Teaching Demonstrations
NSTWP Teacher Consultants have prepared these demonstrations to share what has worked with their students. Please borrow and adapt these ideas for your classroom. Let us know how it goes.
And please give credit to these teachers when sharing ideas with others!
Alphabetized by Topic:
TOPIC | TEACHER CONSULTANT | ONLINE RESOURCES TO DOWNLOAD |
Analysis and Questioning | Ramonda Fields, Fort Worth ISD | Catapulting Toward Analysis & Written Response with Questions |
Character Development | Sarah Chambers | Getting Beyond the Demographics: A Lesson in Character Development |
Creative Writing | Lindsey Estill, PISD | Sculpting Creative Writers |
Culture | Creed Hansen, PISD | Writing about Culture: Empowering our Marginalized Students |
Culture and Fairytales | Jill Haltom, Lewisville ISD | Exploring Cultures through Fairytales |
Democratic Dialogue with Peer Journals | Carol Revelle | Developing Democratic Dialogue with Peer Journals (PP)
Handout (Word Doc) |
ELL Students |
Ilich Ramirez
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Literacy Charts and the ELL Student |
Feedback | Richard Edwards | Listening Feedback |
Freewriting and Voice | Kellie Heckert | Using Freewriting to Reclaim Voice |
Generating Topics and Self-Selection | Terisa Pearce, UNT |
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Grammar Assessment | Beth Hubbard | The Write Direction: Grammar Instruction and Assessment - Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V |
Grammar & Mentor Texts |
Audrey Wilson-Youngblood, Fossil Ridge High, Keller ISD |
Making Meaning out of Grammar Using Mentor Texts |
Group Work/ Collaboration | Julie Love, Denton High School, Denton ISD | Social Learning |
Image Grammar | Rebecca Glass | Brushstokes |
Imitation | Kathy Carlson | Literary Imitation as Instruction for Personal Writing: Grammar and Literary Elements from Literature |
Imitation | Debra Cook, Liberty School, Denton ISD | Writing Like a Pro |
Imitation, strong sentences | Kathy Page, Birdville ISD | Super Sentences: Using Imitation to Strengthen Sentences |
Literary Analysis | Lynn Knowles, Lewisville ISD | Using Movies as a Meof Literary Analysis |
Literature Circles | Shelley Blackburn, UNT Teaching Fellows | Literature Circles |
Mood, Music, and Prewriting | Colleen Graves, Denton ISD | Moody Music: Using Mood to Aid in Prewriting |
Multicultural Classrooms | Martina Flores and Tere Troncosom, CFBISD | Reflections on Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom |
Multigenre Research | Kerri Harris, Keller ISD | Genres, Voices and Thoughts: Research with a Creative Twist |
Photography and Writing | Jan Arrington | Turning Photography into Writing |
Poetry | Kristi Gibson | Channeling Emotions |
Poetry | Jeana Etame, Lewisville ISD | Poetry: Capturing the Image |
Prewriting | Carol Nance, Northwest High School, Northwest ISD | Blueprinting |
Prewriting and Graphic Organizers | Jennifer Mitchell | Positive/Negative Graphs |
Revision | Belinda Henson | A Lesson in Revision: Community Inquiry and Point of View |
Science Notebooks | Jennifer Roberts, UNT | Science Notebooks: Writing to Learn |
Scientific Literacy | Cari Cockrell, Denton ISD | The Science of Writing and the Writing of Science
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Scientific Literacy | Katie Hart, Denton ISD | Scientific Literacy: Thinking By Analogy |
Scientific Literacy | Tosha Hoefert, Denton ISD | Using Haiku Poetry to Enhance Science Instruction |
Suspense Writing | Lisa Dominy, Frisco ISD |
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Theme | Vonda McFarlin, Denton ISD | Um…what is the author trying to convey in his/her story? OR Finding the Theme in a Literary Work |
Tone and Voice | Isaac Thompson, Lewisville ISD | From Tone Vocabulary to Voice: Helping Students discover their Inner Voice |
Writing and the Habits of Mind | Brandi Schwertner |
Using the Habits of Mind to Improve Writing |
Writing Strategy | Theresa Brown | Freezing Time |
Inquiry Cycle |
Culturally Mediated Writing Research Team For more information, contact Leslie.Patterson@unt.edu. |
Inquiry Cycle Mentor Texts I Search Paper Assignment Sheet Gradual Release of Responsibility Model KISD High School 11-9-09 Handout |