Thread:MsNeely/@comment-4784321-20170812230241/@comment-4784321-20170813003717

Steps to The Writing to Learn Process
1) Do a warm-up writing exercise. Students answer questions to activate their background knowledge and engage with the activity before discussing their ideas with their peers. For Unit 1 Lesson 1 students answer the question: What do you know about Inventing?

2) Engage students in active listening. When students watch a video [] about the top ten inventions of all time they write down details about each kind of invention they see. By writing as they listen, students are actively engaged in constructing meaning from the video.

3) Write about reflections. Students pair up and group up to discuss the definitions associated with this lesson each group gets two words to define. and discuss and write about. Through writing, students are able to reflect on what they learned in class. Instead of simply acting as an exit ticket, this activity gives students a chance to process and organize information. The students share their writing with each other in a gallery walk, but because the writing is anonymously posted, the writing is still low-stakes. https://padlet.com/dneely/551k0karwav6 Unit 1 Lesson 1