"Better yet pass on my info to your cc in the district. Maybe i can present for your school or district this summer!!!! Here is a link to the workshop description.
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Here is a place to share ideas that transform students into lifelong writers and help them succeed on any writing test, including STAAR. Download lessons from Barry Lane, Gretchen Bernabei and Alana Morris to add to your tool box.
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Barry and Gretchen's Handouts.
Barry's Handouts
Second Unpublished Appendix to But How Do You Teach Writing
Wacky We-Search Poetry Join the Wacky We-Search Group
Hooked on Meaning Handout Lessons
Hundreds of Great Writing Lessons for All Grade Levels : Writingfix.com
Barry Lesson Plan Archive- K-12
Some Barry Songs for inspiration and fun
1000 Things to Write About (Barry's Blog)
The Text Itself by Thomas Newkirk
Cody is a Strange Dog: Video essay for 4th grade kernel essay
The Best Non-fiction Writing of 2010
STAAR comic book writing pages.pdf
STAAR grade 4 expository samples of 2,3,4
"Chocolate can save the world"
Examples of Expository and Narrative for STAAR
Ten Time Tested Persuasive Writing Techniques
Gretchens Handouts New Link to buy The Story of My Thinking
"All About" Titles from Magazine Articles
Text structures invented by students
Revision station pages (with helpful questions)
Carlos's owl (began as infoshots cubing)
Greatest hits: Informative text structures
Greatest hits: Persuasive text structures"All About" Titles that sell informational articles
Analogies patterns for infoshots
Teach Gretchen's kernel Essay with Prezi
9th grade expository essay that would score a 3
History of Something: Kernel and example
History of something continued
"My Sister Elizabeth" fourth grade score point four sample
STAAR grade 7 expository sample with analysis
STAAR English III persuasive sample with analysis
Bank of expository prompts (NOT from TEA)
Gretchens oversimplified STAAR rubric
Icon Glossary (from Story of My Thinking)
Structures for Writing about Literature
Alana Morris's Handouts
Discussion Forum
STAAR Acronym Contest 11 Replies
Here is your chance to add your new acronym. Continue
Tags: texas, test, writing, staar
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Ryan S. Wayment Jun 21, 2012.
Leads using Gretchen's Analogy Patterns 2 Replies
Use analogy patterns and Gretchen's infoshots to write leads. Here are some examples. Love is a version of insanity. We give up what we treasure most, our inner selves, to gain what we cannot possess, the heart of another. Movement can cause…Continue
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Maureen Ucles Feb 3, 2012.
Does anyone have examples of what a “4” expository essay for STAAR may look like? (7th grade) 8 Replies
I want to share with the kids.Continue
Started by Misty Hummel. Last reply by Misty Hummel Jan 16, 2012.
Poetry is the answer for ELL Learners
Writing is not just a tool for expression; it is a path to self knowledge. Listen to Middle school teacher Manny Garces talk about his students poetry. Manny 's students consistently get the highest scores on State tests but he does little or no…Continue
Tags: teaching, english, writing, reading, arts
Started by Barry Lane Dec 6, 2011.
Gretchen, will you... 2 Replies
Will you please post those magazine titles you used when you taught about the elastic kernel? That activity was really fun and helpful, by the way! Thanks for sharing!!
Started by Kayla Briseno. Last reply by Kayla Briseno Sep 21, 2011.
Questions About the New STAAR 7 Replies
Our students are used to writing a 2 page composition with lots of details and voice. How can we teach them to write a concise and effective composition using only ONE page. Please Help!!Continue
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Gretchen Bernabei Jul 20, 2011.
The STAAR Test : Our Best Guess and our Greatest Fear 2 Replies
Here you will find handouts on our best guess for the new STAAR.
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Gretchen Bernabei Jul 20, 2011.
STAAR Recipe Poems 1 Reply
Here you can post your STAAR recipe poems.Continue
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Nicole Ferro Jul 12, 2011.
Leads using Gretchen's Analogy Patterns 1 Reply
Use analogy patterns and Gretchen's infoshots to write leads. Here are some examples. Love is a version of insanity. We give up what we treasure most, our inner selves, to gain what we cannot possess, the heart of another. Movement can cause…Continue
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Barry Lane Jun 28, 2011.
How do We Nurture Voice in Writing ? 2 Replies
Started by Barry Lane. Last reply by Barry Lane Jun 8, 2011.
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Comment by Beth McDaniel on July 22, 2012 at 5:01pm -
Barry,
Will you please post the proof reading marks page that you showed at the conference? I would love to share it with my students.
Thanks
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Comment by Gretchen Bernabei on July 4, 2012 at 11:17am -
Hi Sandy,
We haven't worked on the document, though we all tweaked it in our own classrooms. If you have a copy of what changes you made, we'd love to share another version!
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Comment by Sandy Egger on July 3, 2012 at 5:48pm
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I was wondering if you and your buddies have revamped the lesson plans from last summer. I used them and thought they were great! I thought that since we have all been put through the actual test that the plans may have changed!!!
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Comment by Gretchen Bernabei on January 26, 2012 at 3:05am
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Pet peeves, shopping list, topics of conversation, things you own that you're glad are yours, things you can do (that you couldn't do when you were a baby), things you've heard about from the news....
Those are the "gritty life quick list," and each one has a text structure. If they're not posted as "gritty life text structures," I'll post them.
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Comment by Jill Lowe on January 26, 2012 at 12:26am
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I am looking for the quicklist that Gretchen has done at some of her staff developments. It has pet peeves, shopping list items, etc. Can someone send me that if you have it? Thank you!
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Comment by Shannon Benson on January 19, 2012 at 5:48pm
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Gretchen,
Where is your "super simplified" STAAR writing rubric?
Shannon
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Comment by Gretchen Bernabei on July 16, 2011 at 2:36pm
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Here's the link to Heinemann's reproducibles that go with Crunchtime. Apologies to those of you who have experienced difficulties finding it!
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Comment by Janet Files on July 15, 2011 at 12:53pm -
As always the Lane-Bernabei team have done it again--fabulous non-fiction strategies. I will be sharing several of these with teachers next month! Particularly intrigued by the Infoshots. I'll look on trailofbreadcrumbs to see if Gretchen share how she teaches this. Thank you for your generous sharing and your briliant teaching strategies!
Janet,
Gretchen has a new book coming out from Heinemann that includes info shots and her new work. Keep your eyes peeled.
xxxb
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Comment by Barry Lane on June 5, 2011 at 6:35am
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Comment by Gretchen Bernabei on June 5, 2011 at 1:20am
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What a great idea, Barry! I'm glad we'll be able to continue our seminar conversations here. Thank you for setting this up!
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- Deeper by Matilde Bernabei
- Take Back the Classroom
- Poetry for ELL learners
More Than a Number
Songs for Sane Schools
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Turn Rigor to Vigor : Creating All STAAR Readers and Writers with Barry Lane and Alana Morris at Mcallen, Texas Embassy Suites 956-685-3000
June 18, 2013 at 8:30am to June 19, 2013 at 3pm
A New workshop that turns rigor to vigor Creating ALL STAAR Writers and Readers : Success at STAAR through Engaging Teaching of Expository Writing and Non-Fiction ReadingTeaching reading and writing should be a joyful dynamic interactive process, not a bore. Alana Morris and I will show you the best practices in reading and writing that will help your students excel on the STAAR test without the drill and kill approaches that make students groan. Join us for two idea-packed days of classroom…See More
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