launching and sustaining reading and writing notebooks
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Launching and Sustaining Reading and Writing Notebooks
Presented ByHeather CorralMindi Rench
Northbrook Junior High, Northbrook, IL
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Why a notebook?• Notebooks offer a place for students to
capture their thinking. A place to call their own.
• In writing, notebooks provide a place to experiment and take risks.
• In reading, notebooks serve as a collection spot for a student’s thinking about his/her reading.
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Whose Notebook?
• Writer’s Notebooks will look different depending on your purpose:
• Ralph Fletcher Style
• Aimee Buckner Style
• Your Style
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• Less Structured:
• No formal sections
• Dependent on student preferences
• “junk drawer”
• quick writes
• student’s observations
• writing territories
Writer’s Notebook: Organization and Layout - Three Possibilities
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Writer’s Notebook: Organization and Layout - Three Possibilities
• Somewhat Structured:
• Formal sections
• Numbered Pages
• quick writes
• minilessons
• grammar notes
• craft lessons
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Writer’s Notebook: Organization and Layout - Three Possibilities
• Very Structured:
• Formal sections
• Numbered Pages
• Quick writes
• Minilessons
• genre study notes/craft lessons
• grammar and mechanics notes
• Vocabulary study
• Conference notes
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Heather’s Somewhat Structured Notebook:
★No page numbers
★Vocabulary study
★Genre study writing interspersed with craft lessons
★Writing Territories
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Mindi’s Very Structured Notebooks:
★ Students use a standard composition notebook
★Conference notes/goal setting: 20pg
★Lesson notes: 60 pg
★Grammar notes: 40 pg
★Notebook work: 80 pg
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Two views:
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• Books Read List
• Someday Books List
• Genre Chart
• Reading Response
Reader’s Notebook Structure
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A Reader’s Notebook...• Captures a reading life
• Provides a place for reflection and response
• Encourages students to be “personal, individual, and real as they take notice of themselves and their world.” (Rief, 2007)
• Allows students to see growth
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Don’t Give Up!
Once you see the power of the notebook, you will place a priority on making it work!
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Contact Us:Heather Corral
[email protected] Twitter: @heathercorral
Mindi [email protected]
on Twitter: @mindi_ron Goodreads
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