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Incorporating 21st Century Teaching into Your Writing Program
Clicking on the image above will take you Common Core State Standards Initiative Home Page. For the Common Core State Standards specifically for Writing, click on the round Common Core State Standards link below.
Common Core State Standards in Writing |
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The following standards for K-5 offer a focus for instruction each year to help ensure that students gain adequate mastery of a range of skills and applications. Each year in their writing, students should demonstrate increasing sophistication in all aspects of language use, from vocabulary and syntax to the development and organization of ideas, and they should address increasingly demanding content and sources. Students advancing through the grades are expected to meet each year’s grade-specific standards and retain or further develop skills and understandings mastered in preceding grades.
---Common Core State Standards Initiative Introduction to Writing Standards
---Common Core State Standards Initiative Introduction to Writing Standards
The Relationship between Writing and 21st Century Skills |
21st Century Skills
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Technology has caused our world to shrink. More and more companies are conducting international business. In order to compete in the ever-evolving global job market, it is imperative that schools explicitly teach the full writing process. Schools must also teach students how to think critically and collaborate with each other, communicate clearly in writing, and produce a final product in creative ways. The 21st Century Skills and the Writing Process work hand in hand in sharpening the skills that our young graduates will definitely need when they enter the job market.
In my writing program, I build in many opportunities for students to collaborate. I require that my students become "writing buddies" with one or more peers. Writing buddies proof-read, critique and provide feedback. The also collaborate on narrative ideas, and problem solve together on technological issues they may encounter. I believe these are skills that they must practice in preparation for a successful future.
In my writing program, I build in many opportunities for students to collaborate. I require that my students become "writing buddies" with one or more peers. Writing buddies proof-read, critique and provide feedback. The also collaborate on narrative ideas, and problem solve together on technological issues they may encounter. I believe these are skills that they must practice in preparation for a successful future.
TPACK is the Core of the 21st Century Writing Classroom |
TPACK
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TPACK stands for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. In a nutshell: just really good teaching. Teachers wanting to bring their writing programs into the 21st Century will find the TPACK model both validating and illuminating. To read how my own writing program evolved once I added online writing tools and platforms to my lessons, click on the TPACK link.