Advanced Writing Pedagogy
In lessons 19 and 30 of the six-week curriculum I developed, I used several different types of assessments. The portfolio assessments I created consisted of daily assessments used for instruction and also a rubric assessment for a developed writing piece. Both types of assessment (those used to guide instruction and those used to evaluate) are an important part of the classroom to determine if goals and objectives have been met.
Throughout my six-week curriculum, I pulled in multiple resources to provide effective literacy instruction. This included introducing my theme with a segment of Tale Two Cities (Dickens) in lesson 1, displaying the use of dialogue with Who�s on First? (Abbot and Costello) in lesson 7, modeling revision strategies with fractured fairy tales in lesson 16, and using art work as writing prompts in lessons 10 and 28.
Many of my lessons made use of foundations learned during LIST 5384. From Sipes &Rosenwarne (2006), I learned the need for many writing opportunities. This was evidenced in lessons 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 25, and 28. From Hillocks (2007), I learned steps for teaching the parts of a narrative. I incorporated these in lessons 3, 6, and 10.
Six Week Writing Process Curriculum