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Short Response Writing Across the Curriculum

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What are some ideas for getting students writing across the curriculum? Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, English Teacher from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, presents her suggestions.

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We write in Spanish on a daily basis, answering comprehension questions, summarizing, formal letter and persuasive essays.

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We write in Spanish on a daily basis, answering comprehension questions, summarizing, formal letter and persuasive essays.

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Writing represents one of the four essential components of language acquisition.

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In 7th grade ELA, writing looks like reader responses to questions about the novel and character motivations, etc. It also looks like writing expository paragraphs and essays.

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Pink rulz!
I love Kim!
Effective self expression:  reader response, higher level thinking, ... Summarize, compare/contrast, outline, graphic organizers, vocabulary acquisition, expository, narrative, persuasive, ...

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Writing is important to student learning as a way to reflect and demonstrate overall understanding. It is important because writing skills are going to be used for the rest of students' lives. Writing in science can support student learning by having students reflect on expert information and non-fiction information that can sometimes be difficult to comprehend.

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Use writing to summarize learning, compare and contrast concepts, explain processes.

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Yes! Because writing mathematically and using a mathematician's vocabulary helps our students make SENSE of what we are learning in math class!

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Writing gives students another opportunity to express their understanding in written form.