Writing Through the Structured Literacy Lens

18/6/24

Writing through the structured literacy lens (last workshop)

Literacy Connections - Jo Jessop and the team

Latrobe University - Aus

Topic sentence gives you the general jist of the writing.

 Can use a sentence type, subordinating conjunction or an appositive.

Paragraphing

Use articles and videos to look at the breakdown of a paragraph.

Taking notes and creating a paragraph.

SPO=single paragraph outline

Work whole class for quite a while.

Do notetaking work turning them into sentences first.

Outcome can just be writing an SPO

Use the template.

SPO is handy as a summarisng tool

Combined outline. Changes your topic sentence into a summary sentence.

Revision

Revision and editing are separate.  Editing is correcting errors.  Summarising is clarifying your writing, putting in oomph into your writing.

Vary vocab - co create a word list

Transition words

 You could use a paragraph and have the students add in the transition words.

Use an unelaborated paragraph and ask them to revise the paragraph by using the following strategies.

MPO - multiple paragraph outline (e.g. essay)

SPO’s use a main idea MPO’s use a main theme for their topic sentences

You’d want 4 notes per paragraph.

Intros = upside down triangle 

General - concept based sentence

Specific - first time you hone into the actual topic

Thesis - What we are actually writing about.

Teaching intros

Doug Lemov “Teach like a champion”

Sustained focus

Discussion - controlling the discussion using whiteboards, yes/no on whiteboard, turn and discuss with a peer, cold call to share.

29/5/24

Teaching Writing through a Structured Literacy Lens
Literacy Connections - Jo Jessop and the team

Note taking

…. = key words

_____ = full sentences

Underline the key words and phrases in the sentences

Use symbols e.g. = + 

Model your thought processes

Give them an inspiration/context to make it more specific

Use a pen or pencil

SPO = Single paragraph outline.

Topic-audience-purpose