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Promoting Critical Thinking With Narrative Writing

Promoting Critical Thinking With Narrative Writing. Michigan Literature Conference July 11, 2012 W. Dorsey Hammond wdhammond@salisbury.edu. Skilled Readers And Writers. Constructive Fluent Strategic Motivated and Lifelong. Constructive Fluent Strategic Motivated and Lifelong.

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Promoting Critical Thinking With Narrative Writing

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  1. Promoting Critical Thinking With Narrative Writing Michigan Literature Conference July 11, 2012 W. Dorsey Hammond wdhammond@salisbury.edu

  2. Skilled Readers And Writers • Constructive • Fluent • Strategic • Motivated • and Lifelong • Constructive • Fluent • Strategic • Motivated • and Lifelong Skilled Readers are: Skilled Writers are:

  3. The Importance of Beginning Early • Scribbling • Letter Strings xxxnnllckkttrrz • Phonetic spelling W wnt 2 the besh • Within word spelling We neede sum rayne foure the crops.

  4. Spelling Development • rn wt • ran wnt lfnt • rane wint, winte ellfnt • rayne whente ellefnt,elefant • rian elephunt • rain went

  5. Alex’s Story • Where duse muney come from? Muney comes from the guvrmit. Muney is made from printrs. Only the guvrmit can print muney. You cant” print muney. If You do You will go to Jail. Thayr’s diffrint dollrbills. thar is 100$s,-50$s-20$s- 10$-5$ and some times 2$ and one’s. moste people have one dollrbil. Some people have a 2$ dollrbill, but not that ofin. My sistre sam Yuosto have a 2$ bill. Thayr is a nuthre tipe of muney. Sense c..

  6. When students begin writing to learn in kindergarten and first grade and do so frequently from then on, writing becomes an even more powerful vehicle for constructing meaning. • Just a few minutes of conversation can make an enormous difference in the quality and quantity of writing in comparison with simply choosing a topic and beginning to write. Hammond & Nessel 2011

  7. Writing As A Response To Narrative Texts Interpretive Response: Why do you think Caleb was worried when Sara Went to town all by herself? Thematic Response: What is this story really about? Visual Response: What picture do you have in your mind about….? Metacognitive Response: What were you thinking as you read the scene about….? Writer’s Craft Response: What did you find interesting about how the author used language to make you think that… Moral/Ethical Response: Was it right for the neighbors to tell Henry to fix his house and clean up his yard? Intertextual Response: Does this story remind you of another story that you read? How so? Analogical/ Personal Story Response: Have you had similar experiences to share? Elaborative Response: How would you describe in more detail… ( excerpted and revised from Hammond & Nessel, The Comprehension Experience

  8. Revision Made Simple • Important Understanding- Because we revise, it does not mean that the first draft was inadequate or not very good. All good writers revise. • Revision is: • taking out-not necessary or said elsewhere • adding in- will explain better, tell more • moving around- fits better here • saying differently-this phrase, sentence or paragraph works better if I write it this way.

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