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The New Art and Science of Teaching Writing
Using a simple structure, Kathy Tuchman Glass and Robert J. Marzano apply the instructional strategies of The New Art and Science of Teaching to teaching and assessing writing skills, as well as some associated reading skills. With more than 100 categorized and organized strategies across grade levels and subjects, this book will help you address writing learning outcomes needed for student success.
Benefits
- Understand which instructional strategies are best suited to teaching writing skills, and gain specific examples for implementing these strategies.
- Learn how to utilize general and specific strategies to improve the learning environment of the classroom and obtain desired student learning outcomes for writing.
- Fine-tune your writing curriculum to achieve student success by developing and assessing writing skills with the book’s instructional techniques.
- Examine samples of writing rubrics, proficiency scales, and checklists, and learn effective teaching methods to use them as assessment and instructional tools.
- Utilize an advance organizer as a quick reference of all strategies to assist you in designing writing curriculum and planning lessons.
- Access and download free reproducible activities, rubrics for assessing student writing, writing assessment examples, writing checklists, and more for classroom use.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Feedback
Chapter 1: Providing and Communicating Clear Learning Goals
Chapter 2: Using Assessments
Part II: Content
Chapter 3: Conducting Direct Instruction Lessons
Chapter 4: Conducting Practicing and Deepening Lessons
Chapter 5: Conducting Knowledge Application Lessons
Chapter 6: Using Strategies That Appear in All Types of Lessons
Part III: Context
Chapter 7: Using Engagement Strategies
Chapter 8: Implementing Rules and Procedures and Building Relationships
Chapter 9: Developing Expertise
Appendix A: Framework Overview
Appendix B: List of Figures and Tables
STUDY GUIDE
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1
- Figure 1.2: Sample Proficiency Scale for Generating Narratives (Grade 8)
- Figure 1.3: Sample Proficiency Scale for Generating Narratives (Grade 2)
- Figure 1.4: Sample Proficiency Scale for Revision (Grade 8)
- Figure 1.5: Sample Proficiency Scale for Generating Sentences (Grade 2)
- Figure 1.6: Argumentation Writing Analytic Rubric, Secondary Level
- Figure 1.7: Opinion Writing Analytic Rubric, Elementary Level
- Figure 1.9: Argumentation Writing Checklist (Secondary)
- Figure 1.10: Opinion Writing Checklist (Primary)
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.2: Secondary Figurative Language Preassessment
- Figure 3.3: Upper Elementary Figurative Language Preassessment
- Figure 3.4: Elementary Figurative Language Preassessment
- Figure 3.6: Perspective Analysis Examples
- Figure 3.7: Thinking Hats
- Figure 3.8: Parallelism Activity (Upper Elementary)
- Figure 3.9: Parallelism Activity (Secondary)
- Figure 3.11: Story Summary Template and Example: Wonder
- Figure 3.12: Graphic Organizers
- Figure 3.13: Compound Sentence Examples (Elementary)
- Figure 3.14: Sentence Examples (Upper Elementary)
- Figure 3.15: Sentence Examples (Secondary)
Chapter 4
- Figure 4.2: Modeling Example
- Figure 4.3: Student Character Sketches
- Figure 4.5: Diamante Template and Example: Wonder
- Figure 4.6: Sorting Exercise Sentence Excerpts 1
- Figure 4.7: Sorting Exercise Sentence Excerpts 2
- Figure 4.10: Thesis and Aligned Topic Sentences
Chapter 5
- Figure 5.2: Sample Secondary Templates and Tasks
- Figure 5.3: Options for Written Products
- Figure 5.5: Narrative Feedback Sheet
- Figure 5.6: Argumentation Feedback Sheet
- Figure 5.7: Prepositional Phrase Cards
- Figure 5.9: Argumentation Characteristics
- Figure 5.11: Introducing the Structure of an Argument to Elementary Students
- Figure 5.12: Counterargument Sentence Frames
Chapter 6
- Figure 6.2: K-W-L Chart
- Figure 6.3: Narrative Preassessment
- Figure 6.4: Elements of Literature Web
- Figure 6.5: Fairy-Tale Preassessment
- Figure 6.7: Paragraphing Poster
- Figure 6.8: Paragraphing Bookmark
- Figure 6.13: Narrative Revision Sheet, Secondary Level
- Figure 6.14: Personal Narrative Revision Sheet 1, Elementary Level
- Figure 6.15: Personal Narrative Revision Sheet 2, Elementary Level
- Figure 6.18: Suggestions for Parents or Guardians in Assisting Student Writers
- Table 6.1: Proofreading Marks
Chapter 7
- Figure 7.3: Hand Signal Examples
- Figure 7.5: Tableau Assignment Sheet with Teacher Directions and Potential Student Responses
- Figure 7.13: Vocabulary Game Board (Elementary)
Chapter 9
Appendix
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
BOOKS
- Glass, K. T. (2017). The Fundamentals of (Re)Designing Writing Units. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Glass, K. T. (2017). (Re)Designing Argumentation Writing Units for Grades 5–12. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Glass, K. T. (2018). (Re)Designing Narrative Writing Units for Grades 5–12. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Marzano, R. J. (2010). Developing Expert Teachers. In R. J. Marzano (Ed.), On Excellence in Teaching (pp. 213–246). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Marzano, R. J. (2017). The New Art and Science of Teaching. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Reeves, D. (2016). FAST Grading: A Guide to Implementing Best Practices. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
WEBSITES
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
- BrainPOP Educators, “Printable Resources”
- edHelper.com, “Free Graphic Organizers Worksheets”
- Education Oasis
- EverythingESL, “Graphic Organizers for Content Instruction”
- Freeology, “Graphic Organizers”
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Place, “Graphic Organizer”
- Teacher Files, “Graphic Organizers”
- TeacherVision
- Teachnology, “Graphic Organizers Maker”
Chapter 4
- Achieve the Core, “Student Writing Samples”
- Brown’s Student Learning Tools, “Argument Sample Essays”
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects: Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing
- East of the Web, “Short Stories”
- Fullreads, “Works of Literature”
- Gleeditions, “Collections & Titles”
- Hippocampus Magazine
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston’s Holt Online Essay Scoring, “Writing Prompts”
- Literacy Design Collaborative, Student Work Samples
- The Literature Network
- The Moth, “Stories”
- The New York Times’s Learning Network, “Announcing Our 2015-16 Student Contest Calendar”
- The New York Times’s Learning Network, “Editorial Contest Winner”
- The New York Times Magazine, “Lives”
- Oregon Department of Education, “Writing Scored Student Work—Grades 3–8”
- Oregon Department of Education, “Writing Work Samples”
- ProCon.org
- Project Gutenberg
- Roane State Community College, “Types of Papers: Narrative/Descriptive”
- The Sun
- Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP): Student Writing
- Teen Ink, “Contest Winners 2015–2016”
- Thoughtful Learning, “Student Models”
Chapter 5
- Google Search Education, “Lesson Plans”
- Literacy Design Collaborative
- Performance Assessment Resource Bank, “Member Sign In”
- Rhode Island Department of Education, “Writing Calibration Protocol”
- Rhode Island Department of Education, “Calibration Protocol for Scoring Student Work: A Part of the Assessment Toolkit”
- Stanford History Education Group, “Reading Like a Historian”
Chapter 6
- Achieve the Core, “Argument/Opinion Writing: On-Demand, Grades 6–High School”
- Achieve the Core, “Argument/Opinion Writing: On-Demand, Grades K–5”
- Achieve the Core, “Informative/Explanatory Writing: On-Demand, Grades 6–High School”
- Achieve the Core, “Informative/Explanatory Writing: On-Demand, Grades K–5”
- Achieve the Core, “Narrative Writing: On-Demand, Grades 6–High School”
- Achieve the Core, “Narrative Writing: On-Demand, Grades K–5”
- Collins Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster
- Thesaurus.com
- Vocabulary.com
Chapter 7
- Hippocampus Magazine
- Library of Congress, “Letters About Literature”
- The New York Times, “Learning Network”
- The New York Times Magazine, “Lives”
- PBS LearningMedia, “Browse by Standards”
- Saint Mary’s College of California, Center for Environmental Literacy, “River of Words”
- Sarah Mook Poetry Contest
- Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, “Categories”
- Storyline Online, “Library”
- The Sun, “Submit”
- TED, “How Fake News Does Real Harm”
- Teen Ink, “Contests”
- USC Shoah Foundation, “Visual History Archive Program”
- Winning Writers
- YouTube, “Literary Devices”
- YouTube, “Figurative Language in Pop Culture 2015”
