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Intertwines a number of writing instructional activities in a workshop environment
What is writing process approach?
An activity that activates students’ prior knowledge and stimulates predictions about the text
What is anticipation guide?
To think about how you would show students how to read well. A teacher would have to demonstrate each step that good readers take
What is thinking aloud?
Students should take about 5 minutes to present what he or she learned in the “expert group”
What is expert groups?
A sense that no matter what one does, nothing will help
What is learned helplessness?
Another cooperative learning activity that follows the pattern similar to the discussion web. Unlike the discussion web, students are responsible for finding reasons to support only one side of the argument.
What is academic controversy?
Used throughout the whole course; the first section is used for the student to write his or her responses to the reading. The second section is left for the student’s own thoughts about the topic. The third part is reserved for letters to the teacher
What is three-part diary?
Used to organize a five-step lesson, arranged around any text or topic
What is discussion web?
Ways of previewing ideas that students already hold about a topic so that they may identify gaps in their
What is semantic map/web?
A graphic organizer for relating the name of a concept to other words
What is Frayer Model?
A graphic organizer with cells designated for the important parts of a story: Setting, Characters, Problem, Solution, and Emotional tone
What is Vocab-o-gram?
To think of everything that comes to mind about a topic in a fixed period of time
What is brainstorming?
Before a lesson, the teacher might choose four or five key terms from a text and write them on the board. Students are to brainstorm how the terms might be related to the text they’re about to read
What is terms in advance?
Following a reading or class discussion, students can be helped to collect their thoughts by being asked to write a 5 minute essay, using the free writing technique
What is five-minute essay?
Students who need intensive intervention typically test below the 30th percentile on reading measures
What is intensive intervention?
Beginning a lesson with a brief explanation of a topic to give students “the lay of the land” could help them make better sense of the information
What is advance organizer?
An engaging strategy that can be used at any point to get students to think about issues
What is think/pair/share?
Ways for readers to closely link material in the text to their own curiosity and experiences
What is dual-entry diary?
In this technique, two students read through a text, stop at each paragraph, and take turns asking each other questions
What is ReQuest procedure?
Stands for Instructional Note-taking System for Enhanced Reading and Thinking
What is I.N.S.E.R.T. Model?
Good readers form pictures in their “mind’s eye” of what is described in the text
What is visualizing?
A careful exploration and examination that is usually done with a short piece of text
What is close reading?
These help to guide students’ processes of inquiry
What is study guide?
Shows students strategies for writing
What is focused lessons?
Allowing students an allotted amount of time to write down, without stopping, everything that comes to mind when they think about a topic
What is free write?