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Writing
Study Skills
Next Steps
Writing
Introduction Reading Vocabulary
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Writing Across Content Areas: The Problem
Proficient Writers: Knowledge Transformation– Have the knowledge, skills and flexibility needed to write in a clear and
organized manner for different contexts, formats and purposes using a variety of forms, strategies and tones.
Struggling or Beginning Writers: Knowledge Telling– Lack the high level process strategies needed to: plan, generate and
revise text and “write to learn.”
– Have difficulty with low-level transcription skills such as: handwriting, keyboarding, spelling, grammar, punctuation, word retrieval, vocabulary.
– Have not been explicitly taught writing strategies and language structure.
From: Writing Next
Effective Teaching of Writing
• How-
Give students a Strategy they can utilize
• What is a Writing Strategy?
It is a Framework, or Scaffold, that can be applied across the curriculum and in different situations.
• Why?
It teaches the Process and how to synthesize information into an organized final product.
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Prewriting & Planning
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Stages of the Writing Process
• Reading and Vocabulary Tools to Support Writing
• Study Skills Tools to Support Writing
• Writing Toolbar
•Column Notes•Brainstormer•Writing Templates•Graphic Organizers•Review Checklist•Floating Word Lists•Note Snippets
Kurzweil 3000 Tools to Support Writing
•Word Processing Tools•Speak As Typing•Check Spelling As You Type•Speaking Spell Check•Vocabulary Lists•Word Prediction
Writing Supports
Speak As Typing– Tools/Options/General
Check Spelling As You Type▰ Tools/Options/Spell Check
Speaking Spell Check▰ Tools/Spell Check
(Click Read to hear the word.)
The Writing Path
Start Writing Brainstorm Outline Split Screen Draft Review
Brainstorm
•Mind-Mapping tool to Brainstorm and organize ideas•Alter shape and color for organization and visual cues•Directly connected to Outline View•Use Pre-Made Graphic Organizers or create your own
•Promote, demote, and add topics and subtopics using the Outline Palette•Text-based•Hierarchical•Connected to Brainstorm
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Outline
Split Screen and Draft
Split Screen allows you to see your Outline and Draft at the same time.
Ideas from the outline can be dragged and dropped into the draft.
Draft view for final publishing
Word Prediction
Yellow highlight color indicates word match withHomophone Vocabulary List.
Word choices are based on rules of:• Spelling• Frequency• Recency
Floating Word Lists• Floating Word Lists and Custom Word Lists in Word Prediction are
different views of the same word lists.
• Help prompt students to use content specific words, vary their transitional words, use stronger word choices, etc.
• Words from list can be dragged and dropped into their draft.
Writing Review Checklist
Final Step of the Writing Process•Customizable Review Checklist•e.g. Writing Mechanics, 6+1, others?
To customize list:Tools/Options/Review
When Draft is complete:Write/Review
Writing Templates: Brainstorm, Outline, and Draft
Brainstorm, Outline, and Draft templates are available:
• Write/New/
– Choose: Brainstorm, Outline, or Draft
– Choose: Blank or From Template
Book Report 1 Brainstorm Template
Location of Templates:
Several Pre-made templates to choose from – or make your own!
Column Notes Extracted to Outline: Reading-Writing Connection
File/Extract Column Notes to Outline
Take notes while reading using Column Notes – sendnotes into an Outline and move through the Writing Path.
Note Snippets
Note Snippets allow students to view Column Notes with a hierarchical view in a compact window, while writing in Draft and drag and drop needed notes into the Draft for further elaboration.
When you “save” a Column Note, a Note Snippet is automatically available.
Note Snippets can ONLY be created from Column Notes.
Using Kurzweil for Internet Research
There are 3 options:
1. Use “Read the Web”
2. “Virtual Print” into Kurzweil
3. Activate the Kurzweil Taskbar and Use the “Image Reader”
Wrap-Up
• Teach writing as a process
• Teach strategically
• Motivate students and improve fluency by utilizing content that excites them
• Reinforce your strategies in a variety of ways-create your own Brainstorm and follow the Writing Path & utilize Templates to follow the Writing Path