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Writing behind every door : teaching common core writing in the content areas / Heather Wolpert-Gawron

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Wolpert-Gawron, Heather
Published
New York : Routledge, 2014.
Physical Description
ix, 185 pages ; 26 cm.

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Introduction: What's in a name? -- The importance of transfer -- A little educational history to get the ball rolling -- Writing as the universal subject -- A brief note on the need for tweens and teens to write -- 1. The common core standards as a meaningful guide, not an instruction manual -- Welcoming back an old friend: project based writing (or, in this case, project based writing) -- Brushing the dust off of the 6 traits (+ 2) -- Developing meaningful assessments and prompts -- Student created assessments and rubrics -- 2. Argument: the universal writing genre -- The argument for argument -- Features of argumentation as a writing genre -- Possible structures of cross-curricular argumentation essays -- A brief note on scoring arguments -- Cross-curricular assignments and activities -- Science -- History -- ELA -- Electives -- PE -- 3. Informational : it's all around us -- The TED unit -- Collaboration and differentiation can co-exist -- Team charter template: collaboration constitution -- Information hunting: breaking the Google homepage habit -- Developing a problem statement -- The student created resource library -- The importance of visualizing data -- Uncommon assessments to show informational research (even in a narrative unit) -- 4. Narrative : there's a place for it in all disciplines -- The infusion of narrative elements into interdisciplinary content -- Incorporating informational writing into a narrative unit -- 5. Summary: get to the point! The underrated writing genre -- The summary card -- Chunking text -- What's the big idea? -- Cornell notes -- The executive summary -- Scoring summaries -- 6. The multi-genre genre -- The case for writing desegregation -- The ultimate multi-genre writing projects: website and apps -- 7. Techniques to teach writing that works -- The big list of writing strategies to use in any classroom -- Color-coding -- Strategies for embedding evidence -- Strategies for incorporating commentary -- Dual-entry journals -- Modeling -- Differentiated writing assignments -- Using a writers notebook -- Blogging -- Accessible scaffolds -- TTW--think-talk-write -- Train them to be teachers -- Teaching academic vocabulary -- Using acronyms -- Using flipbooks -- Providing a classroom library -- 8. Writing with technology for the common core -- Modeling to create a tech-rich classroom -- Digital learning tips for students -- What kind of tech-savvy teacher do you want to be? -- Creating an online student lounge -- The big list of common core technology resources -- 9. 21st century professional development in writing for every teacher -- The common core professional learning community -- Developing a universal common core language as a staff -- Developing site-based training in writing across the disciplines -- Quick and efficient tips to score writing -- Developing an online common core themed faculty lounge -- Get thee to a writing project!
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ISBN
9780415734646 (hardback)
0415734649 (hardback)
9780415732086 (pbk.)
0415732085 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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