Copy of What Do You Do With a Problem - SMHS Literacy Edition

Writing Struggles’ Book

Cori Stancil; Ingrid Wilson; Rodd Neumann; Kathy Brown

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Chapter 1
The Problem

In which ways do students struggle with literacy in your content area?

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Chapter 2
Pedagogical Supports

What pedagogical supports are already in place to help you solve the problem?

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Writing assignments need to be meaningful,
use authentic text and practiced often. The
assignment should allow for choice and must
integrate vocabulary and proper grammar and
receive feedback.

Chapter 3
Digital Supports

What tools are available as supports to help you solve the problem?

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REFLECTION ON HOW TOOLS COULD HELP STRUGGLING STUDENTS
1. Collaboration Padlet online tool - expands conversation and vocabulary and can be used

as a reflective tool
2. Creativity Voice Thread - slideshows work collaboratively on that include voice and text

and receive feedback
3. Critical Thinking Instructables - breaks down instruction into steps by chunking the

information and includes pictures for visual learners
4. Screencastify - Chrome extension that records a video while voicing an explaination

Chapter 4
Opportunities

What opportunities are presented by the problem?

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Resistance to learning something new Using authentic
text, make it
interesting,

incorporating all the
new online

technologies or
applications to get

the students
engaged.