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Writing
Students who write will:
Consider audience and purpose
Engage in various writing processes
Support their thinking
Demonstrate understanding
Writing through the use of:
Cornell Notes
Learning Logs
Quick Writes
& Reflections
Process Writing
Peer Editing
Authentic Writing
Inquiry
Students who inquire:
Analyze & synthesize materials or ideas
Clarify their own thinking
Probe others' thinking
Work through ambiguity
Inquiry through the use of:
Skilled questioning techniques
Costa's Levels of Thinking
Socratic Seminars
Tutorials
Investigations
Essential Questions
/Guiding Questions
Collaboration
Students who collaborate:
Work together toward a common goal
Develop positive interdependence
Work in focused study groups
Support the learning of others
Collaboration through the use of:
Socratic Seminars
Tutorials
Philosophical Chairs
Group activities and projects
Peer editing groups
Service learning projects
Organization
Students who organize:
Develop and use processes , procedures, and tools to study effectively
Manage their time through prioritizing and goal setting
Are prepared for courses, participate during instruction, and interact with their instructors
Self-direct, self-evaluate, self-monitor, and self-advocate
Organization through the use of:
Binder and organizational tools
Calendars, planners, and agendas
Graphic organizers
A focused note-taking system
Tutorials and
study groups
Project planning and SMART goals
Reading
Students who read:
Understand text structures
Use prior knowledge and make connections to text, self, and the world
Make predictions and ask questions
Create visual images as they read
Reading through the use of:
Deep reading strategies
Note-taking
Graphic Organizers
Vocabulary building
Summarizing
Reciprocal teaching agendas
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