For the purposes of this workshop we have combined the last two parts of the Read.Inquire.Write. process: Compose and Reflect. At this point the students have used their graphic organizers to get their ideas in order, but they may need some support in crafting their language. is where the students begin to plan their writing.
The Useful Language Tool provides sentence stems to help guide student thinking when crafting their language. The Reflection tool is geared toward self-reflection.
Read through the task and then explore the items listed below.
Slides -- slides 87-91
Teacher Guide -- pages 46-53
Student Guide -- page 26-28
Social Studies Practices -- pages 100-101 (Grade 8 Practices)
When you are done, check out the quick video found beneath the task.
Create a document in your personal folder and title it Section 8: Compose & Reflect - [your last name, your district].
(Example: Section 8: Compose & Reflect - Cornue, MO BOCES)
In the document you created, reflect on the following:
Are there other prompts that you might want to add to the Useful Language Tool? After how many attempts at writing this type of essay would you like most of your students weaned off this tool?
What do you think of the self-reflection tool? Would you change it in any way? Would there be a benefit in peer reflection?
How does this connect to the Social Studies Practices?
Remember: Answer some of the questions or all of them. Add thoughts of your own.
Think of these tasks as a running professional journal.
A quick side note -->