writing roulette
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Writing Roulette. Activator/Summarizer. Purpose. This strategy is used to discover what students know/learned about a topic, using continual writing to help students reclaim information and/or share their knowledge with peers. Description. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WRITING ROULETTEActivator/Summarizer
PURPOSE This strategy is used to discover what
students know/learned about a topic, using continual writing to help students reclaim information and/or share their knowledge with peers.
DESCRIPTION Writing Roulette is a writing strategy in
which students write about a topic non-stop for a designated amount of time.
Students then exchange their writing with peers and extend it by adding their own thoughts.
This strategy allows students to quickly gather their thoughts about a topic and inform teachers and peers of the extent of their knowledge about the topic without being limited by having to heed the conventions of grammar and mechanics.
PROCEDURE STEP ONE Students write about a topic for three to five
minutes continuously. Tip: Even if the student gets stuck they should
continue writing. They may write “I’m stuck. I have no idea what this topic is about.” Encourage them to write predictions or guesses since there is no right or wrong responses during this exercise. You may need to model how to do this quick write.
PROCEDURE STEP TWO Ask for volunteers to share and discuss
responses. EXCHANGE papers with a peer (pass to the
right), read the peer’s response, and add to it by fast writing for another two to three minutes. Tip: You may want to have each writer put their
name by their response, this will help you to identify who wrote each piece.
PROCEDURE STEP THREE Each time you
exchange (recommended 4 times) decrease the response time.
If using this as an activator, have students revisit their writing roulette at the end of the activity to correct, revise, or add to their initial responses.
SAMPLE W
RITING
ROU
LETTE
Notice how
person #2
commented on
the writing
style of person
#1 in addition to
the topic at
hand. This is OK
we don’t want
to limit their
writing during
this time. Person
#3 agreed with
person #2 and
elaborated on
her question.