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The Background & Research
Writing is second behind reading as an essential
test-taking skill
Writing helps students understand and remember
content like no other teaching technique
“The research is strong that students are far better
off when we score their work for only one or two
criteria that we have just finished teaching explicitly.”
(Mike Schmoker)
Students need limited amounts of specific feedback –
and they need it quickly. (Robert Marzano)
Exemplary schools emphasized student writing and
collaborated on scoring . Students had multiple
opportunities to succeed on assignments.
(Doug Reeves)
Activator
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We know that teachers struggle to get
students write on a regular basis.
If writing is so important, why do teachers
and students struggle?
Write 5 lines. 2 minutes
The 5 Types of Writing
Type One: Capture Ideas
Type Two: Respond Correctly
Type Three: Edit for Focus
Correction Areas
Type Four: Peer Edit for
Focus Correction Areas
Type Five: Publish
The Facts about Collins Writing
• Is a model for writing in all content areas
• “Write more-grade less”
Goals of the program are to:
• Improve student performance
• Actively engage students in content
• Require students to reflect
• Refine listening and speaking skills
• Read writing out loud
• Listen critically to writing that is being read
What Makes Collins Different?
• Explicitly states what students must do to be
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successful
Takes away one of the primary obstacles to
good writing:
FEAR
Writing assignments stop being a punishment
for teachers
Provides a way for teachers to evaluate student
work quickly and still make it count.
“But my Students Don’t Like to Write!”
• Should be the way
we do business in
ALL classes and
subject areas
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Students should be
writing everyday
Students will
complain but that’s
not a good enough
reason NOT to do it
John Collins Writing
5 types of writing:
• TYPE 1: Getting ideas on
paper – brainstorming.
Purpose: to build fluency
• TYPE 2: Shows that the
writer knows something
about a topic or has
thought about the topic.
It is a correct answer to
a specific question.
Format for Type 1
• One draft
• Papers should be organized like this:
Type 1
Ami Healy
11/20/2014
X
1 There is a quarterback.
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2 A touchdown = 6 points
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• Audience: the student writer
• Evaluation: completed the task
• Use # of lines rather than # of sentences.
Type 1 Writing
On your paper write
your name on the
top right and ‘Type
1’ on the top left.
Under your name
write the date
Skip lines as you
write
List 5 of the Top 10 News Stories of the 20th
Century (5 lines; 2 minutes)
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The Type 1
“Thinking on paper”
• e.g. K-W-L, what do you know about
football?, 2 questions you’d ask the
President of the US
Timed and requires a minimum number of
items or lines to be generated.
Questions and/or guesses are permitted.
Not done at home.
Outcomes evaluated with a √ or −, 100 or 0;
may also give a √ + to students who really
went above and beyond
Examples of Type 1 Prompts
List 3 things you learned from last night’s
homework (3 bullets; 2 minutes)
In the last 15 min. of class, what do you
understand best? What do you understand
least? (5 lines; 4 min.)
Describe 3 ways you can use this
information outside of school. (3 lines; 5
minutes)
In 5 lines, describe what might have caused
the scene you see in this picture. (5
minutes)
List 4 ways to use math at the mall. (4
bullets; 6 minutes)
Type 1
• Activating prior knowledge
• Reflecting about learning
• Predicting
• Making connections
• Creative thinking
Your turn!
TYPE 1 WRITING fits every class!
Plan at least 2 type 1 writing
prompts that you will use in your
class.