Writing in the Disiplines by Tina Valtierra https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2020-10-26 16:46:16 UTC 2020-10-29 21:06:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f61d.png Writing like a: kvaltierra2 https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/862595927 Purpose:
Audience:
Craft:
Conventions:
Read-Write Connection:]]> 2020-10-26 16:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/862595927 Writing like a Visual Artist https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873285159 Purpose: 
  • Expression of the artist's identity, experiences, and broader topics/concepts that are important to the artist.
Audience: 
  • This depends on the type of art and the content of the art but I think there is a primary audience (the intended audience e.g. the individual or group the artist critiques or speaks to) and a secondary audience (others who see the work e.g. in a museum, in the streets, internet, etc.)
Craft: 
  • the medium (materials and tools) used (e.g. paint, film, clay, etc.)
  • the style (e.g. abstract, collage, etc.)
Conventions:
  • balanced & organized art elements (i.e. space, repetition, unity, variety, movement, balance, contrast, proportion, scale)
Read-Write Connection: 
  • study or "read" other works of art either because the works have a shared purpose and/or audience, art medium/media, etc.
]]> 2020-10-29 14:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873285159 Visual Thinking Strategies https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873434864 2020-10-29 14:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873434864 Science Notebooks https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873441769 In our Fission and Fusion class we have been discussing the power of science notebook in order for students to engage in inquiry, observation and problem-based learning. Certainly a tool for writing in the disciplines.]]> 2020-10-29 14:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873441769 Sketchbooks https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873457059 It's also important to keep a sketchbook to help generate ideas, plan a piece of art, revise it, come back to it later, etc. It helps to both do a small quick sketch of the intended art piece, label it and sometimes write a few sentences or paragraphs explaining your thought process so future you knows what you were thinking in the moment.]]> 2020-10-29 14:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873457059 Writing like a historian! https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873460364 Purpose, audience, craft, conventions, read-write connections (all in comments below)

]]> 2020-10-29 14:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873460364 "Lab" Reports https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873463382 While students engage with content through their science notebook, they can also produce summative work in the form of Lab reports. Students use hypothesis, procedures, and result sections as ways to make sense of their scientific findings. Students are also excited to share their written results with friends!]]> 2020-10-29 15:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873463382 Scientist https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873465003 Purpose: 
  • Being able to answer questions based on observations using a rigorous methodology
Audience:
  • The general public or the scientific community, who can learn from the findings and make connections to other research or other aspects of their life 
Craft:
  • Scientific method/inquiry: observations, research question, hypothesis, experiment, analyze data, draw conclusions,  communicate results 
  • Refine/alter/expand hypotheses and cycle through experimental processes 
Conventions:
  • Use detailed descriptions
  • Use content-appropriate vocabulary
  • Include diagrams/visuals
  • Organize contents effectively (headings, providing definitions, order scientific process chronologically, etc.), making sure everything is communicated to the reader 
Read-write connection:
  • Scientific literacy is key in understanding one's own findings and the findings of others
  • Allows for proper communication and idea sharing/connecting to take place
  • Creates a more solid foundation to approach scientific research and make concrete discoveries 
  • Gives students the ability to look at other research and the natural world in general with a more critical eye
]]> 2020-10-29 15:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873465003 Writing like a literary critic! https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873536969 (Feel free to delete these and make new ones i just wanted to get on page)]]> 2020-10-29 15:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873536969 Writing like a storyteller! https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873539614 (Feel free to delete these and make new ones i just wanted to get on page)]]> 2020-10-29 15:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873539614 Writing like a Literary Critic camkap https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873612905 Purpose
  • The idea at the heart of lit crit is that there are important messages submerged in literary texts and that a lit critic should locate and bring those submerged ideas to the surface. I would argue that this skill set extends beyond literary works and into all works - any media created by a human is going to have ideas which are submerged, and part of being woke and conscious of the world we live in, its influences on us, and the media we consume (as well as when people are manipulating these submerged ideas to make us feel a certain way) is to be able to identify submerged ideas in texts we encounter
Audience
  • As I said, when you write lit crit, usually it's to reveal something that may be partially hidden, which may improve understanding of a certain text. So I like to think of it as when you're writing lit crit, sometimes it's just to deepen your own understanding of a text, but usually, you're adding another "lens" or way of looking at a work to the library of ways that people have ever tried to analyze a text. And the cool thing about it is that even if you ostensibly use the same "lens" as someone else (feminist critique, close reading, emotional response, etc.) your lens will still be a valuable addition since no two people will use the same lens on the same text the same way.
Craft
  • Generally, you make a thesis claim about the text, then support that claim with evidence in the form of close-reading. But other forms of analysis are great too. You can write about emotional responses the text invoked in you - honestly, you could probably write and deliver a speech about the text and that would still be lit crit. But still, you're making a specific claim about your interpretation of something in the text, supporting it with evidence, and discussing why it matters
Conventions
  • Lit crit is usually written in an academic style, but that's really not necessary. I think the conventions that are absolutely REQUIRED are few:
    • Thesis is present and written in the same order with which supporting points appear in the essay
    • Order of sections (usually paragraphs but in a very short essay this may be different) supports the flow of the argument
    • Quotes or paraphrased summary of the text being analyzed are used throughout the essay in a way that supports the argument and doesn't confuse the reader

Read-Write Connection
  • Lit crit is the practice of formalizing and giving a deep, investigative structure to reader's responses to texts
]]> 2020-10-29 15:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873612905 Research notebooks https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873691692 Similar to the other note about discussions in F&F about science notebooks--My professor had us keep a research notebook as a practice when working on our senior essays and that was a fantastic exercise that i could easily see being implemented at a elementary, middle and high school level to help students use writing as a thinking tool and to just generally organize their thoughts--i know that doing this helped me develop other skills like time management because i kept to do lists for each part of my thesis in my research notebook as i came across new evidence to bring into my paper

]]> 2020-10-29 15:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873691692 Writing Like a Mathematician: https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873853303 Purpose: 
- to think about, talk about and write about math. 
- thinking and applying what is actually happening in the problems rather than doing the same type over and over
- to decide if you need enrichment or revisitation
Audience: 
- other mathematicians, classmates, future job interviews,]]> 2020-10-29 16:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873853303 Writing like a storyteller! https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873878363 Purpose:
  • to entertain
  • to relate an experience
  • to teach a lesson or moral
  • there are definitely more but these are the first that came to mind. Wouldn't it be a great essential question: "Why do we tell stories?"
Audience:
  • there's often a sense of closeness/ personalness (that's not a word oops) between the reader and narrator. Often it feels like the audience is being let in on something or taken along for a ride - but that connection often depends on intentional choices by the writer.
  • readers/ listeners of stories may pay attention to different things: big ideas, small details, quotations or images that strike them, the way a story makes them feel, etc.
Craft:
  • a writer of stories has control over so many craft elements that can influence the story in so many ways: characters, setting, voice, dialogue, imagery, repetition, time - just to name a few.
Conventions:
  • the story itself is more important than grammar and such, but conventional errors can certainly interfere with meaning, unless they're intentional in that, for example, they tell you something about the narrator.
  • writers should take care to edit for conventional errors before publishing their work
Read-Write Connection:
  • especially if a writer is feeling stuck, it can be helpful to read and analyze a mentor text to find what was effective in their writing that can be transferred
    • reading is inspirational!
  • reading/ thinking aloud can help with clarity of writing

]]> 2020-10-29 16:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/873878363 Writing Like a Historian pt. 2 https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874190658 Purposes
  -to argue
  -to persuade
  -to inform
  -to tell a story
**all historical writing relies on the integration of sources/evidence, however, the outcome/purpose of the piece varies. Some may just be wanting to tell a certain story about a person or event, while others are trying to persuade you to think a certain way.**

Audience:
   -Definitely academia is the main audience for historians. Most historians' work gets read by other historians or are material in history classes
   -Connor said this as well, but there has recently been a massive influx of "correctional" history happening and that is being produced for the masses. I think of the 1619 Project for example.

Craft:
    -Students do not have as much free reign when it comes to historical writing as they would in other disciplines like creative writing. Unless they are writing historical fiction, but even then, most of the time the setting, characters, and plot are not something that can be created by the writer.

Conventions:
    -History is a stickler for more traditional, academic writing. The goal is to seamlessly infuse different sources and reasoning to support a main idea or argument. Emphasis on grammar, sentence structure, clear paragraphs, etc. And also, writing in the past tense!

Read-Write Connection:
   -I think the use of mentor texts is very helpful in history writing. Having students see how historians write will give them a guide on how to approach their writing. Mentor texts can range for research to short stories to political cartoons. I also think it is so important to have students read all sorts of historical text. Sticking to a textbook is so dry and boring, but historians tend to give more life to what they write about. 
    -Historians are also massive skeptics and that is something students should be aware of and learn to be as well. Looking skeptically at a piece and never relying on one source of information as the be-all end-all. Then when writing, acknowledging differing perspectives and in argumentative work, working to undermine those other perspectives]]> 2020-10-29 17:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874190658 Word problems https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874312750 Both teacher and students can write word problems. Teacher should write word problems that are relevant to students (e.g. include student names, their interests, hobbies, parents' jobs, etc). 

Students on the other hand can write math problems to show their mastery of the content. So the audience for the math problems can be other classmates or even younger students.

So in addition to writing word problems to demonstrate understanding, word problems can also be used to learn the material, a self-assessment for the students. If the student understands the concept enough they are able to put the concept into their own words and thus make their own word problems.]]> 2020-10-29 18:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874312750 Language Rich Math Class https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874327155 Like many other subjects, math is rich with new vocabulary and often abstract vocabulary. Students rely on explicit language, print and visuals throughout class to make sense of the concepts they are using in class. Think graphic organizers or just putting math vocabulary around the room and connecting it to relevant course work. ]]> 2020-10-29 18:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874327155 Read-Write https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874353543 This might look like students "reading" each other's solutions, giving one another feedback.]]> 2020-10-29 18:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kvaltierra2/mie5t4izg31g2rok/wish/874353543