Each participant will walk away with materials and ideas that can be put to immediate use. Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences. Communicating scientific procedures, information, and explanations. The purpose of this presentation is to encourage middle-school teachers to incorporate writing as a method of assessment in content area subjects, especially mathematics and science. Strategies will include the use of writing to assess knowledge, rubric development, writing assessment, and development of content-area writing activities.
Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Students apply reasoning and problem solving skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing. Since writing is used to measure their academic achievements in the various content areas, students need to use writing in the learning of content area skills and concepts. Participants should come to know writing as a tool in thinking and learning as they participate in a variety of activities designed to proceed from free writing to developing a story based on content-area facts. Presenters will offer ideas for incorporating writing into classrooms, steps in creating content area performance based rubrics, and ways to use writing across the content areas to accommodate content-area standards. Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.