Writing

See list of strategies for vocabulary, writing, and comprehension on Adolescent Literacy site.

Schedule student for additional supports.

Complete prewriting activities to support composition including generating of ideas and organizational structure.

Have students analyze writing prompt to review form, audience, and purpose.
P rovide graphic organizers. (Link to Google Drawings bank of organizers). Incorporate graphic organizers such as a top down web to outline ideas and organization.
Provide ABC chart to generate vocabulary related to the topic.
Allow students to draft their writing using speech to text. See resource.
Provide short quick writes on a topic. See video explanation of quick writes. See video for technology ideas for quick writes.

Ensure for oral rehearsal of ideas prior to writing.

Have students orally rehearse and record on digital tools like Vocaroo, FlipGrid, Screencast. Students listen to recording each time prior to writing to help recall ideas.
Allow students to draft their writing using speech to text. See resource.

Support drafting of ideas.

Text-to-speech tools within Google Education are available to assist students in crafting written work. Directions for supporting students can be found here.

Support students in identifying information for research and non-fiction texts.

See video for strategies for modeling paraphrasing.
Teach student two-column note taking format by providing models, thinking aloud, and scaffolds. See video to learn more about two-column note format.

Incorporate clear criteria, checklists, and opportunities for individual and shared feedback.

Provide student single point rubric, outlining what it means to be meeting the expectations for the assignment.
Provide reference sheets that support writing such as list of transition words, sentence types, tone words, commonly misspelled words, adjectives, and power verbs. ‘
Provide exemplars from mentor texts or texts written by other students.

Support revision and editing process.

Use Kaziena or Goobric to provide audio comments for students who would benefit from the audio input of the text.
Use digital editors to help students highlight areas to edit and revise, such as PaperRater or Grammarly App for Chrome.
Incorporate mnemonics such as ARMS, FANBOYS, and COPS to support process of editing and revising.
Provide checklist to guide editing process.
Provide opportunities for peer editing and revising throughout the writing process and not just at the end of the process.

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