reading for effective arguments linda denstaedt crwp leadership team oakland writing project (mi)
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Reading for Effective ArgumentsLINDA DENSTAEDT [email protected] LEADERSHIP TEAM OAKLAND WRITING PROJECT (MI)
Role of Reading in Writing Arguments
TEXTS WRITTEN BY OTHERS
1. Become informed on an issue and form a claim
2. Collect and sort information to support a claim
3. Identify the complexities and multiple perspectives on an issue
4. Study and mentor decisions of effective arguments
OWN WRITING
1. Re-read to understand what I think and how my thinking is changing
2. Re-read to organize evidence and plan a draft
3. Re-read to analyze and rethink an early draft to plan revisions
Reading Engages Complex and Multiple Processes
Reading is Thinking 1. Make connections and activate prior knowledge2. Make inferences to connect information and draw conclusions3. Generate questions to clarify and extend thinking 4. Determine important information 5. Learn and change thinking during reading
Strategies to Scaffold Complex Texts
1. Provide accessible texts that build in complexity 2. Modeling and thinking-aloud for students and with students 3. Peer conversations to rehearse thinking while reading 4. Multi-draft gradual release reading5. Graphic organizers focused on a specific skill
Online Privacy
What do you think about your privacy when you
are online?
Activate your prior knowledge
& attitudes
What conclusions can you draw about Amazon’s attitude toward
my previous purchases?
How does that inference activate your prior knowledge?
What questions do you have?
At this point, what seems to be the most important
information you already know about online privacy?
Interactive Reader CODES AND ANNOTATES
1. Observes & takes notes on details, words, images
2. Evidence: facts, examples, quotes (authorities)
3. Important or compelling evidence
4. Claims & counterclaims
MAKES SENSE
1. Prior knowledge and attitudes 2. Background information 3. What’s interesting but not important 4. Tracks key evidence and evidence sets ○ pro and con evidence ○ facts, authorities & countering 5. Commentary ○ What others think ○ What I think
Graphic Organizers Make Thinking Visible
CodeF Compelling FactsE Important Examples
Write a key word or phrase to quickly identify each piece of evidence.
Reading to Think & Draft What do we want students to do and think as they read?
Connect, clarify and extend your
knowledge Underline statements that explain why there is a debate.
Identify the most important evidence. # Top 4.
Draw conclusions identify important
information
Rereading and Writing to Think WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE SUGGEST? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Write a claim that expresses your current view.
Code
F Compelling Facts
E Important Examples
Reading to Go Deeper and Rethink What do we want students to do and think as they read?
Connect, clarify and extend your
knowledge
Underline statements that explain why there is a debate.
Identify the most important evidence. # Top 4.
Draw conclusions identify important
information
Rereading and Writing to Think WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE SUGGEST? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Write a claim that expresses your current view.
CRWP’s FocusDevelop Argument Skills Across Time ENTERING SKILLS
Annotating text Drafting a claim
Identifying evidence (quotations, facts, & statistics) to support the claim
GOING DEEPER SKILLS
Authorizing Countering
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Tying evidence to the claim
Explaining its relevance
CRWP’s FocusDevelop Argument Skills Across Time ENTERING SKILLS
Ability to draft from notes and annotations
GOING DEEPER SKILLS FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Explore an issue to make a claim
Identify evidence and explain its relevance