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Writing behind every door : teaching common core writing in the content areas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolpert-Gawron, Heather (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Eye on Education book.
Subjects:
Language arts (Secondary) > Standards > United States > States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: What's in a name?
  • The importance of transfer
  • A little educational history to get the ball rolling
  • Writing as the universal subject
  • A brief note on the need for tweens and teens to write
  • 1. The common core standards as a meaningful guide, not an instruction manual
  • Welcoming back an old friend: project based writing (or, in this case, project based writing)
  • Brushing the dust off of the 6 traits (+ 2)
  • Developing meaningful assessments and prompts
  • Student created assessments and rubrics
  • 2. Argument: the universal writing genre
  • The argument for argument
  • Features of argumentation as a writing genre
  • Possible structures of cross-curricular argumentation essays
  • A brief note on scoring arguments
  • Cross-curricular assignments and activities
  • Science
  • History
  • ELA
  • Electives
  • PE
  • 3. Informational : it's all around us
  • The TED unit
  • Collaboration and differentiation can co-exist
  • Team charter template: collaboration constitution
  • Information hunting: breaking the Google homepage habit
  • Developing a problem statement
  • The student created resource library
  • The importance of visualizing data
  • Uncommon assessments to show informational research (even in a narrative unit)
  • 4. Narrative : there's a place for it in all disciplines
  • The infusion of narrative elements into interdisciplinary content
  • Incorporating informational writing into a narrative unit
  • 5. Summary: get to the point! The underrated writing genre
  • The summary card
  • Chunking text
  • What's the big idea?
  • Cornell notes
  • The executive summary
  • Scoring summaries
  • 6. The multi-genre genre
  • The case for writing desegregation
  • The ultimate multi-genre writing projects: website and apps
  • 7. Techniques to teach writing that works
  • The big list of writing strategies to use in any classroom
  • Color-coding
  • Strategies for embedding evidence
  • Strategies for incorporating commentary
  • Dual-entry journals
  • Modeling
  • Differentiated writing assignments
  • Using a writers notebook
  • Blogging
  • Accessible scaffolds
  • TTW--think-talk-write
  • Train them to be teachers
  • Teaching academic vocabulary
  • Using acronyms
  • Using flipbooks
  • Providing a classroom library
  • 8. Writing with technology for the common core
  • Modeling to create a tech-rich classroom
  • Digital learning tips for students
  • What kind of tech-savvy teacher do you want to be?
  • Creating an online student lounge
  • The big list of common core technology resources
  • 9. 21st century professional development in writing for every teacher
  • The common core professional learning community
  • Developing a universal common core language as a staff
  • Developing site-based training in writing across the disciplines
  • Quick and efficient tips to score writing
  • Developing an online common core themed faculty lounge
  • Get thee to a writing project!