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Mini-workshop #7 Writing to Demonstrate Knowledge Part I.

1. Review Part I. of the Mini-Workshop#5 Graphic Organizer-Writing to Learn-the column titled “Student Areas of Support”

· Review the content-specific Writing to Demonstrate Knowledge strategies of interest:

Science- pgs 4 and 40-57 http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Science_WAC_2_3_264454_7.pdf

· Review the PPT-Jane Shaffer’s Writer’s Workshop

i. Most important slides-2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, and 33 ii. Discuss potential applications of this model to your content-area.

2. Mini-Workshop#7 Graphic Organizer-Writing to Demonstrate Knowledge Part I. (Google.doc)

i. Collaboratively select a common WTDK product ii. Complete the table in Part I. Shared Product Selection iii. Eventually the Shaffer model will be adapted to the shared WTDK product

3. Grading WTL work samples

· Bring SPI work samples for the shared WTL strategies · Use the common WTL rubric to grade the WTL work samples · Discuss common themes around implementation of the strategy · Discuss common areas of student struggle and success

4. Sharing of best-practices from 1st semester (differentiation academic vocabulary-building strategies, and WTL strategies)