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Improving Student Writing Skills Storage for Writing Materials Instead of asking students to complete work at home, many teachers now allow time for in-class completion (Hong, Milgram, & Rowell, 2004). This means that students will rarely have to transport their materials home, and you can organize students’ writing folders in your classroom. Never letting student materials out of your sight helps to avoid lost assignments, misplaced drafts, and the dreaded homework-eating dog. Of course, if you choose to go this route, you will need a system for storing these writing folders. A good method is to use a storage box per class, in which you will file the folders alphabetically. Either decorate the boxes or encourage artistically talented students to decorate their class boxes; the second method gets you out of some preparation and helps students take ownership of their clasroom environment. Resource Materials In a designated area, organize dictionaries, thesauruses, stylebooks, English language usage guides, rhyming dictionaries, etc. For use in generating ideas, it is useful to have materials such as a book of world records, farmers’ almanacs, and magazine collections such as National Geographic. The more books the better, as your goal is to immerse students in a literary environment (Morrow, 1997). 18 http://www.books-foru.blogspot.com
Your Physical Classroom Supplies Checklist Rather than wasting instructional time as students hunt for supplies, many teachers choose to keep an organized assortment of emergency writing materials. Consider asking students to “pay” for supplies with classroom cleanup time during a break or by helping with other organizational tasks. The list below represents supplies that you might consider keeping in your classroom. Create a list like the one below, and put a check next to the items/ideas you already have in your classroom. You could also put an “X” next to the ones you have decided against and an “O” next to the items you plan to include in your classroom but have not yet gotten. Once you get these materials, keep them organized where students can find them independent of prompting—the last thing you want is to spend your time retrieving supplies when you could be teaching. It is also a good idea to create a checkout list for students to sign when they borrow materials, in order to keep track of your materials. 4 Supplies Needed Pencils Tape Writing pens Drawing pens White computer paper Construction paper Lined paper Scissors Dictionaries Thesauruses High-visual magazines Classroom fiction library Informative posters Ready-to-return box Computers Glue Red pencils Encyclopedias Almanacs http://www.books-foru.blogspot.com 19
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Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Introduction.. .
Page 7 and 8: Introduction As a writing teacher,
Page 9 and 10: Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Review
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Page 13 and 14: Chapter One Your Physical Classroom
Page 15 and 16: Your Physical Classroom How Is Your
Page 17 and 18: Your Physical Classroom Basic Seati
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Page 25 and 26: Chapter Two Frameworks for Classroo
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Assignments Daily Journal Prompts (
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Glossary expository writing—nonfi
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References References Adams, P. (19
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References Isernhagen, J., & Kozise
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