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It's the Simple Things

Literacy Slam! Strategies to Help Students Find their Way in Reading & Writing
FCPS Middle School Social Studies In-service | Holmes Middle School, Alexandria, VA | August 31, 2016


Emoji Reading
Using an emoji key, students note important ideas and take-aways on sticky notes from a reading, video, podcast or really any "text."
  • Organizer

Sketchnotes
A form of visual notetaking, or "purposeful doodles," students synthesize  learning using text, images, shapes, colors, and connectors.
  • Organizer
  • Sketchnote: Year in Review (BubbleUp Classroom blog post, includes additional resources for using visual notetaking in the classroom)

Thesis Statement Graphic Organizer
A simple organizer used to help students write strong, clearly-written thesis statements, getting them prepared to tackle Document Based Question essays.
  • Organizer
  • ​Superman Video (or, "How to Write a Thesis for Beginners" by Andrew Kappel)
  • Looking for more to support students as they learn to write thesis statements? Check out our Thesis Writing Workshop.

Fairy Tale Grab Bags
Using bags of materials related to familiar stories, students write evidence-based thesis statements based on the contents.
  • Detailed directions, example bag contents, organizer
  • Organizer
  • Video: Kilmer MS Students at work​

See Think Wonder
A tool for looking at images or objects, this strategy (developed by Harvard GSE Project Zero) helps students develop their own ideas and thinking through mindful observation.
  • ​Organizer
  • Visible Thinking (Harvard GSE Project Zero)
​Reading an Artifact
A series of questions designed to get students to really see and observe objects and artifacts.
  • Organizer
  • On Operation Footlocker and more ("The Magical Power of Artifacts," BubbleUp Classroom blog post)
  • Workshop Video: "Twenty Years, Twenty Questions to Ask an Object" (Material Culture Caucus, American Studies Association)
  • Mt. Vernon Teacher Resources (including collections, lesson plans, information on their professional development opportunities)

What's the Scoop?
A strategy for making the OPVL method of document analysis more approachable for our middle school students in order to set the stage for their success in high school.
  • Detailed directions, document collections, organizers
  • Organizer

Outline Generator
Using an Excel-based outline generator tool, students complete a graphic organizer which then puts their thesis statement into an essay format, offering guided comments to take students through their writing. The generator also includes an editing checklist for students.
  • Directions & generator tool

Book Spine Poetry
Challenged to collect a selection of books with titles that reflect a unit of study, students then must stack the books into a readable poem on that unit.
  • Student direction sheet
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Think, Build, Tweet
Students work in groups to imagine a topic or concept relevant to a particular unit of study and then represent their idea in LEGOs. Upon completion, they write a tweet as a caption for their sculpture.
  • Detailed directions, organizer, and student work samples
  • Organizer
​Link to all presentation graphic organizers and handouts.

Annotated list of resources on Literacy Across the Curriculum
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  • ABOUT
    • Presentations >
      • Empower17
      • Thesis ALIVE!
  • READ
    • What's the Scoop? >
      • Landmark Supreme Court Cases
    • Reading an Artifact
    • Reading an Image
    • Emoji Notes
    • Sketchnotes
    • Sharing Books with Kids
  • WRITE
    • Thesis & Essay Writing >
      • Thesis Writing Workshop
      • Fairy Tale Grab Bags
      • Essay Roadmap
      • Essay Outline Generator
      • Other Thesis Ideas
    • What's the Scoop? >
      • Landmark Supreme Court Cases
    • Poetry Beyond English Class
  • CREATE
    • Think, Build, Tweet
    • Sketchnotes
    • Ordinary Objects
    • Think Outside the Box
    • Poetry Beyond English Class
  • WORK WITH US
    • Testimonials