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Kelly Felton: Reaffirming the Writing Workshop - Sheryl Lain
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Reaffirming the Writing Workshop - Sheryl Lain. I didn't post when I initially read this article. There were just too many important points that took my brain in too many directions to focus on the workshop as a whole then. Now I can step back and look at it more objectively with experience from our workshop. July 22, 2009 at 12:13 PM. I am like you and need time away from the article. I have been very pleased with my use of the notebook with middle school students. Christy. July 22, 2009 at 12:39 PM.
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Kelly Felton: Ways to Use Notebooks
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Ways to Use Notebooks. Journal about the writing process. Questions for instructor for conferencing. Doodling to flush out ideas. Prompt for classroom management's sake. Way to document new skills/concepts/strategies in own words. Copy idea to ruminate on. What you learned in science" to link pieces of days together. 10 words to combine into a sentence or paragraph. Organize in sections (different content areas). Use TOC (documents assignments). Sticky notes to identify purpose of writing event/lesson.
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Kelly Felton: Conferring - Lucy Caulkins
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Conferring - Lucy Caulkins. I think it would be great to have a chart of questions for my own various types of conferences. I found it very interesting when Christy? Not Quite a Newbie. July 22, 2009 at 11:20 AM. July 22, 2009 at 12:16 PM. July 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM. I agree with you Inland,Conferencing with Cristhy about my workshop was helpful. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dad watching Jake sleep. Top 10 Reasons to Revise. What Ive Learned from our Workshops. Ways to Use Notebooks.
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Kelly Felton: Revision Strategies - Nancy Sommers
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Revision Strategies - Nancy Sommers. Embracing writing as a linear process has produced students who don't effectively revise. I believe that they can't see the incongruities between intention and execution because they are sometimes lost in the maize of their own thoughts and words. - wrote this before we even looked at. The Motivation of Learning. July 21, 2009 at 11:14 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dad watching Jake sleep. Top 10 Reasons to Revise. What Ive Learned from our Workshops.
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Kelly Felton: July 2009
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I agree 100% of NCTE's recommendations on how to use portfolios effectively. I say this because it sounds logical, and I have no hands-on with portfolios yet. I especially like the idea of organizing it into sections and weighing the portfolio and paper grades independently. I'm just not certain that I agree with the prioritization of the levels of concern. I might categorize them in the same manner but title them differently. Top 10 Reasons to Revise. 1 You just can't help yourself! Creating a sense of ...
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Kelly Felton: After the End Chapters 14-16 - Barry Lane
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After the End Chapters 14-16 - Barry Lane. 15 I like the questioning strategy to determine if your piece is done. I'm going to use this myself. I also believe that "an uncorrected grammatical error in the hand of a parent is like a warrant for the teacher's arrest" unless the parent is aware of the philosophy of enabling students (writing workshop). I certainly don't need practice editing. The Revisor's Checklist is great too! I like the idea of an editing center. Has anyone tried this?
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Kelly Felton: What I've Learned from our Workshops
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What I've Learned from our Workshops. Creating a sense of community in our classrooms is critical. Creating a sense of community in a workshop is difficult but at least some sort of introduction between attendees should occur. Knowledge is cumulative. Each presenter learned something from the previous. The workshop needs your voice and style to be authentic and effective - just like writing. We need to be mindful of our audience when choosing text to support our activities. Publishing can be fun. After t...
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Kelly Felton: Top 10 Reasons to Revise
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Top 10 Reasons to Revise. 1 You just can't help yourself! Revision occurs throughout the writing process. 2 Revision can generate new ideas. 3 Revision can result in a better structure/organization. 4 Revision may mean throwing out pieces thereby creating a stronger whole. 5 The idea of revision being recursive blows a hole in the linear model of writing. 6 Finding strong nouns/verbs instead of adjectives/adverbs strengthens your writing. 8 To make sure your tone is appropriate for your audience.
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Kelly Felton: Teaching Conventions - Bonnie Warne
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Teaching Conventions - Bonnie Warne. Here's what Webster's Compact Writers Guide says: (I love it as it refers to both prescriptive and descriptive use of grammar). We are looking for a house with a big yard, a view of the harbor, and beach and docking privileges. [with serial comma]. We are looking for a house with a big yard, a view of the harbor and beach and docking privileges. [without serial comma]. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dad watching Jake sleep. Top 10 Reasons to Revise.
