Literacy- Exercise 6: Writing Development
Directions In this exercise you will demonstrate knowledge of student writing development by thoughtfully analyzing a writing sample to accurately identify one strength and one weakness with supporting examples, and to describe a teaching strategy to address each of them in detail. Characteristics: -The identification of one strength in a student’s writing sample is accurate and insightful with supporting examples and the teaching strategy described to build upon that strength is thoughtful and targeted. -The identification of one weakness in a student’s writing sample is detailed and thoughtful with supporting examples and the teaching strategy to address that weakness is effective and is described in-depth. Student Writing Sample Assignment: Read pages 1-50 of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Write a 5 to 8 sentence paragraph telling what the book is about and how it relates to you. Student response: Maniac Magee to me I can compare him to a puzzle with different missing pieces; because he has no parents no home and any background info. I call that a puzzle because he still need to find the missing pieces of his life & he gets friends to help.
Prompts 1) Identify one strength and one weakness from a student’s writing sample and describe a teaching strategy to address each of them.
Created by Patrick Ledesma and Tammy Johnson, 2007