Part of the process is learning to read books like a writer. Drawing on stories from classrooms, examples of student writing, and illustrations, katie wood ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpin nings of how elementary and middle school students learn to write from their reading. Katie wood ray gives specific techniques for teaching structure, ways with words, and teaches you to teach your students to read like writers. The book explores the complex relationship between reading and writing and the implications of this for teaching practice. Wondrous words is a loud book, filled with the voices of writers, young and old. Katie wood ray offers a list of books to help us define structural and ways with words crafts. Wondrous words katie wood ray the writing workshop. Katie is a fulltime writer and researcher on the teaching of writing. Flipping reading instructioninto writing opportunities is to deepen our understanding of what we expect of readers, what we teach readers to do, how a readers insights can be the pathway into a more thorough understanding of. Advanced placement english language and composition. This book along with others helped me begin to understand what is involved in developing writers. Teaching writing k8 by ralph fletcher and joann portalupi. The adobe flash plugin is needed to view this content. I have been reading wondrous words by katie wood ray.
Working through the hard parts and theyre all hard parts, 2001 katie has also published numerous articles and book chapters, and is the former coeditor of the ncte journal primary voices k6. Katie has always given teachers resources and pd that transform writing instruction and help children discover a. This book gives a lot of insight on how one can read as a writer, as a means to improve their writing. Beginning with the concepts that underlie how writing teachers teach students to write by studying other writers, it goes on to explore ways to help children read like writers.
The craft of the classroom download ebook pdf, epub. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom readwritethink. Writers and writing in the elementary school the focus of writers are readers. Drawing on stories from classrooms, examples of student writing, and illustrations, katie wood ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinnings of.
Source this lesson is adapted from wondrous words, writers and writing in the elementary classroom, by katie wood ray. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom, 1999 the writing workshop. Examines the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from reading other writers. My life and teaching were forever changed the first time i picked up katie wood ray s seminal text wondrous words, which describes the power and independence writers. Notice something about the craft of the text, talk about it and make a theory about why the author used that craft. About 7% of the respondents are new to the profession and have been. Remove this presentation flag as inappropriate i dont like this i like this remember as a favorite. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom was published by the national council of teachers of english in 1999 and went on to become one of their bestselling books ever. For all of this, she uses the most marvelous childrens books, most picture books but some young adult novels.
You point out beautiful sentences and word choices in books and encourage students to try similar work in their own writing. Approximately 440 members responded to the email survey, and they were a somewhat heterogeneous group. Reading the book whisperer while simultaneously reading wondrous words is. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom national council of teachers of english, 1999, as well other. Cultivating this habit of mind is best explained by katie wood ray in her book wondrous words. Writers must have the will to go from nothing to something, and with enough experience making books, children come to have faith in a future of writing that doesnt yet exist. The institute used katie wood ray s wondrous words. Keep in mind the good reasons to write that katie talks about in. Katie wood ray reminds me of donalyn miller, but on the writing side of things. Wondrous words showed kyle the title poem, and i showed him how eloise greenfield was also trying to show a love for something, how she was writing just like him, but the difference was that eloise said very specific things about what she loved. Reading the book whisperer while simultaneously reading wondrous words is a perfect marriage of inspiration for teaching reading and writing. Examine the new jersey registered holistic scoring rubric njrhsr and other genrespecific rubrics and checklists. With a particular focus on the study of writing craft, she leads teacher workshops and summer institutes across the nation related to the teaching of writing.
Katie wood ray dynamic and informative, katie is known for her focus on the craft of writing and her passion to move young writers towards independence in the writing workshop. Drawing on stories from classrooms, examples of student writing, and illustrations, this book explains in. This is a great book about teaching kids to be successful at and enjoy writing. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom katie wood ray distributed by eric clearinghouse washington d. I chose this lesson because it too embraces a central theme of my own philosophy of writing. Katie beloved author of about the authors and already ready begins with a strong, classroombased research foundation for this powerful, intuitive idea. Talk about it and make a theory about why a writer might use this craft. She takes teaching writing way beyond teaching craft techniques and into how our young authors can structure their pieces. Think about other texts you know and the authors style, try and envision using that particular craft in your own writing. A topic that appears to be a long ways from both these concepts is that fact that my son challenged me to read shoeless joe by w.
My philosophy of writing instruction has been molded by the writing of katie wood ray and really began to take shape when i read wondrous words ncte, 1999. All the dynamics of words and meanings and genres and formats and audiences all the things that impact what is being written make duplicating a process time after time impossible, even for a single. For many years as the author of bestselling heinemann books such as about the authors, study driven, already ready, and in pictures and in words, and as a member of heinemanns professional development services, katie wood ray. Ppt wondrous words ii powerpoint presentation free to view id. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom by katie wood ray. Noticing writerly things means noticing things that are close to the. Basically, this is a crossgenre text structure where poetry is used to write memoir, fiction, nonfiction, or any other genre wondrous words by katie wood ray.
This is still fundamental and important work for teachers and young writers to engage in. The five parts to reading like a writer from wondrous by katie wood ray, p. Apr 6, 20 this board is based on chapters 68 in katie wood ray s book wondrous words. Wondrous words wondrous words ray, katie 20120901 00. Terminology literary device, stylestructureevidence technique frame it. Wondrous words writers and writing in the elementary classroom, jan 1, 1999, education, katie wood ray, 317 pages, examines the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from reading other writers.
Writers and writing in the elementary classroom, katie wood ray, 1999, national council of teachers of english. After studying this poem a bit, mak reading like writers. Drawing on classroom stories and experiences, ray shows teachers how to pay attention to what authors do effectively. In other words, when we read, we do so like writers. Find examples of other crafts used in this article. June 2122, 2012 warsaw community high school warsaw. Hanging file folders to store students books word study at times other than writing workshop not afraid of my words interactive talk predictable pattern to studies handouts created by katie wood ray 7. See more ideas about writing, teaching writing and writing workshop. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom was published by the national council of teachers of english in 1999 and went on to become one of their best. The essential guide by ralph fletcher and joann portalupi. Teachers and students should explore the registers and expectations set forth through the njrhsr, practice scoring their own and others writing, provide feedback to peers, accept constructive feedback from peers and the teacher, and work to improve their work score. Writers and writing in the elementary classroom is a loud book, as the author tells us, filled with the voices of writers, young and old, experienced and inexperienced.
I implemented a writers workshop model in my classroom and engaged my. We hope this short reading lays a foundation for you to interpret text, practice rhetorical analysis, and. Working through the hard parts and theyre all hard parts katie. Wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Upon reading this book, i had a great aha moment when katie wood ray so eloquently stated that writing instruction is all about teaching students the readinglikewriters. This lesson also embraces the philosophy of katie wood ray as outlined her in book, wondrous words. Keep in mind the good reasons to write that katie talks about in chapter 5 page 95. Quotationevidence from work give an example of writers craft name it.
Ppt wondrous words ii powerpoint presentation free to. Best practices in elementary writing workshop instruction. Drawing on stories from classrooms, examples of student writing, and illustrations, katie wood ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinnings of how elementary and middle school students learn to write from their reading. Katie wood ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinnings of how elementary and middle school students learn to write from their reading. Drawing on stories from classrooms, examples of student writing, and illustrations, this book explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinnings of how elementary school students learn to write from their reading. Noticing writerly things means noticing things that are close to the words, close to the text. Lesson plan reading with a writers eye laura weakland.
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