Growing Writers in FWISD 8 th Grade Teachers Waiver Day: October 9, 2017 Please post comments and photos about your learning today @FWISD_Lit2 1 Date of Presentation
3 Things • On the back of , your name tent, write 3 things you know, believe, or think about writing. • You have 3 minutes. 2 Date of Presentation
Speak your Truth Make the most Innovate of our time Respect everyone’s interest and voice together. Take risks and think big And when we need your attention… 3 Date of Presentation
Learning Targets… The learner will gain a comprehensive understanding of: holistic scoring common literacy lingo mentor texts in the writing process The learner will identify: scoring characteristics of TEA’s essay rubric trends in campus essay scores 4 Date of Presentation
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8 th Grade Writing TEKS 8.15 Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or im agined people, events, and ideas. 8.16 Writing. Students write about their own experiences. 8.17 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work ‐ related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. 8.26 Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. 8.28 Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate productively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues. 7 Date of Presentation
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Mentor texts are pieces of literature that you—both teacher and student—can return to and reread for many different purposes . They are texts to be studied and imitated. .. Mentor texts help students to take risks and be different writers tomorrow than they are today. It helps them to try out new strategies and formats. A mentor text might be a poem, a newspaper article, song lyrics, comic strips, manuals, essays, almost anything. Common Literacy -Lynne Dorfman: National Writing Project; Co-director of the Pennsylvania Writing and 10 Toolkit Addition!! Literature Project & co-author of Mentor Texts, Non-Fiction Mentor Texts & Poetry Mentor Text Date of Presentation
Help! Where do I find Mentor Text? 11 Date of Presentation
“With a room full of authors to help us teach, teaching WRITING doesn’t have to be so lonely.” - Katie Wood Ray, Wondrous Words 12 Date of Presentation
Organizational Structures of Expository Text 13 Date of Presentation
Read Expository Mentor Text • Setting the Purpose for Reading - looking for expository text organizational structures • Making Meaning of Text (during reading strategy) – annotate the text, draw visuals, list any questions, ah-has, “I’m wondering…,” etc. 14 Date of Presentation
Sum it Up 15 Date of Presentation
Dictionary Policy • Should be used on a regular basis as a reference for the students during their writing • Are allowed on 7 th , Eng I, & Eng II STAAR/EOC exams 16 Date of Presentation
Holistic adjective ho·lis·tic \ hō - ˈli -stik \ •relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts •holistic medicine attempts to treat both the mind and the body •holistic ecology views humans and the environment as a single system -www.merriam-webster.com, 2017 17 Date of Presentation
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What is Holistic Scoring? Standards based tests use holistic grading to establish scoring of a paper. It can also be used to assess classroom-based work. Rather than counting errors, a paper is judged holistically utilizing preset writing standard. Common Literacy Toolkit Addition!! 20 Date of Presentation
How Does TEA Score Student Writing? • Two raters • Score of 0-8 • 2 sets of scores from 0-4 added together for a total of 8 21 Date of Presentation
Rater Reliability… 22 Date of Presentation
Rubric ? ? 23 Date of Presentation
The PROMPT 1. READ 2. THINK 3. WRITE (the charge of WHAT students should write about) 24 Date of Presentation
Time to Rate and Calibrate! Read for meaning Re-read using the rubric to holistically score Record score on sticky note 25 Date of Presentation
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Actual TEA Calibration Scores Writing Sample # Score Writing Sample A 3 Writing Sample B 1 Writing Sample C 2 Writing Sample D 2 Writing Sample E 3 Writing Sample F 4 27 Date of Presentation
Time to Rate and Calibrate! Read for meaning Re-read using the rubric to holistically score Record score on sticky note 28 Date of Presentation
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Writing Sample # Score Calibrate with a Partner Writing Sample A 4 Writing Sample B 3 Writing Sample C 6 Writing Sample D 7 Writing Sample E 5 Writing Sample F 4 30 Date of Presentation
Teaching WRITING is like ________________ because___________. 31 Date of Presentation
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