Module 9

 

Making Content Connections                          

Your Name: Alicia Leninger Date: 6/22

Lesson Goal:

Writing to Learn

Content Area:

English 12

Specific Topic:

Authorial Choice- Short Stories

Grade

12

Estimated Time:

10 minutes

Strategy

 

Quick Writes

Describe how the strategy is used as a before-during- and/or after-reading activity

 

(List steps of strategy)

 

In the previous Module we learned about various strategies to encourage active student engagement with a text.  One of those strategies was having student make an interactive journal where they take notes and add pictures. In my last blog entry, I made an example of it and mentioned if I were to utilize it in a classroom setting, I would also include before and after reading journals, basically thought-provoking questions for the students to answer that will guide them to advanced understanding about the text. So, I would like to explore that here.  First, students would be given a prompt as a warm-up; this prompt could be a five sentences paragraph, it could be a make a children’s book page to answer the questions, whatever the method, the students will do a “quick write” at the beginning that will prep them for thinking about the major topics that will be discussed in the readings. Next, the students will use their interactive journals to make notes about main characters, plot points and answer general comprehension questions. Finally, at the end the students will have an “exit ticket quick write”, where they are asked a more in-depth question that is less opinion based and is a more text-based question.

Describe how you would incorporate the strategy into a content lesson

 

(application of strategy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would combine the writing strategy of “quick writes” and the reading strategy of “interactive journaling” daily. First, it serves to ensure that the students have a basic understanding of the materials, but it also serves another purpose as well: a way for them to seamlessly developed their advance engagement with the reading material.  I have not decided whether this will be on a physical paper or on a digital format such as Canva, really, I think either method will work it just depends on the class dynamic for that year. Regardless of the method, this journal will also be available to students to use when they are being assessed on the material. This encourages the students to be proactive about keep up-to-date on their journal because it will help them on their Summative assessments.

Please attach any materials needed for explanation of the strategy.

 

Example Interactive Journal

This week I learned many new things about the relationship between reading and writing when it comes to literacy. In chapter 9 of our textbook, I learned of some writing strategies that would pair very well with the reading strategies from Module 8 such as the interactive journaling. In the previous blog I even mentioned that I would like to improve my sample journal (the one I made for the short story “Paris”) and it felt almost natural that in Chapter 9 then mention having quick writing prompts for the students. This felt almost like natural and seamless addition to my journal which would only further support my students. This leads to the Fang and Park article where it discussed the important of academic language when accessing literacy across contents. I feel that the combo I made of journaling and quick writes could be even further improve by incorporating academic language. For example, their exit ticket quick write might require them to use some new academic language that they learned in class that day. Finally, this really ties well with the Dostal article which talks about the Text-depended questions. I feel like between Module 8 and 9 I can craft a very thorough Unit plan that encourages not only student engagement, but also supports their advanced literacy skills.

So overall, I plan to incorporate the strategies or journaling with academic language, text- dependent questions, and quick writing prompts to help build student stamina, but I am left with one question. All the strategies mentioned do not state whether these strategies work better hand- writing or can they be done in digital format. I like the use of digital formatting, but am also leery of student cheating, copying, and using AI to do the work for them. For this reason, I am still unsure of which format would be best suited for student, or if it even matters.

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