This document summarizes a presentation on transferring strategic reading practices to the second semester. It discusses using reading showcases with literature from the 6th grade textbook and exploring themes, genres, and sections within the text. It also covers using focus lessons, student team literature, independent reading, and building classroom libraries. The presentation demonstrates incorporating writing assignments and reviews Virginia writing standards for 6th grade.

1. Transferring Strategic Reading Practices to Second Semester Presented by: Karen Newcomb With help from : Randi Smith, Wayne Motley, and Linda Andersen

4. SHOWCASE FOCUS LESSON STUDENT TEAM LITERATURE/ WRITING SELF-SELECTED READING & CENTER ACTIVITIES

14. www.twainquotes.com/A.html

15. Look in Your Packet for the Tom Sawyer Discussion Written Response Questions . Find the Venn Diagram.

17. Look in Your Packet for the Self-Selected Classroom Library Worksheet .

18. LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00

19. Questions?

24. Look in Your Packet for the Writing Plan Sample (Blank and Completed)

26. Please find the Writing Fix handout from Tamara Turnbeaugh on tone and the Painting with More Colorful Transitions… sheet.

27. Using Meaningful Sentences to Enhance Student Writing in Written Expression

28. More Best Practices Wayne – Strategies outside the Showcase Linda – Team Building

29. Writing Sample FCA’s Intro. & Conclusions (20) Strategic Reading Training Supporting Details (60) February 2007 Complete Sentences (20) My older siblings say being a teenager is going to be the best years of my life, but its very difficult. It is difficult being a teenager today because of peer pressure, age limits, and baby-sitting. One reason being a teenager is difficult because of the age limits you have to be to do and buy certain things. When ever we need to buy something like a gun, we have to be twenty-one and older to buy it. Another one is we have to be 18 and older to smoke. Being a teenager is worser than I thought. The second reason being a teenager is hard is because of baby-sitting. When we can’t do something because we have to babysit. A friends calls and ask me to go to the game and I tell her okay. So now I have plans for the weekend. Then my parents decide to go somewhere and now I gotta call my friend up telling her I’m baby-sitting, can’t make it. I’m always baby-sitting which I don’t like doing because I’m a teenager. Last reason being a teen is hard, is because of peer pressure. Doing things I know I’m not supposed to do. My friend is smoking around me and they ask me to smoke with them. I smoke the Port just to be friends with them. I go home and think about what I just did. Peer pressure is pretty hard to say no to when you have nothing else to say. On the other hand being a teen on week days its aced. We do everything else fine, but peer pressure, age limits, and baby-sitting are the difficulties parts doing on the weekends.

30. Writing Sample FCA’s: Intro. & Conclusions (20) Strategic Reading Training Supporting Details (60) February 2007 Complete Sentences (20) My older siblings, all three of my adult brothers, say being a teenager is going to be the best years of my life, but its very difficult to believe . It is difficult being a teenager today because of peer pressure, age limits, and baby-sitting. One reason being a teenager is difficult because of the age limits you have to be to do and buy certain things. When ever we need to buy something like a gun, we have to be twenty-one and older to buy it. Another one is we have to be 18 and older to smoke. Being a teenager is worser, (use thesaurus) shoddier than I thought because of this age discrimination . The second reason being a teenager is hard is because of baby-sitting. When we can’t do something because we have to babysit. A friends calls and ask me to go to the game and I tell her okay. So now I have plans for the weekend. Then my parents decide to go somewhere and now I gotta call my friend up telling her I’m baby-sitting, can’t make it. I’m always baby-sitting which I don’t like doing because I’m a teenager. (The) L (l) ast reason being a teen is hard, (no comma) is because of friends using peer pressure to convince me to do things I know are wrong . Doing things I know I’m not supposed to do. My friend is smoking around me and they ask me to smoke with them. I smoke the Port just to be friends with them. I go home and think about what I just did. Peer pressure is pretty hard to say no to when you have nothing else to say. On the other hand being a teen on week days its aced. We do everything else fine, but peer pressure, age limits, and baby-sitting are the difficulties parts doing on the weekends.

31. Choose two other people to work with and try your hand enhancing this piece of student writing using meaningful sentences. Practice Makes Perfect

32. If you have any questions, you may contact the ELA office at: [email_address] [email_address] [email_address] 804-594-1771 IDC Building, Room 553 600 Southlake Blvd. Richmond, VA 23236