Competency 5: Writing by Rachel Kennedy

RAFT

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“RAFT is a writing strategy that helps students understand their role as a writer, the audience they will address, the varied formats for writing, and the topic they’ll be writing about” (Reading Rockets, n.d.).

POW+TREE

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Per IRIS Center (2006), POW is a mnemonic device that assists students in structuring their writing, while TREE is a mnemonic device helps organize their ideas.

Raised Line Paper

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For students struggling with dysgraphia, raised line paper may help elementary age students stay on the lines while writing (Jones, n.d.).

Graphic Organizers for Brainstorming

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“Use graphic organizers, maps, index cards, or sticky notes to arrange information by illustrating particular text structures or concepts” (Reading Rockets, n.d.).

P.O.W.E.R. for writing

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Per Richards (n.d.), POWER is a mnemonic device that helps students remember the writing process.

Transition Words

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“Transition words help stories flow more smoothly, by providing logical organization and improving the connections between thoughts” (Reading Rockets, n.d.).

Providing Feedback

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An important piece of the writing process was proving frequent feedback to students about the quality, missing pieces, and strengths. This improves student and teacher communication as well (Russell, n.d.).

Pencil Grips

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For students that struggle with dysgraphia, have pencil grips on hand for everybody in the class to use (Jones, n.d.).

SRSD

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“A scientifically validated framework for explicitly teaching academic strategies to students, SRSD incorporates steps that have been shown to be critical if students are to learn how to effectively use academic strategies” (IRIS Center, 2008).

Talk About Their Writing

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Provide students with the opportunity to talk about their writing and share ideas with partners/peers.

Resources

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Jones, S. (n.d.). Dysgraphia accommodations and modifications. LD OnLine. https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/writing-spelling/dysgraphia-accommodations-and-modifications?theme=print

The IRIS Center. (2006). Improving writing performance: A strategy for writing persuasive essays. Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/pow/

The IRIS Center. (2008). SRSD: Using learning strategies to enhance student learning. Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/srs/

Reading Rockets. (n.d.). RAFT. https://www.readingrockets.org/classroom/classroom-strategies/raft

Reading Rockets. (n.d.). Transition words. https://www.readingrockets.org/classroom/classroom-strategies/transition-words

Reading Rockets. (n.d.). Writing: In practice. https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101/reading-101-learning-modules/course-modules/writing/practice

Richards, R. G. (n.d.). Strategies for the reluctant writer. LD OnLine. https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/writing-spelling/strategies-reluctant-writer

Russell, G. (n.d.). Teaching expressive writing to students with learning disabilities. LD OnLine. https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/writing-spelling/teaching-expressive-writing-students-learning-disabilities

University of Wisconsin Whitewater. (n.d.). Efficient ways to improve student writing. https://www.uww.edu/learn/restiptool/improve-student-writing