November 19, 2010
Hello, WTL Friends,
Lovely to study writing with you today! It’s always inspiring to rub brains with each of you.
Angela has given us all we need in her brilliant training manual and book, Writing
Matters . To identify just a few of her key supports to us, I embedded WTLrevision connections in the chart below. Also, just in case you work with a group who wants or needs to go deeper in their studies of revision, I included a few additionally excellent resources for your consideration.
Warmest regards and respect,
Laura Benson
Laura Benson ~lbenson@leadandlearn.com
~ lbopenbook@aol.com
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What
Why & How
Writing Matters /Peery pages 85 -86
Benson article “The Write Word” for
3
Step Revision Ritual
Angelillo (chapter 1, 2, 3, 5, 6-8;
See pages 57; 57 & 61-62 for compelling examples)
Fletcher “Rereading” pages 57 – 66
& “Revision: Radical Surgery” pages 67 - 78
Fletcher & Portalupi (numerous ideas; try pages 87 & 109, for example)
Graves (numerous examples throughout book)
Graves & Kittle Part II, pages 7 -70
Hill & Ekey, numerous examples throughout book, especially pages
16 – 30 & 103 – 112
Darling-Hammond (embedded ideas for writing to learn)
Christelow
Writing Matters/ Peery pages 88 –
89 & 161
Model self talk of proficient writers
(Benson handout; I can offer more examples including a portrait which categorizes self talk based on where writer is in his/her process.)
Angelillo Appendix D
Fletcher “Rereading” pages 57 – 66
Planning Notes
[*To consider possible mentor texts for your clients – in addition to NOT instead of WTL content - as Angela explained today; to differentiate PD for your clients]
Laura Benson ~lbenson@leadandlearn.com
~ lbopenbook@aol.com
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& “Revision: Radical Surgery” pages 67 - 78
Graves & Kittle pages 9 (on) and page 56 (on)
Overmeyer pages 56 – 77 & 115
Writing Matters /Peery pages 89-90
See Benson “Conferring”
[Also, very important to share examples of your own conference record notes.]
Feedback research
Hattie pages 141 – 143 & 173 – 178
(+)
Anderson pages 192 – 198
(especially; other supports throughout book)
Angelillo Chapter 10
Graves & Kittle pages 70 - 80
Heard pages 81 – 93
Hill & Ekey pages 135 – 152
Overmeyer all pages, especially chapters 2, 3, & 6
Writing Matters/ Peery pages 86 –
88 & 160
Benson handouts
Hattie p. 141 – 143 (especially)
Ghiso pages 382 – 394
Graves & Kittle pages 70/70 – 80
Hill & Ekey pages 145 - 151
Laura Benson ~lbenson@leadandlearn.com
~ lbopenbook@aol.com
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Mentor Texts/Professional Books for Studying Revision
Anderson, Carl. (2005). Assessing Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Anderson, Kristin. (2010). Data Team Success Stories. Englewood, CO: Lead + Learn Press.
Angelillo, Janet. (2005). Making Revision Matter. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Benson, Laura. (2004). “The Write Word: Creating Revision Rituals for Growing Writers.” The
Colorado Communicator. Denver, Colorado: IRA.
Christelow, Eileen. (1995). What Do Authors Do. New York, NY: Clarion Books. [picture book but very invitational and clarifying to writers of all ages; thousands of other children’s literature
“mentors” available]
Darling-Hammond, Linda. (2008). Powerful Learning: What we know about teaching for
understanding. San Francisco, CA: Josey Bass.
David, Judy and Hill, Sharon. (2003). The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Ghiso, Maria Paula. (2010). “Peer and Teacher Talk in a First-Grade Writing Community:
Constructing Multiple Possibilities for Authorship” in 59 th Yearbook of The National Reading
Conference, ed. Jimenez, Risko, Hundley, & Rowe.
Graves, Donald. (1989). Investigate Nonfiction. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Graves, Donald and Kittle, Penny. (2005). Inside Writing: How to teach the details of craft.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Fletcher, Ralph. (2000). How Writers Work: Finding a process that works for you. New York, NY:
Harper Trophy.
Fletcher, Ralph and Portalupi, Joann (2007). Craft Lessons: Teaching writing K – 8, 2 nd Edition.
Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Hattie, John. (2009). Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement.
London: Routledge.
Heard, Georgia. (2002). The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Hill, Bonnie Campbell Hill. (2010). The Next Step Guide To Enhancing Writing Instruction:
Rubrics and resources for self-evaluation and goal setting. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Laura Benson ~lbenson@leadandlearn.com
~ lbopenbook@aol.com
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Lane, Barry. (1999). The Reviser’s Toolbox. Discover Writing Press.
Overmeyer, Mark. (2009). What Student Writing Teaches Us: Formative assessment in the writing
workshop. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Peery, Angela. (2009). Writing Matters in Every Classroom. Englewood, CO: Lead + Learn Press.
Ray, Katie Wood and Cleaveland, Lisa. (2004). About the Authors. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Laura Benson ~lbenson@leadandlearn.com
~ lbopenbook@aol.com
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