Re: Reading/Writing
I agree and disagree. Reading and writing strategies do
deserve separate instruction/practice within any
language-based course (not just ELA); however, there is power
and instructional efficiency when the two are wedded. For
example, a response to literature essay/paragraph needs an
authentic reading source to engage writers.
Additionally, when you teach comprehension or writing
strategies, you can purposefully teach both reading and
writing skills. For example, teaching students the
comprehension strategy (text structure) of discriminating
between main idea and support details in an essay about birds
is concurrently teaching writing strategies (essay/paragraph
organization/hierarchy of ideas/thesis statement). So you
really do kill two birds with one stone.
I've updated the old "tried and true" SQ3R read-study method
to integrate a written response component. You many wish to
check out my PQ RAR read-writing strategy at
http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/how-to-read-
textbooks-with-pq-rar/ On 6/26/09, Barbare wrote:
> Can anyone give tips on incorparating reading and writing
> effectively in a 50 minute time period? I thinks it's best
> when taught separately.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Reading/Writing, 6/26/09, by Barbare.
- Re: Reading/Writing, 6/27/09, by Mark Pennington.
