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Page 1: Using Thinking Maps to Improve Writing Proficiency for English Language Learners
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Amanda Amante

I am from Michigan.

This is my 6th year teaching.

Gerber daisies are my favorite!

Married 4 ½ years

No children, but we have a

dog named Bell.

Runner!

Family

Friends

Education

Travel

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sevenothrMoterr Dolly

Hathaway

Mother of seven

North Carolina

Grandmother

Faith

Dancer

Dancer

Teacher

Family Education

ChurchFriends

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Patti Burke

Pennsylvania

traveler

wife and mother

singer in church choir

teacher

Family

Church

Friends

Education

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The “Hook”

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Establishes a baseline for learning by tapping schemaLowers affective filtersPrompts motivationSets the student up for success

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“Thinking Maps provide a ‘conceptual net’ for capturing the essential information for any type of learning” (Buckner, 2009, p.16).Thinking Maps provide a guided path to organizing information.Thinking Maps allow levels of scaffolding to meet the needs of the writer.

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The Hook (motivation)The Circle Map (writing ideas/info)The Tool (design for the writing assignment) describing, comparing/contrasting, classifying, whole to part relationships, sequencing, cause and effect, seeing analogies)Differentiation (First, next, last, etc.)

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To define a concept, a word or an ideaTo brainstorm before writingTo diagnose prior knowledgeTo close a lesson Key words:

ContextContext cluesListDefineTell everything you knowIdentifyTell aboutDiscuss

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This circle map and acrostic poem was a group effort with 1st graders.

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This was completed by a 1st grade student on his own.

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Students typed their poems with Kidspiration and were able to add pictures that went along with their poems.

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At your table, discuss ideas for using circle maps. You will share these with the whole group.

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Uses only adjectives and adjective phrases for describingUsed for vocabulary development and inferential thinkingKey words:

DescribeUse vivid languageAttributesCharacteristicsPropertiesAdjectivesQualities

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Used for comparing and contrastingKey Words:

Compare/ContrastDiscuss similarities/differenceDistinguish betweenDifferentiate

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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use double bubble maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.

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Used for classifyingKey words:

ClassifySortGroupCategorizeTypes/Kinds ofList and elaborateTaxonomyGive details

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Student sample. Students created tree maps with words and illustrations.

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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use a tree map to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.

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Use to sequence and orderKey Words:

Sequence, put in orderRecount/retellWhat happens nextCyclesPatternsProcessesChangeSolve multi-step problems

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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use flow maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.

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Shows cause and effectSupports the reasons that “cause” the writer to have this opinionDepicts a position or opinionServes as a plan for writingKey Words:

Causes and effectsPredict what would happen ifChangeIdentify motivesResults, outcomes, benefitsWhy

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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use multi-flow maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.

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Use to show part to whole relationshipsCan act as a checklistKey words:

Parts ofTake apartShow structurePhysical components

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La hamburguesa

El pan

La hamburguesa/ la carne

El queso

El tomate

La lechuga

La cebolla

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Jan. 23, 2011Dear Sally, I am having a birthday party and would really like you to come! It will be Friday, January 28th at my house. I live at 113 Holland Ave. Please let me know if you can come!Your friend,Emily

Jan. 23, 2001

Dear Sally,

I am having a birthday party and would really like you to come! It will be Friday, January 28th at my house. I live at 113 Holland Ave. Please let me know if you can come!

Your Friend

EmilyInvitation

Heading

Greeting

Body

ClosingSignature

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Seeing analogiesKey words:

Identify the common relationshipGuess the ruleInterpret symbolsRatioSimileMetaphorAllegory

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Is the word

La pizza La hamburguesa

El perro caliente

as as

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Form a group of three to four people.In your group, think of ways you can use brace and bridge maps to support writing.You will have five minutes before you share your ideas.

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Buckner, J. (2009). Path to proficiency for English language learners. Cary, NC: Thinking Maps.