Writing+Workshop+May+18-19,+2010

=Writing Workshop=

Day 1: Writing in the Content Areas
English 7-12 Language Arts Core Documents English K-6 Core Documents USOE English Core Documents Common Core Smiley-face Tricks are a fun way to help student increase the beauty of their writing. When students or teachers evaluate student writing, draw a smiley-face next to any of the tricks that students have included in their writing. This is one of those man-I-wish-I had-this-before-the-end-of-the-year kind of handouts! Rosanne's MyUen Page
 * Writing in the Content Areas PowerPoint presentation
 * This includes Enduring Understanding and Essential Questions for each standard, Quarterly Curriculum Maps, Student Mastery Charts, Writing Rubrics, PACE Poster, and Wordle for each secondary grade level
 * The Reading, Writing, inquiry charts take each standard and compare them grade to grade
 * Multiple core documents and scope and sequence charts
 * Check out the glossary and the posters--great resources
 * The Common Core has been adopted in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Utah will be adopting these standards June 2010. Teachers will begin integrating these standards with our current standards over the next two years, and then we will transfer completely to the new standards after that.
 * A national assessment will be developed by a consortium of 26 states to assess these standards. Both formative and summative assessments are being developed.
 * Check out my Activities
 * My Tours: Oral History (incorporates //Holes// by Louis Sachar) and Patterns in Poetry
 * Differentiation Activity Page
 * Poetry Activity Page

Day 2: Writing-to-Learn
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