Writing Strategies

Pre-Writing Strategies: Ø  Activating prior knowledgeØ  Analyzing the required taskØ  BrainstormingØ  FreewritingØ  Mulling over ideasØ  Engaging in ideas with teachers or peersØ  Generating a purposeØ  Considering a formØ  Identifying an audience and its traitsØ  Consulting resourcesØ  Gathering informationØ  OutliningØ  WebbingØ  ClusteringØ  Using graphic organizersØ  Rehearsing ...

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Reading Strategies

Pre-Reading Strategies: Relating prior knowledge and personal experience to new texts  Freewriting about an important idea/theme/essential question in the work Webbing an important idea/theme/word (semantic mapping)  Completing an anticipation guide Discussing a related work, theme, idea Completing and discussing questionnaires in cooperative groups  Filling in the first two columns of...

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Media Technology Objectives

Each year, students will demonstrate their ability to meet at least three of the objectives listed below.Students will be able to respond in discussions and in writing to a news report in the electronic or print media. Students will be able to cite evidence of personal opinion or propaganda...

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Speaking and Listening Objectives

Throughout their high school years, students will improve their ability to achieve all of the following objectives with increasing ease and sophistication.  In meeting the objectives listed below, students will use language appropriate for the classroom. ...

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Reading Objectives

Students will engage in daily, meaningful reading tasks in English class and/or at home.  The tasks will be based upon the following objectives: 1.   Students will be able to use strategies before, during, and after reading to aid in the construction and enhancement of meaning ...

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Writing Objectives

Students will engage in daily, meaningful formal and/or informal writing tasks in English class and/or at home.  The tasks will be based upon the following objectives:1.   Students will be able to engage in informal writing assignments (i.e. reader response, freewriting, focused freewriting, prediction, ...

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