ABSTRACT
Teaching students to write constructed responses does not have to become a test-prep chore. An intentional routine of constructed responses provides powerful opportunities to teach strategic thinking through writing that also deepens students’ knowledge about core subjects. In this clear guide from education consultant Warren Combs, you’ll learn how and why to teach students to write these short essays, no matter what subject or grade level you teach.
Special features:
- Writing prompts that are based on Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and provide practice for students at all skill levels
- Practical strategies to build critical thinking and improve students’ writing, including sentence stems, acrostics, framed stories, analogies, and quad clusters
- Student self-assessment guidelines and rigorous peer-response strategies
- An interactive log to help you manage best practices and keep students engaged
- Reading-Writing Modules to help you review and implement the instructional practices and strategies
- Sample student work, at different levels, with analysis
Throughout the book, you’ll find handy tools such as rubrics, logs, and checklists. These tools are also available as free eResources on our website, www.routledge.com/9781138931046, so you can download and print them for immediate use.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |38 pages
The Rush to Constructed Responses
chapter |13 pages
Constructed Responses for Assessment and Learning
chapter |14 pages
The Five Key Practices of Constructed Responses for Learning
chapter |11 pages
An Interactive Log of Constructed Responses
part |116 pages
Critical-Thinking Strategies That Fine-Tune Constructed Responses for Emerging and Independent Writers
chapter |16 pages
Something on the Page That Helps You Remember What You Were Thinking
chapter |14 pages
Free Writing Rigorous Thought
chapter |12 pages
Recalling Knowledge as Chunks in Writing
chapter |16 pages
Sharpening Understanding of Closely Related Words
chapter |17 pages
Arriving in a World of Analogies
chapter |18 pages
Analyzing for Meaning
chapter |14 pages
Prepping for Arguments
part |30 pages
An Ultimate Learning Routine