CWA+Teaching+Strategies

=﻿CWA Teaching Strategies=







//The document above is a sample template to be used for helping students graphically organize MEAL paragraphs. You can change the heading to reflect the question that you want them to respond to.//

 ** Teaching Strategies ** suggested to supplement Facing History and Ourselves’ CWA writing preparation journals for // Choices in Little Rock //

 ** TABLE OF CONTENTS **  ** Strategy Page **


 * ** 3-2-1 ** ||  ** 4 ** ||
 * ** Adding transitions ** ||  ** 5 ** ||
 * ** Backwards outline ** ||  ** 6-7 ** ||
 * ** Barometer - Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues ** ||  ** 8-9 ** ||
 * ** Concept map ** ||  ** 10 ** ||
 * ** Conferencing ** ||  ** 11 ** ||
 * ** Dissecting a writing prompt ** ||  ** 12 ** ||
 * ** Editing worksheets ** ||  ** 13-16 ** ||
 * ** Final word ** ||  ** 17 ** ||
 * ** Fishbowl ** ||  ** 18 ** ||
 * ** Four corners ** ||  ** 19-20 ** ||
 * ** Free-writing ** ||  ** 21 ** ||
 * ** Gallery Walk ** ||  ** 22-23 ** ||
 * ** Give one – get one ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 24 ** ||
 * ** Inverted Pyramid ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 25 ** ||
 * ** Pass-around ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 26 ** ||
 * ** Read-alouds ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 27 ** ||
 * ** Sentence-strip paragraphs ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 28 ** ||
 * ** Silent Conversation (Big Paper) ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 29-30 ** ||
 * ** SPAR (Spontaneous Argumentation) ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 31-32 ** ||
 * ** Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 33 ** ||
 * ** Thesis brainstorm ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 34-35 ** ||
 * ** Think-pair-share ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 36 ** ||
 * ** Two-minute interviews ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 37-38 ** ||
 * ** Using exemplars ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 39-41 ** ||
 * ** Using Graphic Organizers ** || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> ** 42-47 ** ||

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