What Is Elaboration Development

For my literacy lesson, I selected the article Why Do Animals Play? By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. The article focuses on animals and is an informational text exemplar aligned with NYS Grade 3 Common Core ELA test. I chose this article to help students recognize and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently. According to Fountas & Pinnell (2001), high-quality informational texts are key to students’ development of an important concept called “content literacy”, which involves the strategies required to read, comprehend, and write informational texts in a variety of subjects. Therefore, by participating in this literacy lesson, students will be able to enhance their comprehension skills by critically analyzing the story focusing on the text features.

A freshman college level English Composition course aims to improve students' abilities with writing, critical thinking, mechanics and usage, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary. By studying English 101 at Luzerne County Community College, I will work diligently to improve in all of these aspects. My main focus is to develop skills specifically to create clear and concise thesis statements, strong and persuasive essays with cajolement, and to develop different perspectives on narratives and other essays. These writing skills may also improve my critical thinking and reading skills.

In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented, the material provided in the text, and material covered in the lecture. In your paper, be sure to address the following:

Answers to each question are assigned a 1 if answered correctly, and 0 if answered incorrectly. A testing script is provided for each subtest with a number of examples showing commonly given correct and incorrect answers. The examiner’s manual also provides a sample picture card and “good story” example for the examiner to show and read to the student before the story writing subtest is given. Two additional picture cards, one for each form, are provided for the story writing subtest. The examiner’s manual provides specific scoring criteria for each subtest. The contextual conventions subtest and the story composition are spontaneous tests with no ceiling measurement. These two tests are scored after the completion of the story composition. The story is evaluated against 21 specific contextual convention criteria, and 11 story composition criteria, stories under

Addison read a narrative and an expository passage at Level P, “Plenty of Pets” a narrative passage and then an expository passage, “Animal Instincts”. Addison read both passages with 96% and 99% accuracy respectively. She scored satisfactory on both passages. When reading Level Q, she read a nonfiction passage, “Not Too Cold for a Polar Bear” with 97% accuracy and excellent comprehension. At Level R, she read with 95% accuracy and satisfactory for comprehension, although it is deliberate and arduous. However, when Addison read a narrative and expository text Level S, “Could Be Worse” and “Amazing Animal Adaptations”, reading both passages below 95% accuracy. When considering a fluency score, Addison primarily reads in three and four word groups, however it is not smooth and lacks expression with a slow rate most of the time. Aimweb progress monitoring data were considered to determine Addison’s correct word per minutes. According to the data, Addison’s word recognition skills significantly impacts her ability to read fluently, thus causing frustration. She is currently being progressed monitored at a third grade level, indicating she falls near the thirty third percentile when compared to third grade students nationally, reading a median of 109 correct words per minute.

I gathered NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association) standardized test reading scores for my students from the last 3 years. I gathered information about my students’ writing which was from grade level meetings, that I participated in, with colleagues to analyze my student writing to determine how well they were applying previously taught vocabulary words to write. I gathered information from notes that recorded the conversations that took place at these meetings regarding my students’ limited vocabulary use in their writing. I gathered information from observational rubrics I used to score students’ application of newly learned content

History: This student has been on our campus since Kindergarten. At an early age, he was brought to the Response to Intervention Committee for behavior concerns in the classroom and bus. Over the years his behavior has had its positive and negative effects on his academic areas with a large concern in English Language Arts. He has been a Tier 2 or Tier 3 student in reading since first grade. He is currently receiving a reading intervention, however at the fourth grade level there is an urgency to provide an intervention in writing.

* I work with large groups of learners, with a diverse age range, who might not have been in a learning or classroom environment for many years. Therefore, it’s essential that I conduct a thorough initial assessment along with college initial innumeracy and literacy assessments to identify potential barriers to learning and remove them as far as possible.

The purpose for writing/signing, the target audience and the context are clear in relation to the learning task or activity

Every year, students in Texas remain required to take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, otherwise known as the STAAR test. In some instances, when required to do so, students write an expository on one certain topic. The understanding of good writing has changed throughout students experiences throughout the expository writing stations, whether varying from word choice, the clarity of the essay, the focus of the topic, the ideas developed throughout the entire expository, and the overall visual perception of the paper. These elements stand crucial to the success of the expository.

As part of students IEP resource program and RtI services, I provide instruction for the development of written expression, as evidenced by my Professional Growth Experience #2. My methodology for writing instruction has evolved dramatically. Now I see each student as an individual somewhere on the path to independent “author.” I work to meet each student’s learning need at their level. Currently, students work at their own level and I provide individual or small group mini-lessons to support weaker skills. I learned from experience to create quality, high interest prompts that address a real audience to teach “voice.” My format support Common Core’s informative/explanatory writing standard and engages critical thinking and motivation. To

2. Can students identify text features within a text and explain their purpose when reading nonfiction text. There were 19 students present during the summative assessments and 12 students met my objective, scoring a 6 out of 8 or better. Unfortunately, I knew there would be students that would not meet my object. The two standards I am addressing during the learning centers are an ongoing progress for 3rd grade. The goal at the end of 3rd grade is that all students can:

While attending public schools english teachers did not begin teaching students the proper method to create a essay until the sixth grade. I never understood writing, because the stress of the state test, the teachers only taught what will earn students a successful score. In lectures, we learned to create and revise an essay. The teacher trusted student to be accurate in their corrections. By analyzing Richard Straub’s document, I have gained knowledge on where to put place my comments, how to criticize an essay and goals a responder should encounter.

The nature of writing has changed in the past century. While writing still remains a form of visual communication, much of this change has been a result of technological advancements such as, from pen to paper or from a typewriter to a networked computer. The changes and expansion in the ways we are able to write today have brought about changes in writing pedagogy as well. The teaching of writing has been part of formal schooling in the United States for over 200 years (Kean 7). One major pedagogic change in United States’ education has to do with the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. These standards have led to a change in the instruction of writing in schools. This paper, will focus on instructional changes of writing over time and current expectations for writing abilities as whole.

The grade levels this text is designed to prepare educators for teaching is evidenced first in its overall discussion of properly preparing students to be able to write on demand for state assessment tests. Given that such tests do not regularly take place until students are out of elementary education it is apparent that this text is directed towards teachers working with a higher age bracket. This is also further revealed in instances where teachers are directed to help students think backwards, a skill that is not highly promoted in elementary education as most children at this age level have not yet developed the capacity to think backwards. The process described for enabling students to analyze prompts is also one that would be dominantly used beyond the beginning years of education. Considering each of these factors, the aim of this text is to be utilized by teachers working with a middle school to high school age bracket.