ELA Writing Summit Preparing Students for College & Career Success

1. ELA Writing SummitPreparing Students for College & Career Success Good Writing Involves Scientific Thinking

2. Welcome! Collaborative Efforts of the IBHE Granthttp://education.illinoisstate.edu/csep/initiatives/ibhe.shtml

3. ELA Writing Summit Introductions Survey Feedback Agenda Session 1: College instructors discuss areas of need for writers Small group creation of ideas for fostering confidence in writers Session 2: CCSS & Resources Sharing of writing resources & instructional strategies by ELA Team & HCC Redesign Team Small group creation of writing activities that address CCSS at various levels BREAK---Session 3: Small group creation of writing activities & sharing of ideas • Enjoyed open discussion across multiple grade levels • Would like even more resources • Continue to discuss writing instruction & assessment • jlatham@bbchs.org • Continued practice for addressing ELA Writing CCSS • Preparation for ELA teachers • College terminology used for writing instruction

4. #ThinkLikeAScientist Good Writing Involves Scientific Thinking Good writing involves good thinking, and good thinking involves inquiry and reflection—METACOGNITION. Good writing also involves practice and experimentation. Good writing requires vulnerability and confidence through trial and error to find what works best. In many ways, writers need to:

5. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was a scientist, but he was also a WRITER. Einstein published many papers, and in 1904, at the age of 25, he was often seen wheeling a baby carriage and stopping every so often to write down ideas in a notebook. In the carriage was his infant son, also named Albert, and the ideas written in the notebook would be some of the most influential in history (New York Times, 2010).

6. Einstein was a good writer because… He was a good reader who utilized critical thinking by questioning while he read and practicing metacognition through the reading, thinking, and writing process. The thinking practices that Einstein and other scientists and researchers use can be learned to help students become better writers.

7. High school and college students have areas of need that can be addressed by #ThinkingLikeAScientist. Discussion & Presentations by members of Heartland Community College’s Redesign Teamregarding students’ areas of need: Matt Felumlee Stephanie Kratz Zach Petrea Commentary from Illinois State University instructors regarding student areas of need

8. To strengthen writing, students need to be able to: Ask questions & form hypotheses while reading, be resourceful,experiment, persevere through trial & error, & reflect on theirprocess and decisions

9. Activity How can we create a classroom environment in which students can become more independent writers who feel safe and willing to take risks to reveal their best writing? Provide answers to this question by collaborating in a multi-grade level team to form hypotheses regarding how to create an environment of inquiry and risk-taking. Starter: There will be a positive relationship between the environment and students’ writing achievement if students are able to….or if teachers….

10. Teams Share Their Hypotheses

11. Session 2: Writing CCSS & Resources • Nicole Rummel: Director of Instruction, El Paso-Gridley CUSD #11 • ELA Writing CCSS (in packet) • ELA Progression of Writing Skills Resource (in packet) • Collaboration Critical Thinking Cards Resource

12. Jodi Latham Bradley-Bourbonnais Community HS • CCSS Curriculum Alignment Process Efforts at BBCHS • Example: 12th Grade English IV (DRAFT): • Students will analyze multiple sources from multiplegenres to investigate a political or social issue. Students will create an original research question and interview to investigate a topic. Students will develop a written argument based on the integration of multiple, diverse media formats that varies syntax for rhetorical effect. • Students practicing skills in CCSS, but have freedom to select sources, select topic, and develop own questions

13. Jodi Latham BBCHS ELA Shift Kits www.education.illinoisstate.edu/casei/ela/ www.isbe.state.il.us : Capture the Core Newsletters (sidebar link) >ELA PLS Tools (top link)>Choose level link>Classrooms in Action www.ilclassroomsinaction.org

14. Heartland CC Redesign Team Matt Felumlee, Stephanie Krantz & Zach Petrea: Explanation of which writing CCSS the Redesign Team is focusing on for new curriculum redesign process Instructional writing resources & strategies used at the collegiate level

15. Activity 2 Step 1: With your multi-grade level team, go to the lab station that matches the color of the beaker at a lab to the color specified on your post-it. Step 2: At your team’s lab station, you will find a test tube with a writing CCSS inside. Step 3: Develop a writing prompt or activity that is aligned to that CCSS after selecting a grade level of your team’s choice

16. Need a BREAK?

17. Activity 2 & Sharing Continuation of team creation activity Record created prompt or activity on wall papers Teams share their writing standard with specified grade level and created writing prompt/activity with others

18. #ThinkLikeAScientist Closing: ROE Surveys & ELA Team Feedback Surveys Resources presented at summit: www.education.illinoisstate.edu/csep/initiatives/ibhe.shtml Contact: nicole.rummel@unit11.org Matt.Felumlee@heartland.edu jlatham@bbchs.org Twitter @JodiLatham *Inspiration for #ThinkLikeAScientist theme is from the BBCHS Science Department teachers for being pioneers in student inquiry & discovery. THANK YOU!