1. Expository Reading & Writing
ERWC

2. ERWC Reading Stamina Format/Structured vs. Non-Format
1. Weekly /Unit Goals
--Active Reading
Reading Stamina
Annotating
--Writing (authentic writing assignments)
Format/Structured vs. Non-Format
Joining the conversation
2. Strategies
--Help us achieve reading & writing goals
Reading examples: Making predictions, thinking about the audience, determining purpose
Writing examples: summary, analyzing, annotating

3. What students can not do…
Only 1/3 of students are prepared for the two most frequently assigned writing tasks:
Analyzing information or arguments
Synthesizing information from several sources
**Therefore, this will be our focus!
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

4. Expository Reading and Writing
Debunking the Myths
1. This is bone head English.
2. Students were placed in this class because they failed a 15 question test.
3. You’re in this class because your past teachers didn’t do their job.
4. There is an easy waiver process to get out of the class.
1.Expository Reading and Writing is an A-G college prep. class. It is designed to help students prepare for the rigorous reading and writing demands they will face in college.
2. The EAP test included an essay, 15 additional questions to the STAR test and other questions pulled from the STAR test itself. The questions were used to determine whether or not the student was prepared for college level English. -The Expository Reading and Writing class was designed for
students to be able to use their Senior Year preparing for their
college experience.
3. Discuss: High School /College Disconnect
-Every teacher you’ve had at Amador has done their job teaching
you well, and we have the STAR scores to show that. Currently,
there are some discrepencies between what college professors
expect you to be able to do and what the State Standards
mandate that we teach to you.
4. Our district has put a lot of money to into this program to make sure that our students not only get into college, but are also prepared to succeed in college.
Unless you are not going to college at all, you will stay in this class—otherwise you may try to transfer to Technical English.
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

5. Debunking the Myths, cont.
5. This is a boring class.
6. You don’t have to worry about Reading & Writing in college unless you are an English major.
5. This a great class that studies modern, interesting issues that plague our world today. We use these topics to help teach you how to read, write and respond the way that your college professors will expect.
6. The EAP test and the college professor expectations that this program was founded on have been taken from professors from all the different disciplines—including Math, Science, Social Studies, Business, etc.
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

6. Why Expository Reading & Writing?? Expository Reading and Writing
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

7. Writing and Reading Connection
Writing Reading
must go hand in hand!
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

8. Step #1: Prereading Activities
Getting Ready to Read
Introducing Key Concepts
Surveying the Text
Making Predictions & Asking Questions
Introducing Key Vocabulary
Engage in intellectual discussions (74%)
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

9. Step #2:Reading & Rereading Activities
First Reading
Looking at Language
Rereading the Text
Analyzing Stylistic Choices
Consider the Structure of the Text
Ask Provocative Questions (74%)
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

10. Step #3: Postreading Activities
Summarizing & Responding
Thinking Critically
Connecting Reading to Writing
Negotiating Voices
Generate hypotheses (72%) & Exhibit respect for others viewpoints (71%
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

11. How do we teach students to “Actively Read”
Wendy Connelly
Expository Reading and Writing

12. Collegiate Writing Expectations
Amount of Writing:
Quarter classes
2 short word essays OR one short essay and one long research paper
A midterm exam with short answer essay questions and a longer final exam with longer questions
Semester Courses
Two midterm exams
Final exam
Long analytical, research paper of at least 8 pages
These are the expectations in a typical freshman college class.

13. Our Students will…

14. …learn to write according to collegiate expectations
This class will teach students to write in a college English, science, history, math or business class.

15. …learn to take a systematic approach to vocabulary
~Learning to understand words by using context,
--as opposed to passing over word and missing the meaning of the sentence.
**We won’t be memorizing vocabulary

16. Focus
We will read current event articles that contain content designed to stimulate students—ie. Global warming, steroids in sports, juvenile justice, politics of food, etc.
The goal is to prepare students for the reading and writing demands of their college professors

17. What is Expository Reading & Writing??
~Unit Plans
-arranged by subject
~Reading Expectations
~A New Way to Read
~Writing Expectations
~Grading: 25% Language Development /Participation, 50% Writing, 25% Reading (including Indep. Reading)
~The course is divided up into units, according to topic.
Reading Expectations: this is a new type of reading for most of you. You will be expected to read our articles and books two-three times. You will also be learning how to properly annotate what you read.
Writing Expectations: We won’t be writing descriptive or narrative essays, but rather we will be learning how to properly RESPOND to what you are reading.
Reading these articles and books will be different than reading the fiction you read in the past. You will learn to engage in a ‘discussion’ with what you are reading.

18. Attendance Policy ~Essays and Major Assignments
~Daily/short-term assignments
~FIELDTRIPS, PARTIAL DAY ABSENCES
~Make-up work

19. Parent Involvement ~Critical to students success
~New Thinking vs Old Thinking
**Writing Conferences

20. Web Page http://tinyurl.com/FlemingERWC5 Class Documents
Calendar & Assignments (Absences & Make-up work)
Standards
Students will be asked occasionally to print out materials from the website for class.

21. Communication Sign-in Sheets : Class Email Updates
Phone: (925)
Conferences:
Before school : 7:30am-8:00am Tues, Thurs.
After school: 3:00-4:00 Fridays
By appointment
Please note: I am able to respond more quickly to than to voice messages.