Transcript Quickwrites and Marking the Text for Email

Phillip Little
Southeast Randolph Middle School
Ramseur, NC
919-548-9979
Essential Question:
How can I use quickwrites/prewrites
and marking in the text to maximize
time-on-task, improve information
processing, and engage students in
my classroom?
Questions
 What Makes These Effective Strategies?
 Engagement? Focus and refocus students
 Equity? Achievement Gap most prevalent when
there are surprises. Teaching Skills limits
surprises.
 Future ready? 21st Century? Personal
Responsibility, Literacy
•Students who are engaged in active
learning have a higher chance of
achieving academic goals than those
who are not.
•Quickwrite: Think of a very effective
strategy that you have observed
teachers using that REALLY engages
students. What made it so effective?
•(2-10 mins) What’s your standard?
* Think/Pair/Share* “A” Partners, 2
minute talk
• Connections between
effort and achievement
1. Describe what
you did to prepare.
I’m no good at
social studies.
2. What strategies can
you use next time to
improve your
achievement?
• Did you do what you said you were going to
do?
• What’s the #1 thing you can do in this class
to improve your grade?
• What works for you?
• What is your greatest barrier to achieving
success in this class?
• What do you need from me in order to
achieve your goals?
Constructing Quickwritesfill in your notes
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Activate prior knowledge/springboard
for discussion or inquiry-based learning
Explain a process
Analyze errors
Brainstorm
Construct support
Analyze perspectives
Predict an outcome
Quiz
What if?
Discussion Boards are different!
Quickwrite Feedback:
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Exchange and proof/respond to each other
Whole class discussion
Turn in, Post on Board
Use for group selection
Periodic Binder checks
Discussion Boards:
– Replies to agree/disagree/partner
– I can respond!
– Check the ones in your notes you can use
Anticipation Guide
Directions: Read each statement, mark your
answer and be ready to explain your choices.
Agree/Disagree
_____1. The verbal transmission of knowledge cannot
maintain or improve American society.
_____2. Most teachers do not expect their students to be
literate in their subject until they train them.
_____3. The average student spends 45 minutes reading
after the school day.
* 1 minute talk *
Pre-Write Strategies
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Think Alouds
Word Splash
KWL Chart
Guaranteed Vocabulary
Pictures and Artifacts!
Partial Outline/Summary
Anticipation Guide
Marking in Text!
Check the ones in your notes that you use!
Pictures and Artifacts
Monroe
Doctrine
Tariff
Imperialism
annexation
Social Darwinism
Yellow Journalism
Mark in the Text
AVID:
- Number paragraphs
- Circle key terms/names/people
- Underline relevant information
- *FICTION*
Mark in the Text
Outline the Room (pics for students)
1s, 2s, 3s
- Locate main idea – 1s
- Mark main idea (3-4 words)
- Mark supporting details – 2s and 3s
(3-4 words)
- Circle words you do not understand
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infection is caused by Staphylococcus
aureus bacteria, often called "staph." Decades
ago, a strain of staph emerged in hospitals
that was resistant to the broad-spectrum
antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Dubbed
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), it was one of the first germs to
outwit all but the most powerful drugs. MRSA
infection can be fatal. Mayoclinic.com
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infection is caused by Staphylococcus
aureus bacteria, often called "staph." Decades
ago, a strain of staph emerged in hospitals
that was resistant to the broad-spectrum
antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Dubbed
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), it was one of the first germs to
outwit all but the most powerful drugs. MRSA
infection can be fatal. Mayoclinic.com
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infection is caused by Staphylococcus
aureus bacteria, often called "staph." Decades
ago, a strain of staph emerged in hospitals
that was resistant to the broad-spectrum
antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Dubbed
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), it was one of the first germs to
outwit all but the most powerful drugs. MRSA
infection can be fatal. Mayoclinic.com
How to Teach Marking in Text
1. Classify the Room; explain 1s, 2s, 3s
2. Stress First Sentence
3. Locate and mark main ideas in all paragraphs
4. *Differentiate* … What question will you be able to answer?
5. Complete first paragraph– whole class
6. Second paragraph- partners and whole class
7. Succeeding Paragraphs- individual and whole class
8. Homework: individuals
• Essential Question:
How can I use quickwrites/prewrites and
marking in the text to maximize time-on-task,
improve information processing, and engage
students in my classroom?
• * 2 min talk *
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Plus/Delta
• What strategies or ideas were most helpful?
• What strategies or ideas do you currently use
that were not covered?
• What suggestions do you have?
• What are your Questions?
Today’s Strategies
Active Classroom before Students Arrive
Activator: Quickwrite
Think/pair/share (collaborative pairs) 1-2
minute talks
2-Column notes, Partial Outline
10-2, Anticipation Guide
Technology: PowerPoint
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