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  tracyeduc8
• 08 May 13
  

  Bettyann Casella
• 21 Jun 12
  

  Debra Black

  writing

• 19 Mar 12
  

  Sandra Adkins

  writing

• 21 Nov 11
  

  Jovita Gandolfo

  Helping students during the writing process

  writing graphic organizers

• 20 Oct 11
  

  Jessica Gonzalez

  In the paragraph of "The path of multiple tools" the author introduced the idea of "the awesome juggling act" created by Mel Levine. Levine came up with this idea because he believes that the task of writing consist of constantly switching attention between multiple goals and subtasks. "The awesome juggling act" can be described as a boy who is juggling eight balls at the same time. The boy is keeping all the balls in the air at the same time ; to write you must keep all of the parts of writing in your memory while you write.

• 15 Jul 11
  

  Trudith Dyer

  Writing Stratefies

• 14 Sep 10
  

  Jane Bloom
• 07 Jul 09
  

  Elizabeth Shoemaker
  • two distinct but related paths

  • The path of enthusiasm and self-confidence
  • excited
  • interest in the topic
  • Students not on this path approach a writing task with the feeling that it is  boring, uninteresting, and/or overwhelming.

  • The path of multiple tools
  • writing as "the awesome juggling act".
  • To write well, you have to keep all of the parts of writing in your memory while  you are writing."
  • good working memory, patience, persistence and flexibility.”³
  • Struggling to progress down this path is a result of having incomplete tools, or  being inefficient in using tools already developed
  • However, it is also relevant to realize that practice without a feeling of  success, or rote practice without feedback, leads to frustration rather than  skill development.
  • Multisensory techniques encourage a student to simultaneously use visual,  auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic strategies and help reinforce the  connectedness between the subskills.
  • Use of letter form, spacing and lines
  • Use of writing mechanics within the process of written expression
  • Organized use of content: clearly expressing basic ideas, with elaboration
  • The atmosphere that is most conductive for this journey of learning to write  well is one that is free: Free of undue pressure, sustained or high stress, and  instead, suffused with a degree of pleasurable intensity."⁵
  • challenge is being able to convey that writing can be fun even though it  involves many demands
  • encourage students to write, regardless of their skill level or comfort with  language

  • Providing students with background information and experience with the  concepts prior to beginning the writing task "primes" the brain to anticipate  critical features or ideas that will be forthcoming. Examples of priming are  presenting the objective of the lesson in advance, reading a fun related story  or enjoying role playing a related situation.
  • picture prompt, role-playing situation, or song
  • approximately 3000 to 4000 words each year, accumulating a reading vocabulary of  approximately 25,000 words by the end of elementary school and approximately  50,000 words by the end of high school."
  • vocabulary instruction is interactive, multisensory, and that students are  actively engaged.
  • The Hamburger
  • proofread in stages

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• 06 May 08
  

  Wisely

  visualization

• 15 Mar 08
  

  Carrie Norris

  education learning writing

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  Tami Brass

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