Reading-Writing Connection | teaching-portfolio

Provoke passion and curiosity in my students while encouraging the reading-writing connection both inside and outside of the classroom.

In my classroom, I will...

The Reading-Writing Connection

Letters Students respond to the text by writing letters to the characters.
Poetry Students write poems in response to the conflict within the text.
Graphic Organizers Students respond to the text using graphic organizers, noting the evidence from the text and analyzing the significant of that evidence.
Students Note Their Thinking Students are accustomed to "stop and jots" -- they note when a development happens in the story and predict the consequences of this change.
Post-its Students use post-its to record important quotes in their reading, then return to these post-its to analyze the quotes and consider why they found them so important in the first place.

Diary Entries Students write diary entries for the main characters within a text. This decision to write diaries stemmed from their understanding of the characters and their modes of reflection presented throughout the book.	Prequels and Sequels Students write their own fan-fiction for the text, be it in the form of a prequel, a sequel or an additional scene.
Travel Brochure Students use evidence in the text to compose a travel brochure detailing their important observations about setting.	Travel Brochure Students use evidence in the text to compose a travel brochure detailing their important observations about setting.

Students design their own formative and summative assessments.

Students are able to respond to the text in a format of their choice. During their independent reading, students develop their thinking and make notes of the different close reading strategies they are implementing as they read.

Students Respond to the Text

Students view summative projects as a way to persuade their audience to read the book they chose. Assessments are designed by the students and connect their reading analyses to their experimentation with different types of writing.

Students Design Their Own Assessment

Students Acknowledge That Effective, Skilled Writers Are Also Observant Readers.

Students find various ways to view a connection between reading and writing. Through close analyses and effective studies of craft, students become engaged in the writing of different genres.

Students use author studies as examinations of exemplars, answering the question: "What can I imitate in my own writing?" Frequently, my students make the comments, "Oh, it's like I'm the author now!"

Character Development Archs In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.	FAST Characterization In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.
Identifying Theme Charts In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.	"Showing, Not Telling" In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.
Good Writers are Observant Readers Students meet with renowned poet and, after hearing her present her work, ask her about her own practices as a writer.

Book Trailers

Students compose Book Trailers (like movie trailers) in order to persuade others to read the book they just enjoyed.

In my classroom, I will...

The Reading-Writing Connection

Letters

Students respond to the text by writing letters to the characters.

Poetry

Students write poems in response to the conflict within the text.

Graphic Organizers

Students respond to the text using graphic organizers, noting the evidence from the text and analyzing the significant of that evidence.

Students Note Their Thinking

Students are accustomed to "stop and jots" -- they note when a development happens in the story and predict the consequences of this change.

Post-its

Students use post-its to record important quotes in their reading, then return to these post-its to analyze the quotes and consider why they found them so important in the first place.

Diary Entries

Students write diary entries for the main characters within a text. This decision to write diaries stemmed from their understanding of the characters and their modes of reflection presented throughout the book.

Prequels and Sequels

Students write their own fan-fiction for the text, be it in the form of a prequel, a sequel or an additional scene.

Travel Brochure

Students use evidence in the text to compose a travel brochure detailing their important observations about setting.

Travel Brochure

Students use evidence in the text to compose a travel brochure detailing their important observations about setting.

Students Respond to the Text

Students Design Their Own Assessment

Students Acknowledge That Effective, Skilled Writers Are Also Observant Readers.

Character Development Archs

In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.

FAST Characterization

In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.

Identifying Theme Charts

In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.

"Showing, Not Telling"

In each of activities students are recording their observations about their reading, then using these same organizational tools to develop their own writing.

Good Writers are Observant Readers

Students meet with renowned poet and, after hearing her present her work, ask her about her own practices as a writer.

Book Trailers