On day 1 students are using books (and occasionally the internet) to research with their partner about their animal. They are given one piece to look for each day that they research. This allows them to focus specifically on one topic. They have a planning sheet that they are recording their new information on. This is a picture of that planning/research sheet.
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On day 2 they write about the topic they researched the day before. This writing piece will serve as their rough draft. On this student's paper we worked together to edit her writing so that when she does her final copy it will be a stronger writing piece. The student who's work is shown below is the higher performing student in the collaborative partnership. She is paired with a student who is considered a reluctant writer. I am using her as a "teacher" to encourage and help the other student while they complete this project.
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I will continue to post student work throughout this project.
Are the students that are working in pairs researching the same animal? I like how you have one student in the pair as the teacher. I also like how your planning/research sheet has all of the different aspects of the animal that the students need to be thinking about. This will ensure that they are looking for different pieces of information about the animal. I guess I am a little confused of how the process is going to work. The unit is supposed to last six weeks but the students are writing rough drafts on day 2? Do they continue to work on this rough draft throughout the six week period?
ReplyDeleteDevon,
DeleteSorry I explained it in such a confusing way. The research sheet is broken down into six boxes. The way it works is day 1 they researched what they looked like, day 2 they wrote their "draft" page of what the animal looked like. The research sheet just had bullets and then the drafting day they turned it into sentences. Then on day 3 they researched what the animal eats and on day 4 they did their draft page. This pattern is continuing until they are completely done with all the research boxes. By only doing one component a day they are able to focus specifically on one thing instead of trying to find information about all of those different components. Once all of the drafts are done we will edit/revise and write the final project. Some students final projects will be completely done using word processing software. Make sense?