Foreword |
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Acknowledgments |
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About the Author |
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Introduction |
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Why Our Work Matters |
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Entry Points, Bridges, and Pathways |
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How This Book Is Organized and What I Hope You'll Gain From Reading It |
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PART 1 CREATING A PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT |
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Chapter 1 Come In and Look Around! |
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How does the classroom environment support our writers who face instructional obstacles? |
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Our striving writers benefit from an organized environment, and they need routines in order to maintain that organization |
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Our classroom's spaces should contain only materials that foster student learning and independence |
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The more we create, provide, and encourage the use of tools for independence and repertoire, the more learning will happen in our classrooms |
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Chapter 2 Listen, Learn, and Then Go Write! |
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How can we set up classroom management and routines to support learning and independent writing? |
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Transitions work best when everyone, especially striving writers, gets to where they belong during instruction and independent writing time |
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In order for instruction to be effective, students must not only listen to it, they must also understand it |
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Independent writing time should involve independently writing |
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PART 2 FINDING ENTRY POINTS AND BUILDING BRIDGES |
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Chapter 3 Find the Place Where Writers Can Join the Work |
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How can we provide entry points so all writers get to experience success within the writing process? |
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We can use what we know about standards and progressions of writing to help students grow their ZPD along the continuum of mastery |
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When we determine where and how students get stuck in their process, we can help them find the right entry point |
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We empower students and engage them in their development as writers by teaching them to self-assess their process---and progress |
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Chapter 4 Construct Bridges for Writers to Join the Journey |
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How can we change the steps and the process so that all writers can participate and produce? |
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Even though choice is a critical feature in many writing classes, sometimes we need to remove choice in order to provide temporary scaffolds that get students writing |
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The bridges we provide our striving writers may need to be placed in different parts of the process |
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Sometimes isolating skills is an effective way to improve overall performance |
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PART 3 PROVIDING PATHWAYS |
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Chapter 5 The Power of Paper---Don't Underestimate It! |
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How can we leverage paper choice to inspire our writers who face instructional obstacles? |
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Paper has the power to communicate what is important---neatness or content? |
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Paper choice communicates our expectations and helps students set expectations for themselves |
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Paper can be one of your most powerful scaffolds for focus and organization |
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Chapter 6 Co-Create Classroom Charts as Pathways Toward Independence |
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How can we use charts to develop students' independence within our writing classrooms? |
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It's important to be confident about the types and purposes of various charts |
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Quick-Reference Guide to Classroom Charts |
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We need to address what gets in the way of relevant, responsive charts---and know what we can do about it |
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More than anything else, classroom charts are there for students to use |
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Chapter 7 Venture Forth on Higher-Tech Pathways With Intention and Forethought |
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How can we leverage technology to find entry points and build bridges or pathways for our writers who face instructional obstacles? |
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Technology has the power to impact students, and it has the power to impact teachers |
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Technology enables us to provide access to students so that tools, charts, and other resources can be easily accessed at points in the process where and when students need them |
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It's important to pay attention to the reason we are using any digital device, modification, or tool with students---and make sure it fits a student's needs |
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Chapter 8 Spelling and Conventions---The Pitfalls and Potholes Along the Trail |
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How can we address the skills involved with spelling and conventions while not losing momentum with the overall writing process? |
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Striving writers---no, all writers---need to see conventions and spelling done correctly |
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As we teach the transcriptive elements of spelling and punctuation, our instruction must be within students' realm of possibility and transference---within their ZPD |
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We can improve correct usage by finding ways to embed conventions across the day, increasing the level of intention, and infusing elements of play during students' independent writing time |
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Chapter 9 Every Child Can Write---A Case Study |
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What does it Look tike in a real classroom when we merge entry points, bridges, and pathways? |
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Increasing Volume as a Crucial First Step |
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Providing Charts for Independence |
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Finding Different Entry Points |
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Building Independence for All |
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Reflecting on Student Growth and Making Adjustments |
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Every Child Can Write: Getting Closer to Our Goals |
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A Favorite Mentor Texts for Writing Instruction |
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B Mentor Text Charts With Craft Moves |
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Creating a Beginning for a Narrative Story |
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Creating an Ending for a Narrative Story |
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A Sample of a Progression of a Narrative Beginning Using Stars |
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A Progression of Narrative Elaboration |
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Introduction Progression for Information Writing |
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Conclusion Progression for Information Writing |
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D Samples of Task Analyses |
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Sample Task Analyses for Narrative Story, Research-Based Essay, Information Writing |
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Classroom Example: Narrative Story |
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Classroom Example: Information Book |
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Narrative Writing Anchor Chart Sequence |
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Information Writing Anchor Chart Sequence |
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Narrative Writing Standards |
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Information Writing Standards |
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Opinion Writing Standards |
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G Convention Station Samples |
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References |
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Index |
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