Text Evidence: The Root of Effective Writing
Grades 6-8 ELA Teachers, ELA Coaches
Literacy
Reluctant middle school writers have been trending for decades. Many adolescents today enter middle school lacking the confidence of how to construct a strong paragraph, let alone a 5 paragraph essay. Educators will take away best practices for how to encourage writing risks, increase writing stamina, and ensure student written responses are rooted in textual evidence.
explore reading annotation strategies in preparation for writing
apply annotation strategies in a nonfiction text
examine scaffolding strategies to assist students with selecting and using text evidence in their writing
identify what makes a writing prompt analytical in nature
collaboratively create analytical writing prompts aligned with current curriculum to solicit student responses rooted in text