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Teaching Drafting, Revising,and Editing in Grades K–12

Margarita Espino Calderón

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Mar

garit

a Ca

lder

ón &

Ass

ocia

tes

W

elco

me

- 1

Miss

ion,

Visi

on a

nd P

assio

n Al

low

us t

o te

ll yo

u a

little

abo

ut o

urse

lves

and

ExC

-ELL

. Ou

r pas

sion

is he

lpin

g En

glish

Lear

ners

succ

eed!

The

se d

ays,

all s

tude

nts

are

Engl

ish-L

earn

ers,

som

e ar

e le

arni

ng th

e la

ngua

ge o

f Sta

te S

tand

ards

, ot

hers

are

lear

ning

aca

dem

ic En

glish

, and

som

e ar

e le

arni

ng E

nglis

h fo

r the

fir

st ti

me.

We

belie

ve th

at a

ll te

ache

rs, a

dmin

istra

tors

, and

coac

hes i

n a

scho

ol n

eed

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

sam

e pr

ofes

siona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

in

orde

r to

have

the

shar

ed la

ngua

ge a

nd th

e sh

ared

phi

loso

phy

of su

cces

s for

al

l stu

dent

s. O

ur p

assio

n is

to h

elp

as m

any

teac

hers

, coa

ches

, sup

ervi

sors

, an

d ad

min

istra

tors

in P

re-K

thro

ugh

Univ

ersit

ies d

evel

op a

nd p

repa

re

educ

ator

s and

all

thos

e w

ho to

uch

the

lives

of E

nglis

h Le

aner

s (EL

s) to

ens

ure

that

our

Eng

lish

lear

ning

child

ren

have

the

tool

s and

stra

tegi

es fo

r aca

dem

ic su

cces

s. Co

ncom

itant

ly, o

ur v

ision

is th

at th

e be

st w

ay to

do

this

is th

roug

h W

hole

- Sch

ool i

mpl

emen

tatio

n an

d pr

epar

edne

ss, t

hus e

nsur

ing

our E

Ls h

ave

thos

e op

port

uniti

es.

We

wan

t to

help

inst

itute

thos

e st

ruct

ures

and

feat

ures

of

succ

essf

ul sc

hool

s tha

t ena

ble

ever

yone

to co

ntin

uous

ly g

row

pr

ofes

siona

lly a

nd cr

eate

exc

iting

cont

exts

for a

ll st

uden

ts to

be

colle

ge o

r ca

reer

read

y.

Our M

issio

n is

to fa

cilita

te th

is pr

epar

edne

ss v

ia p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

gear

ed to

war

ds th

e fo

llow

ing

Inst

ruct

iona

l Fea

ture

s:

Ac

adem

ic Vo

cabu

lary

(i.e

., Ti

er 1

, 2, 3

wor

ds)

La

ngua

ge (i

.e.,

rich

disc

ussio

ns, a

rgum

enta

tive

disc

ours

e, q

uest

ions

, an

swer

s, or

acy)

Read

ing

(i.e.

, tex

t com

plex

ity, r

eadi

ng cl

osel

y fo

r diff

eren

t pur

pose

s)

W

ritin

g fro

m S

ourc

es (i

.e.,

text

s stu

dent

s are

read

ing;

writ

ing

in a

ll su

bjec

t are

as)

Bu

ildin

g Kn

owle

dge

in th

e Di

scip

lines

(i.e

., by

teac

hing

read

ing,

vo

cabu

lary

, and

writ

ing

in m

ath,

scie

nce,

socia

l stu

dies

, and

lang

uage

ar

ts)

By th

e tim

e yo

u ha

ve co

mpl

eted

this

ExC-

ELL I

nstit

ute,

you

will

hav

e be

en in

trod

uced

and

giv

en a

n ov

ervi

ew o

f how

Sta

te S

tand

ards

and

rela

ted

inst

ruct

iona

l str

ateg

ies f

or E

nglis

h La

ngua

ge Le

arne

rs w

ill h

elp

you

to

inte

grat

e st

rate

gies

into

you

r cur

ricul

um a

nd in

stru

ctio

n an

d al

ign

them

with

yo

ur st

ate’

s sta

ndar

ds.

You

will

hav

e pr

actic

ed, r

efle

cted

upo

n an

d de

velo

ped

less

on a

nd cu

rricu

lum

map

s for

dev

elop

ing

Engl

ish Le

arne

rs’ r

ich

acad

emic

lang

uage

, dep

th o

f rea

ding

com

preh

ensio

n, a

nd w

ritin

g sk

ills

nece

ssar

y to

mee

t con

tent

and

lang

uage

stan

dard

s. Y

ou w

ill b

e ab

le to

in

tegr

ate

perfo

rman

ce a

sses

smen

ts a

nd ru

brics

alig

ned

to y

our s

tate

’s

stan

dard

s to

addr

ess t

he d

iver

sity

of le

arne

rs.

You

will

be

able

to w

ork

as a

te

am to

do

peer

obs

erva

tions

and

coac

hing

to h

elp

your

self

and

your

fello

w

teac

hers

wor

k su

cces

sful

ly w

ith E

nglis

h Le

arne

rs.

If yo

u ar

e a

scho

ol

adm

inist

rato

r, de

part

men

t cha

ir or

an

acad

emic

facil

itato

r, yo

u’ll

be re

ady

to

help

you

r ent

ire st

aff i

mpl

emen

t the

se st

rate

gies

scho

ol-w

ide

for t

hat

Who

le-S

choo

l app

roac

h. Y

ou m

ay e

ven

see

that

all

stud

ents

are

ben

efitt

ing

from

thes

e st

rate

gies

be

they

ELs

, Stu

dent

s with

Inte

rrup

ted

Form

al

Educ

atio

n, st

uden

ts w

ith sp

ecia

l nee

ds, g

ifted

and

tale

nted

as w

ell a

s gen

eral

ed

ucat

ion

stud

ents

in y

our s

choo

ls.

The

Rese

arch

Beh

ind

ExC-

ELL

Carn

egie

Cor

pora

tion

of N

ew Yo

rk F

unde

d Em

piric

al Te

stin

g of

ExC

-ELL

Ex

pedi

ting

Com

preh

ensio

n fo

r Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Lear

ners

– A

pr

ofes

siona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

for m

ains

trea

m te

ache

rs o

f mat

h,

scie

nce,

socia

l stu

dies

, and

lang

uage

art

s wen

t thr

ough

five

yea

rs o

f em

piric

al te

stin

g. F

ew o

ther

pro

gram

s hav

e un

derg

one

so m

uch

test

ing

and

refin

emen

t. T

he C

arne

gie

Corp

orat

ion

of N

ew Yo

rk in

vite

d us

to d

evel

op a

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

in co

llabo

ratio

n w

ith m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh sc

hool

teac

hers

in K

auai

, Haw

aii,

who

wer

e w

orki

ng w

ith E

Ls o

r str

uggl

ing

read

ers.

We

sele

cted

the

low

est-p

erfo

rmin

g m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh sc

hool

s and

co

mpa

red

them

to th

e hi

ghes

t-per

form

ing

scho

ols o

n th

e isl

and.

Afte

r tw

o ye

ars,

the

expe

rimen

tal s

choo

ls m

et A

nnua

l Yea

rly P

rogr

ess (

AYP)

re

quire

men

ts, m

et th

eir A

nnua

l Mea

sure

men

t Ach

ieve

men

t Ob

ject

ives

(AM

AOS)

, rea

ched

a h

igh-

perfo

rmin

g st

atus

, and

ou

tper

form

ed th

e co

ntro

l sch

ools.

Ca

rneg

ie th

en a

sked

us t

o w

ork

with

scho

ols i

n NY

C. A

fter o

nly

two

year

s, M

iddl

e Sc

hool

319

was

reco

gnize

d as

the

mos

t im

prov

ed

scho

ol a

nd n

amed

the

#1 in

New

York

City

! W

e co

ntin

ue to

wor

k w

ith

scho

ols i

n NY

C, N

orth

Car

olin

a, Te

xas,

Virg

inia

and

New

Mex

ico.

Cont

inue

d Su

cces

s Af

ter s

tudy

ing

the

rese

arch

, list

enin

g to

pan

els,

and

seei

ng m

any

man

y se

ssio

ns o

f ExC

-ELL

in a

ctio

n as

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t and

as

succ

ess i

n th

e cla

ssro

om, m

any

stat

es re

alize

d th

at th

e m

ost e

ffect

ive

appr

oach

wou

ld b

e a

who

le-s

choo

l, di

visio

n, o

r sta

tew

ide

appr

oach

.

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Mar

garit

a Ca

lder

ón &

Ass

ocia

tes

W

elco

me

- 2

Virg

inia

As

of 2

015,

ove

r 1,0

00 te

ache

rs a

nd a

dmin

istra

tors

from

rura

l sc

hool

s acr

oss t

he st

ate

of V

irgin

ia a

nd m

ore

than

1,0

00 a

dditi

onal

ed

ucat

ors f

rom

Titl

e III

scho

ols h

ave

been

trai

ned.

Virg

inia

cont

inue

s to

wor

k w

ith w

hole

div

ision

s or w

hole

scho

ols t

o fu

rthe

r sup

port

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

ExC

-ELL

thro

ugh

cont

inue

d pr

ofes

siona

l de

velo

pmen

t for

new

coho

rts o

f con

tent

and

ESL

teac

hers

and

ad

min

istra

tors

in e

ven

mor

e ru

ral d

istric

ts in

cent

ral a

nd n

orth

ern

Virg

inia

. Ad

ditio

nally

, sel

ecte

d m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh sc

hool

teac

hers

for

who

le-s

choo

l int

erve

ntio

n in

scie

nce,

inclu

ding

adm

inist

rato

rs, l

itera

cy

coac

hes,

and

all t

each

ers,

have

ben

efitt

ed fr

om E

xC-E

LL In

stitu

tes a

nd

stra

tegi

es.

Prof

essio

nal d

evel

opm

ent f

or d

ivisi

on co

ache

s and

ELL

Sp

ecia

lists

on

how

to o

bser

ve, c

oach

, and

supp

ort t

each

ers i

s also

, ad

ding

to th

e w

hole

-sch

ool i

mpl

emen

tatio

n su

ppor

t str

uctu

re.

Nort

h Ca

rolin

a Ov

er th

e la

st se

vera

l yea

rs, N

orth

Car

olin

a im

plem

ente

d Ex

C-EL

L on

a va

riety

of l

evel

s. F

irst,

teac

hers

in o

ne w

hole

scho

ol w

ere

train

ed

and

resu

lts sh

owed

stud

ent g

row

th in

read

ing

and

mat

h. N

ext,

prof

essio

nal d

evel

opm

ent f

or 2

5 di

visio

n co

ache

s and

ESL

Spe

cialis

ts

was

pro

vide

d on

the

12 E

xC-E

LL co

mpo

nent

s and

on

way

s to

obse

rve,

co

ach,

& su

ppor

t tea

cher

s. M

ore

teac

hers

and

adm

inist

rato

rs w

ere

train

ed in

the

past

two

sum

mer

s. A

s of a

utum

n 20

15, o

ne w

hole

-sc

hool

impl

emen

tatio

n ef

fort

s is u

nder

way

in R

alei

gh, N

C. S

ince

201

1,

the

Nort

h Ca

rolin

a De

part

men

t of P

ublic

Inst

ruct

ion

has b

een

wor

king

w

ith M

arga

rita

Cald

erón

and

Ass

ocia

tes t

o tra

in it

s ow

n ca

dre

of E

xC-

ELL t

rain

ers a

nd co

ache

s.

Natio

nal T

rend

s M

assa

chus

etts

Th

e co

mm

onw

ealth

of M

assa

chus

etts

has

mad

e th

e bo

ld m

ove

to

requ

ire S

helte

red

Engl

ish In

stru

ctio

n (S

EI) p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

for 4

0,00

0 ed

ucat

ors m

odel

ed a

fter t

he 1

2 in

stru

ctio

nal f

eatu

res o

f Ex

C-EL

L. T

his p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent r

esul

ts in

an

endo

rsem

ent

need

ed to

reta

in o

r adv

ance

a M

assa

chus

etts

edu

cato

r lice

nse.

Ad

min

istra

tors

are

also

requ

ired

to ta

ke a

cour

se d

esig

ned

to h

elp

coac

h an

d su

ppor

t tea

cher

s who

teac

h EL

s. P

rincip

als,

assis

tant

prin

cipal

s, an

d su

perv

isors

lear

n ho

w to

obs

erve

the

inst

ruct

iona

l st

rate

gies

in th

e cla

ssro

om a

nd h

ow to

wor

k w

ith te

ache

rs to

impr

ove

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

stra

tegi

es in

eac

h cla

ssro

om.

In a

dditi

on, a

ll ed

ucat

ors a

re n

ow re

quire

d to

ear

n at

leas

t 15

prof

essio

nal d

evel

opm

ent p

oint

s (PD

Ps) i

n ES

L or S

EI e

very

rene

wal

cy

cle.

Teac

her P

repa

ratio

n Pr

ogra

ms i

n M

assa

chus

etts

As

of J

uly

2014

, She

ltere

d En

glish

Inst

ruct

ion

peda

gogy

and

st

rate

gies

are

a re

quire

d co

mpo

nent

of t

he Te

ache

r Pre

para

tion

prog

ram

s for

initi

al li

cens

ure

in M

assa

chus

etts

. Te

ache

rs n

ew to

the

stat

e ar

e lik

ewise

requ

ired

to e

arn

the

SEI e

ndor

sem

ent.

High

er E

duca

tion

Ana

G M

énde

z Uni

vers

ity S

yste

m

Ana

G M

énde

z Uni

vers

ity S

yste

m, a

bili

ngua

l uni

vers

ity b

ased

in

Puer

to R

ico w

ith ca

mpu

ses i

n Fl

orid

a, Te

xas a

nd W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C. h

as

been

pre

parin

g fa

culty

mem

bers

from

its n

ursin

g, b

usin

ess,

educ

atio

n an

d cr

imin

al ju

stice

pro

gram

s in

the

use

of E

xC-E

LL fo

r adu

lt le

arne

rs.

We

are

also

pre

parin

g a

cadr

e of

trai

ners

usin

g Ex

C-EL

L in

both

Eng

lish

and

Span

ish.

Why

PD

for t

he W

hole

Sch

ool?

Ho

w w

e us

ed to

thin

k ab

out S

helte

red

Inst

ruct

ion

The

conc

ept o

f She

ltere

d En

glish

Inst

ruct

ion

(SEI

) or S

pecia

lly

Desig

ned

Acad

emic

Inst

ruct

ion

in E

nglis

h (S

DAIE

) has

bee

n ar

ound

sin

ce 1

979,

whe

n th

e M

ulti-

Dist

rict T

rain

er o

f Tra

iner

s Ins

titut

es

star

ted

in S

outh

ern

Calif

orni

a. A

t tha

t tim

e, D

enni

s Par

ker,

Bilin

gual

Di

rect

or a

t Cor

ona-

Norc

o IS

D in

vent

ed th

e te

rm b

ased

on

curr

ent

theo

ries a

nd re

sear

cher

s’ pr

esen

tatio

ns a

nd u

sed

to p

rese

nt fo

r the

M

TTIs

up a

nd d

own

the

stat

e.

At th

at ti

me,

the

focu

s was

on

teac

hers

to m

ake

cont

ent

com

preh

ensib

le b

y

– Bu

ildin

g on

stud

ent e

xper

ienc

es a

nd u

sing

mat

eria

l with

fam

iliar

co

nten

t –

Usin

g gr

aphi

c org

anize

rs (t

able

s, w

ebs,

Venn

dia

gram

s)

– Us

ing

pict

ures

, dem

onst

ratio

ns, r

eal-l

ife o

bjec

ts, g

estu

res

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Mar

garit

a Ca

lder

ón &

Ass

ocia

tes

W

elco

me

- 3

– Pr

ovid

ing

hand

s-on

, int

erac

tive

lear

ning

ac

tiviti

es

– De

signa

ting

lang

uage

and

co

nten

t ob

ject

ives

for

each

less

on

– Re

adin

g to

st

uden

ts a

nd sc

affo

ldin

g qu

estio

ns

– Gi

ving

ELs

sim

plifi

ed te

xts t

o re

ad (C

alde

rón,

M. &

Spi

egel

-Col

eman

, S.

[198

5] E

ffect

ive

inst

ruct

ion

for l

angu

age

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ents

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m th

eory

to

pra

ctice

. In

Tea

cher

Edu

catio

n Jo

urna

l, Vo

l. II,

No.

3.;

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erón

, M.

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rain

ing

bilin

gual

trai

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ethn

ogra

phic

stud

y of

coac

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and

its

impa

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inin

g. D

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tatio

n Ab

stra

cts,

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uden

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achi

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ore,

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ours

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o us

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r disc

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1.Pretea

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maries

5.De

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Stud

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Discussio

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7.Co

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Learning

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8.Form

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Num

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9.Ro

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Draftin

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Prod

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Summary of Vocab

ulary for E

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ject‐spe

cific words th

at labe

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disciplin

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form

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read

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nts to 

repe

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ry definition

.4.

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gage in

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le to

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.•Tea

chers m

ust m

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and

provide go

od examples

of writing genres.

• The

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o levels 

behind

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ral lan

guage de

velopm

ent.

•Syntax, grammar, and

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g errors are 

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 oral lan

guage.

Teaching

 Reading

 to Eng

lish Lang

uage Learners, Calde

rón, 201

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r Rea

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ssStan

dards for W

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Text Type

Purpose

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men

tsTo cha

nge the read

er’s thinking

, move the read

er to

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n, or c

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ason

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ative/

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atory

To examine a topic an

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cepts, and

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know

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veloping

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agined

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vents using effective 

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es, relevan

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ces.

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Writing 

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Purpose

Prob

lem/

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Show

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us so

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ns or u

ses a

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rmat and

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dresses the

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Compa

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Point o

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Show

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oncepts (effects) hap

pen or 

come into being

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se  o

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cts, events, or c

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Descrip

tion

Address a

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d its attrib

utes

Prov

ide main idea(s) sup

ported

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tive de

tails 

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ence

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one. It nee

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atically in stages:

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ulary to use (T

ier 2

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aybe

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rafting

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g–F

inal Draft/Pub

lishing

Throug

hout th

e process, stud

ents sh

ould 

have explicit mini‐lessons and

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features expected for tha

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position. The

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Role of the

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rTh

e teache

r:Explicitly teache

s and

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els p

rewriting, 

draftin

g, re

visin

g, editin

g, and

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lishing

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Demon

strates a

nd explains w

hat the

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l written prod

uct sho

uld look

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rovide

s exem

plars for stud

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lays ru

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ifferen

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developm

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nd helps stud

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ach 

stage.

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Compa

red to natural cau

ses, m

ost o

f the

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e pa

st 

half century ha

s bee

n caused

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cing

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ustrial produ

cts.

Unfortuna

tely, green

house gas e

miss

ions are not th

e on

ly 

way th

at peo

ple can chan

ge th

e clim

ate. Activities su

ch as 

agric

ulture or roa

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n can also cha

nge the refle

ctivity

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nergy.

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red to natural cau

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ustrial produ

cts.

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ions are not th

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g: Te

am Cho

oses One

Use as m

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ossib

le.

Human

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•Do a Re

ad‐Aroun

d‐Alou

d. 

• Rea

d the compo

sition you are ho

lding to you

r team

.• S

elect the

 one

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 like best. Th

is is th

e on

e you 

will re

vise and

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Ratio

cina

tion

Revisin

gTh

is strategy explicitly teache

s grammar with

in th

e writing process. It is a sy

stem

atic way fo

r stude

nts to 

re‐enter th

eir p

apers.

•Teacher asks the

 stud

ents to

 che

ck th

eir p

apers for a 

particular purpo

se, such as overuse of som

e words or 

repe

ated

 use of the

 same word to begin a se

nten

ce.

•Teacher m

ay nee

d to do a mini‐lesson be

fore th

e stud

ents che

ck fo

r a partic

ular elemen

t of g

rammar.

•Teacher starts by checking

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ne fe

ature pe

r pap

er 

and ad

ds m

ore as th

e stud

ents learn the process a

nd 

additio

nal aspects of g

rammar.

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nts s

hould ha

ve colored

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encils or 

crayon

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ctivity. Ac

ts of Tea

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yce Armstrong

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Chart for Ratiocina

tion

Code

Clue

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f first 

words. 

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cide

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phisticated

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sition 

word or con

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cide

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bstitute with

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Box

Box

Circle

Circle

Revisin

g: Cut‐n‐Grow

•Stude

nts find a senten

ce th

at nee

ds to

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follo

wed

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nce, a claim

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terclaim

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tude

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positions righ

t after th

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ce whe

re th

ey are going

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ition

al se

nten

ces a

re written on

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colored shee

t. Once written, th

e stud

ents ta

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sition on

to th

e colored shee

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tude

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compo

sitions.

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cut

grow

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cina

tion

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ents ca

n also use ra

tiocina

tion to edit the

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pers. The

y can go

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pelling

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ctua

tion

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ple senten

ces to chan

ge into com

poun

d senten

ces

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ts th

at nee

d supp

ort in the form

 of:

eviden

cede

tail

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Write‐Arou

ndPart 3

•Give it a title –an

 atten

tion grab

ber!

•Edit/revise introd

uctio

n to present you

r claim/the

sis and

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k the read

er.

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•Edit/revise evide

nce, explana

tions, examples 

to provide

 strong

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ort for th

e claim/ 

coun

terclaim

. Present su

pport in logical order. 

•Add

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erful end

ing or con

clusion.

•Prepa

re you

r volun

teer to

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 the class.  

Help th

e voluntee

r practice read

ing with

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y an

d gana

s.

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Write‐Arou

ndPart 4

•Ask a volun

teer to

 read

 it to

the class.

•10 minsto prep

are.

•1 m

in to

 read

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RAFT Strategy

•RAF

Tgives stude

nts the

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pic from

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ent tha

t offe

rs 

stud

ents a fresh an

d creativ

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abou

t writing while enh

ancing

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erstan

ding

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e un

it.•F

ollowing a un

it of stud

y, th

e teache

r creates a 

varie

ty of R

AFT writing tasks.

•The

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r assigns a writing expe

rience to 

each stud

ent.

•ELs ben

efit from

 working

 with

 a partner.

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Wha

t Is R

AFT?

R= role(W

ho are you

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stud

ents to

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ty of roles to

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rent points o

f view

A= au

dien

ce(To who

m are you

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audien

ce is clearly defined

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at(W

hat form will th

e writing take?) –

Essay, sp

eech, letter, dialog

ue, m

emo, etc.

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hat is the

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Must b

e na

rrow

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ugh so stud

ents are not 

overwhe

lmed

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Exam

ple RA

FT Assignm

ents

RA

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rter

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rences 

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g triang

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all

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bout 

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rmione

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rry Po

tter

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suspicious?

Rosa Parks

Historians

Diary en

try

The bo

ycott

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Mini‐Lessons

•Mini‐lessons are necessary so

 stud

ents ca

n learn to m

aster spe

cific elemen

ts of w

riting.

•Sho

uld be

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nd fo

cus o

n on

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ct of the

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ut to

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y are 

engaged in.

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livered

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all group

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who

le class.

•Top

ics include

 wha

t stude

nts n

eed

–sub

ject‐verb agreem

ent

–transition

s–d

ialogu

e–c

ombining

 senten

ces, etc.

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A Mini‐Lesson on

 Transition

 Words

Coordina

ting 

Conjun

ctions

Correlative 

Conjun

ctions

Subo

rdinating 

Conjun

ctions

Conjun

ctive 

Adverbs

Conn

ect w

ords of 

the same kind

, such as 2

 or m

ore 

noun

s or v

erbs

Can also con

nect 

larger group

s of 

words, such as 

prep

osition

al 

phrases o

r complete 

senten

ces

Two words or 

phrases tha

t conn

ect sim

ilar 

kind

s of w

ords or 

grou

ps of w

ords

Come in pairs

Are always 

sepa

rated by one

 or m

ore words in 

a senten

ce

Introd

uce a 

subo

rdinate clau

se 

and de

fine the 

relatio

nship 

betw

een the 

subo

rdinate clau

se 

and an

 inde

pend

ent 

clau

seCo

ntain a subject 

and verb but do 

not stand

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 as 

a senten

ceAlways c

ome at th

e be

ginn

ing of or 

introd

uce a 

depe

nden

t ide

a

Are used

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conjun

ctions to

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ect c

omplete 

ideas

Are often used

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tran

sitions, 

conn

ectin

g diffe

rent ideas b

y show

ing 

compa

rison

s, 

contrasts, or 

results

Are used

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rence an

d im

prove 

organizatio

n

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Insid

e the Foldab

leCo

ordina

ting 

Conjun

ctions

Correlative

Conjun

ctions

Subo

rdinating 

Conjun

ctions

Conjun

ctive 

Adverbs

FANBO

YS:

F –for

A –an

dN –no

rB –bu

tO –or

Y –yet

S –so 

both ... and

either ... o

rne

ither ... n

orno

t only ... but 

also

whe

ther ... o

after, althou

gh, as, 

as if, as lon

g as, as 

soon

 as, as 

thou

gh, b

ecau

se, 

before, even 

thou

gh, if, in order 

that, since, so 

that, tha

n, th

ough

, un

less, u

ntil, 

whe

n, whe

never, 

whe

re, w

herever, 

while

accordingly, again, 

also, b

esides, 

conseq

uently, 

finally, 

furthe

rmore, 

however, ind

eed, 

instead, m

oreo

ver, 

neverthe

less, 

othe

rwise

, the

n, 

therefore, th

us

Samples:

My Da

d an

dhis 

friend

 met fo

r lunch today.

My exam

ples:

Samples:

Either

the pe

ncil 

orthe pe

n will 

work.

My exam

ples:

Samples:

I mad

e the grocery 

list a

fterI che

cked

 the pa

ntry.

My exam

ples:

Samples:

The mov

ie was 

good

; how

ever, I 

prefer th

e bo

ok.

My exam

ples:

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Team

 Con

solid

ation/De

briefin

gWrite a jin

gle, ra

p, poe

m, flyer, etc., that 

refle

cts w

hat y

ou have learne

d ab

out 

writing.

7 minsto prep

are

3 minsto presen

t

Involve your who

le te

am!

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