Transcript Everybody Writes

Everybody Writes
A Student Engagement Strategy
New Bedford High School
Professional Development Session
Monday, January 27, 2014
Session Agenda
Introduce
Discuss
Discuss
Everybody Writes
how and why it works in all classes.
how to plan and use this strategy
effectively.
Session Objective
Prepare
teachers to effectively
include Everybody Writes as one
instructional strategy in lesson
plans developed later today.
A Story
What got in the way?
60
seconds: Brainstorm 3 possible
issues that prevent student
participation in class discussion.
Everybody Writes in action.
Everybody Writes in action.
“Did
Tecumseh change history?”
Not
a perfect example.
What
works well?
Everybody Writes can help.
Key Idea:
Set your students up for rigorous
engagement by giving them the opportunity
to reflect first in writing before discussing.
As author Joan Didion says, “I write to know
what I think.”
Everybody Writes - Seven Virtues
Focused starting point
2. Prepares everyone to participate
3. Encourages re-thinking
4. Supplies direction
5. Jogs students’ memory
6. Gets everyone to answer
7. Connects to notes and evidence.
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Everybody Writes - Making it Work
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Keep it tight.
Make the question matter.
Set expectations.
Build the habit of writing.
Ways to initiate Everybody Writes
See handout pages 3-4.
Everybody Writes
(Small Group Practice)
See handout pages 5-6.
Everybody Writes - References
Teach
Lemov
Like a Champion by Doug
http://faculty-resources.com