies…you get to keep sitting, but be ready to share

Other content areas’ topic: I personally find writing to be…

*In your mind, rank your response on this spectrum:

not fond of it okay love it

Stand according to rank…

AGENDA

• Ice Breaker

• Objectives

• Writing Standards across content

• Culturally Responsive Strategies

• Exit Slip

OBJECTIVES:

Teachers will be able to:

• Identify two culturally responsive (CR) strategies that promote successful writing among all learners

• Explain how strategy could be used to support writing in their content

QUICK WRITE*

Think about your quick write in your PLCs today…

Discuss at your table:

How could you use this strategy in your classroom?

What would be a benefit to giving students more than one prompt to choose from?

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE

• Student-centered and promotes equity in the classroom while fostering a partnership with parents in the community

• Uses culture, language and other strengths of the student to identify, nurture and promote academic achievement

• Can be effective only in an appropriately supportive and inclusive environment

•Students use discipline specific text to cultivate authentic experiences within and across disciplines; &

•Engage in reading discipline specific text within the content area

RH: Reading in History

RST: Reading in Science and Technical Subjects

WHST: Writing in History, Science and Technical Subjects

WHST STANDARDS

Read the three grade bands and discuss at your table:

• What differences do you notice among the grade level bands?

• Which WHST standard(s) do you already implement in your classroom?

IMAGE TO TEXT STRATEGY*

On paper, write down a thought, question, phrase, etc. for the following picture…

On same paper, write down a thought, question, phrase, etc. for the whole picture…

Discuss:

How this strategy could work in your content area?

How could this strategy be used for the different types of writing:

Argument

Narrative

Explantory

Jan Rose Kasmir confronts National Guard troops outside the Pentagon during a protest march. The photo helped turn public opinion against the war. Source: Frenchman Marc Riboud captured one of the most well-known anti-war images in 1967.

AZCCRS-ELA 6-12

LITERACYFRAMEWORK

IT TAKES A

VILLAGE!

EXIT SLIP

What are your next steps to continue to incorporate writing in your lesson plans? Strategies?