KIM Chart Journal Club

Name: Gina Boesch

Reading: BRING POW ER FUL W R ITING STRATEGIES INTO YOUR CLASSROOM!

Author: Karen R. Harris Steve Graham Barbara Friedlander Leslie Laud
Date: 6/3/2015
Complete the following chart, based upon the five most salient Key Concepts in the reading for you.

Key Concept
List the key concepts discussed in
the article, one concept per for.

Why Is Writing Important?

How Can We Develop Better

Writers?

SRSD

Information
What information will help you remember this concept?

The importance of writing is recognized in the new Common Core State

Standards (CCSS):
1.Writing for multiple purposes (narrate, persuade, inform/explain)
2. Producing and publishing well organized text appropriate to task and
purpose by increasingly applying processes involving planning, revising,
editing, and collaborating with others
3. Using writing to build knowledge about specific topics or materials read
4. Applying writing to extend and facilitate learning in a range of
discipline-specific subjects as well as across purposes and audiences
Using evidence-based approaches in our classrooms will make a difference, as
will increasing the time and attention given to writing development.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Develop and activate knowledge needed for writing and self-regulation

Discuss itdiscourse is critical!
Model it
Memorize it
Support it
Independent performance

emory clue
Draw a visual that will
help you remember this
key concept. (NOT
REQUIRED)

CCSS