Carrie Appel

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The Beacon Student Writing Handbook

• Carrie Appel
• Peter Boland
• Michael Skeldon
• Dawn Souza
• Jennifer Wall

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Goals of this Training

• Familiarize staff with new Student Writing
  Handbook
• Identify ways to effectively incorporate writing
  strategies into all classes
• Develop specific assignments, aligned to
  standards, for your classes and, of course,
• Improve the writing skills of all Beacon students.

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Sneak Peek

• The Basics
• Grammar and Usage
• Writing Process
• MLA Reference

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Use the Tool

• Complete Handbook Quest Assignment
• Share out
• Rate the Handbook
• Any initial thoughts on how you might use it in
  your classes?

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Response to Text

• Review Paragraph Response Rubric
• Put it into practice!
• Compete Task
• Share out
• When can you use it?
• Homework assignments
• Writing prompts
• Test questions
• Journal entries
• Text-based questions
• Reflections, esp. Digication entries

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Assigning a Research Project

• Topic searches
• Identifying resources
• Reviewing the rubric
• Setting the timeline
• Benchmarks on calendar through final presentations

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Your Assignment

• Create a lesson plan using the tool and tied to
  standards
• Your Content Area Standards
• Written and Oral Communication Standards
• Share your plans

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Reflect on Your Experience with the Handbook

• What will you use in your practice?
• How might we improve the tool?
• Do you have any suggestions for using with
  students?

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