Guided+Writing

= Guided Writing = = =

**Rationale** My main reason for choosing this strategy was because I want to use strategies that support writing through reading. I also like the follow through with this strategy because it can be used before reading and then you follow up on your writing and add to or change after the text is read. I think the follow up is extremely important especially to my struggling students. They need to know that they have to check themselves and reread things they have written. It is a great habit to get into and then need specific instructions on how to do that. This strategy enables me to give specific instructions and model for them what it looks like. This strategy can be used at any age the expections and the requirement just need to be modified to fit your group of students. For example, with my younger students. We will probably list things about a known topic together. Where as an older student may be able to write a whole paragraph on what they know about the upcoming topic.
 * Implementation Suggestions**

The neat thing about this strategy is that it allows each individual student to pull from what they already know about a given topic. The teacher needs to be aware of the learners in the class and adjust the procedure to fit the diverse learners in the class. If you have more kinesthic learners, maybe they need to come to the board and write what they know about the topic or put it on a post it and bring it to the board. Just to get them up and out of their seat. Aditory leaners would benefit from a conversation about what people know about a given topic. Visual learners would benefit from being able to write down what they know as well as having the teacher record some of the class discussion on the board.
 * Diverse Learners **

1. Choose a book with a topic that your students know some about but want them to know more. 2. Share the topic with your students and have a discussion about what they already know about the topic. 3. They can just say what they know and you can record it or they can write in down on their own either way discuss what they have. 4. These things should just be words or phrases that they know related to the topic and written up for them to see. 5. Once you have discussed the ideas they have some up with allow students time to write (in my case with younger students write a sentence or two) sentences related to the topic using help from the things previously discussed and written on the board. 6. Depending on your purpose and students either have them read the text or read it together. 7. As a class discuss possible changes are additions to the originally list of ideas. 8. Now allow the student to go back and revise their sentences or paragraphs making changes or additions where appropriate. One big issue I can see is having a room full of students saying I don't know what to write or that they don't know anything about the topic. The text the will be read needs to be chosed carefully so that it will be something the students have some background knowledge on before trying this strategy.
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 * Potential Issues**

From C&I 306 with Dr. Mehall, this was a strategy presented in class.
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