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An NZATE resource

An NZATE resource. Aims of BETA presentation. Introduce purpose of resource Take you through the resource. Show some examples. Note: Examples and IFTE presentation by the co-author Shaun Hawthorne can be found on BETA wiki and NZATE web site. Links: NZATE web site www.nzate.co.nz

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An NZATE resource

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  1. An NZATE resource

  2. Aims of BETA presentation • Introduce purpose of resource • Take you through the resource. • Show some examples. • Note: Examples and IFTE presentation by the co-author Shaun Hawthorne can be found on BETA wiki and NZATE web site. Links: NZATE web site www.nzate.co.nz BETA wiki: betateachers.wikispaces.com

  3. Facts about writing in NZ

  4. Introduction to the resource Teacher’s Book Resource • Introduction to resource and a Section 1,a brief history of teaching writing in NZ pg 12 • Section 2. Evidence from research for effective practices in teaching writing pg 19 • Effective practices in the assessment practices for writing pg 39 • Links to the NZC’s effective pedagogies pg45 • Classroom examples for each of the identified effective practices pg 50 • Section 4 describing a few examples of particular approaches in more detail pg 74

  5. DVD of Effective Practices 2.5 hours of footage were taken in 4 classes over 4 or 5 points in each teacher’s class during 2010. Range from year 9 to year 12 Two ways of viewing examples of teacher practice • View by classroom and teacher – about 35mins for each of four classrooms and teachers from Yr 9 – 12 • View by practice – two or three brief extracts from the different classes that relate specifically to one of the practices

  6. The Introduction • Synthesis of effective practice in NZ. • Based on four key studies. Myhill, D., et al (2008). Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). Alton-Lee, A. (2003) Langer, J. (2002). • An aid to helping departments reflect on their current writing practices • Gives real evidence and approaches

  7. Section 1Brief History • From pre 1970 to 2008. • Development and trends in writing. e.g 5 paragraph essay. • Trends in 21st Century • Conflict between more common short answers tasks as opposed to required longer analytical essays.

  8. Section 2 Review of Effective Practices in teaching writing. • Synthesis of findings of some of the significant studies into teaching writing to adolescent aged students. • 2 overarching aspects • “What” • “How” • 7 key practices to aid teaching writing.

  9. Section 3 Classroom Examples of Effective Teacher Practices • What does each practice means? • Some classroom examples • Some other activities that work • What doesn’t work • Backed up by DVD

  10. Section from DVD Lynda McTaggart’s Year 9 class introduction to poetry – First 10 min or so of ‘School # 1’ Discussion point. What does Lynda do that is effective?

  11. Some key principles/beliefs that underpin effective teaching of writing are:

  12. Four types of knowledge writers need to write well

  13. Section from DVD Emphasising that writing is a process. Effective practice 6 Discussion What has been shown or exemplified in these two examples

  14. Section 4 Appendices. • Lesson sequences teaching a writing skill • Linked to effective practices and knowledge pupils are acquiring. • Examples include: Response to text essay for yr9/10 • A breakdown of the strategies connected to the effective practices

  15. Supplementary slides A summary from some key studies about effective ways of teaching writing that show the evidence behind the seven practices.

  16. From: “Writing: Teachers and Children at Work” 20th Anniversary Edition (Graves, 2003)

  17. Outline of Feedback Steps – from Jennifer Glenn’s process

  18. How to respond to student work

  19. Ten ideas on how you could use this resource in PD in your department… • Have a session like this one to introduce the key ideas and the resource to everyone. • At each of seven department PD mtgs play one of the seven effective practice examples and discuss – also copy and read the information about that practice from the teacher’s book resource. In addition you could look at Appendix 3 and the suggested activities that link to each practice. Discuss how the department could improve their work on this practice. • Give everyone a copy of different sections from the teachers’ resource to read before a dept. PD mtg and then discuss the ideas and implications. Could view related segments from the DVD. • Watch each of the ‘Play by School’ options in 4 department PD mtgs and discuss the things you notice and take from the work of each of the teachers.

  20. Contd… • Look at the section on Assessment in the teacher’s book and discuss this in relation to the practices your department adopts in relation to writing. • Look at how the ideas link to the NZC pedagogies by reading this short section in the book. • Give everyone a copy of Appendix 3 as a resource to help with planning. • Copy and discuss the ideas in Appendix 1 and/or 2 and see how applicable they may be to the work of your department. • Make copies of the Lit Review of the resource for those teachers interested in following up on the research evidence or further studies that support each practice. • Use the principles, 4 areas of knowledge and skill and the seven effective practices (+ ideas from Appendix 3 and each of the Classroom examples summaries etc) as a tool or lens through which you can review your department’s writing programme and units…

  21. To sum up. • HUGE resource • Valuable data and insight into current trends in writing • Practical • Gives valuable PD as a department or year team. • Easily broken down – manageable. • Available now! Order forms or NZATE web site. • Personal reading exemplars available. • Oral presentation exemplars coming soon

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