Reading to Writing
Literacy Task b

Recommendations for using writing to improve reading

Implementing recommendations

  1. combined reading writing are both activities that accomplish goals such as learning new ideas in a text.
  2. reading and writing are connected in that they call upon common knowledge and cognitive processes
  3. both are communcation activities.

I. Have students write about the text they read

IITeach Students the writing skills and proccess that go into creating text

III. Increase how much students write

respond to a text in writing (writing a personal reaction, interpretation, analysis

Write summeries

write notes

answer/write questions about text,

Teach the process of writing, structure, sentence construction etc. improves reading comprehension)

Teach spelling and sentence construction skills (improves fluency)

Teach spelling skills (improves word reading skills)

improves reading comprehension

  1. writing involves generating meaning by using experience and knowledge to create a text and build relationships among words, sentences, and paragraphs
  2. process of creating text prompts thoughtful, engagaed reading.

writing about text that have been read improves comprehension... across the board. It improves the ability in text accuracy, fluency and comprehension.

examples:

  1. Analytical essays, 2. guided journaling

Direct teach the skills 1.Identity main idea

  1. delete trivial info
  2. delete redundant info
  3. write short synopsis of main and supporting ideas
    Model, practice, support

Skeleton Outline, generate main idea subheadings and add 2-3 details, convert

structured note taking

  1. flow chart
    Concept mapping
  2. model
  3. discuss/practice
  4. ownership

click to edit

direct teaching skill, pracice,

sentence combining - combining 2 simple sentences into complex sentence. Model, practice, disect

text structures - direct teach persuasive writing, model, write, revise w/feedback

stretages examples

  1. pen palling
  2. daily writing about self-selected topics /journaling

Usage depends on needs of the teacher/student

reading and writing works best together.