1SED 525 EN1` Chapter 12 & Reading Responses` Responses to Observation Writing` Invention Strategies: focused freewriting, brainstorming, cubing, mappingTtSt t`Text Structures` Sequencing Writing Tasks` Focus LessonsDid I Miss Anything?Tom WaymanNothing. When we realized you weren’therewe sat with our hands folded on our desksin silence, for the full two hoursEverything. I gave an exam worth40 percent of the grade for this termand assigned some reading due todayon which I’m about to hand out a quizworth 50 percentEverything. A few minutes after we began last timea shaft of light suddenly descended and an angelor other heavenly being appearedand revealed to us what eachwoman or man must doto attain divine wisdom in this life and the hereafterThis is the last time the class will meetbefore we disperse to bring the good news to all people on earth.Nothing. When you are not presenthow could something significant occur?ot 50pece tNothing. None of the content of this coursehas value or meaningTake as many days off as you like:any activities we undertake as a classI assure you will not matter either to you or meand are without purposehow could something significant occur?Everything. Contained in this classroom is a microcosm of human experienceassembled for you to query andexamine and ponderThis is not the only place such anopportunity has beenGatheredbut it was one placeAnd you weren’t here` TASK: Read Chapter 12 “Enabling Writing” to page 388 (“Code Switching”). In your Reflective Journal, write a fifteen minute Reading Response (time yourself!). Do your writing as soon as possible after you finish your reading. When you have finished writing, spend 3-5 minutes rereading and noticing what you wrote. Mark places (if any) where new thinking emerged as you wrote. Circle the questions you posed. Be prepared to share your experiences.2` Look over your RR, what you wrote, and the comments you made: ◦ Questions?◦ New thinking?`What are the potential benefits of doing this`What are the potential benefits of doing this kind of writing?◦ To you as a reader?◦ To a teacher?5“The first stage in learning a new concept is analogous to a ‘private dialogue.’ We proceed as if we were talking to ourselves, attempting to fit new and unfamiliar information into the world view we already possess”world view we already possess.-Bruce PetersenIn Search of Meaning: Readers and Expressive Language“The act of writing out a problem is a clarifying experience.”-James Britton`To prepare students for new material.For the next 10 minutes, write everything you know and all the questions you can think of about Xof about X.3`To help students summarize material.List 2-3 key ideas from today’s lesson. What questions do you have that still need answers?answers?`To help students reflect on, evaluate, and synthesize what they have done.Spend ten minutes writing about your experiences in your project group. What did people do to help make the project a success? What problems did you encounter, and how did you resolve them? What suggestions do you have for groups working on similar projects?`To help students speculate and see material in a new way.In Steinbeck’s The Pearl, how would the story have changed if Kino had thrown the pearl back into the ocean? Why?ocean? Why?ORHow would the story have changed if Juana had found the pearl instead of Kino?`To help students apply new information.How does what we learned about Roger in this chapter help us understand what he meant when he said, “Nobody ever gives me a ,ygbreak!” earlier? Does this information change your feelings toward him as a person?4` Write everything you know about X and all the questions you have.◦ Activates background knowledge.◦ Expands the group background.◦ Provides formative assessment.◦ Develops writing fluency.` This is one of your most useful, flexible teaching tools!` JUST USE IT! ` What are the key writing lessons I have presented so far?◦ Effective titles◦ Show, don’t tell◦ Dominant impressionp` Upon what criteria should your observation pieces be assessed?◦ Effective titles◦ Show, don’t tell◦ Dominant impression` Show, Don’t Tell in non-fiction texts uses many of the same strategies:` Descriptive detail` Facts`Statistics`Statistics` Anecdotes` Dialogue/ direct quotations5How to Know Enough To Write Well` What do I know about dogs?` What additional information do I need to get?` What can I use in THIS piece of writing?6` Premise: Finding content for writing is a “problem” to be solved.` “Whether the problem solver is a writer, a musician, a physicist, or a chess player, expertsappear to have an arsenal ofexpertsappear to have an arsenal of strategies which will direct them toward a …solution. Novices, on the other hand, most often rely on trial and error.”—Carol Berkenkotter21A heuristic is a method of solving problems. It is a series of steps or questions which are likely to lead to a solution to a problem.2223` Focused Freewriting` 20 Questions for the Writer` Who, Where, Why, What and How` Cubing24` See the PPT on the web site for detailed descriptions of various heuristics.71. How can X be described?2. How did X happen?3. What kind of person is X?4. What is my memory of X?Wh i l X?5.What is my personal response to X?256. What are the facts about X?7. How can X be summarized?268. What does X mean?9. What is the essential function of X?10. What are the component parts of X?11. How is X made or done?12. How shouldX be made or done?Wh h f X?13.What are the causes of X?14. What are the consequences of X?15. What are the types of X?16. How does X compare to Y?17. What is the present status of X?2718. How should X be interpreted?19. What is the value of X?20. What case can be made for or against X?288` Choose one of the following topics and write it at the top of your page:◦ a writing teacher (or teachers) you’ve known;◦ a writing course you taken or taught; or◦ a writing task or assignment you’ve had or given.29ggy g` OR…a topic of YOUR choice.` 3 minutes per side30` Describe your experience with this heuristic?` Did new thinking emerge during the process of writing?` How might you use it or modify it with students?31students?` What benefits does this heuristic have?` What shortcomings might you anticipate?329` generative,` flexible,` portable` simple, and33` should enable new ways of viewing.` Help search long term memory` Stimulate new connections` Enable new