Literacy in the Middle Grades Chapter 9 “Teaching Writing” Prepared by Helen Hoffner Holy Family University This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Gail E. Tompkins California State University, Fresno

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 2 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Guidelines for Teaching Writing 1. Teach students how to use the writing process The Writing Process Stage 1: Prewriting Stage 2: Drafting Stage 3: Revising Stage 4: Editing Stage 5: Publishing Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 3 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Guidelines for Teaching Writing 2. Teach the 6 traits and writing genres 6 traits…refer to pages in text Writing genres…refer to p.242 fig. 9-4

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 4 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Guidelines for Teaching Writing 3. Read aloud great literature to serve as mentor texts 4. Provide daily opportunities for students to read literature and explore authors and genres

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 5 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Guidelines for Teaching Writing 5. Have students participate in writing workshop 6. Have students self-assess their writing using rubrics 7. Have students collect their writing in portfolios Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 6 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Effective teachers connect reading and writing by: Making the reading-writing connection explicit to students Emphasizing both the processes and products of reading and writing Setting clear purposes for reading and writing Teaching reading and writing through authentic literacy experiences

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 7 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Guidelines for Teaching Spelling 1. Analyze the errors in students’ writing to provide appropriate spelling instruction based on their stage of development. 2. Teach students to use spelling strategies to spell unfamiliar words. 3. Involve students in daily authentic reading and writing activities. Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 8 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Guidelines for Teaching Spelling 4. Involve students in making words, word sorts, and other hands-on spelling activities. 5. Teach students to proofread their writing. 6. Consider spelling tests as only one part of a spelling program. Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 9 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Spelling Development Stage 1: Emergent Spelling Stage 2: Letter Name- Alphabetic Spelling Stage 3: Within-Word Pattern Spelling Stage 4: Syllables & Affixes Spelling Stage 5: Derivational Relations Spelling Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 10 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Spelling Development Stage 1: Emergent Spelling Preschoolers and kindergartners learn these concepts:  The distinction between drawing & writing  How to make letters  The direction of writing on a page  Some letter-sound matches Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 11 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Spelling Development Stage 2: Letter Name-Alphabetic Spelling Spellers are typically 5-to-7 year olds who learn these concepts:  The alphabetic principle  Consonant sounds  Short vowel sounds  Consonant blends and diagraphs Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 12 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Spelling Development Stage 3: Within-Word Pattern Spelling Spellers are generally 7-to-9 year olds who learn these concepts:  Long-vowel spelling patterns  R-controlled vowels  More complex consonant patterns  Diphthongs and other less common vowel patterns Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 13 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Spelling Development Stage 4: Syllables and Affixes Spelling Spellers are often 9-to-11 year olds who learn these concepts:  Inflectional endings  Rules for adding inflectional endings  Syllabication  Homophones Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 14 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Spelling Development Stage 5: Derivational Relations Spelling Spellers are generally 11– to-14 year olds who learn these concepts:  Consonant alternations  Vowel alternations  Latin and Greek affixes and root words  Etymologies Chapter 9

Literacy in the Middle Grades 2e Gail E. Tompkins 15 © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Spelling Study Strategy 1. Look at the word and say it to yourself. 2. Say each letter in the word to yourself. 3. Close your eyes and spell the word to yourself. 4. Write the word, and check that you spelled it correctly. 5. Write the word again and check that you spelled it correctly. Chapter 9