Best-of-Smekens Writing Conference:
Writing Remix 2019

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Six-Traits Essentials | Grammar & Conventions | Writing About Reading

Modes & Genres | Writer’s Workshop Management | Text-Based Responses

Writing About Reading

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Session 1: Generate 4 Types of Narratives in Response to Reading
Session 2: Annotate & Note-Take in Preparation for Writing
Session 3: Write After-Reading Summaries in the Content Areas
Session 4: Generate Opinion-Based Reading Responses
Session 5: Cultivate Compare-Contrast Writing Skills

SESSION 2

Annotate & Note-Take in Preparation for Writing

Readers put their thinking adjacent to the author’s ideas

Comprehension Voice Signs
Available in English & Spanish

Go beyond highlighting—expect Why-lighting.

Scaffold annotation skills all year

Engage more readers with highlighter tape.

Gain information from many different sources

Anchor Chart Resources

Code across texts to identify new, additional, & contradictory details

Use the resources from the mini-lesson video.

Discern important from unimportant information

Return to annotations after reading.

Use removable tools for annotation and graphic organizers for note-taking

Where can I find sources for short videos for note-taking purposes?

T-Chart