Reading & Writing Connection:

A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Interpretive Reading and Writing

Presented by: Cordella Pryce Omar Betton

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At the end of this presentation participants should be able to: Define the concept reading and writing connection Explain the importance of reading and writing connection in literacy acquisition Explain how the following strategies can be used to foster the reading and writing connection: dialogue journals, response journals and double entry journals

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Reading and Writing are essentially Two similar processes of meaning construction involving the use of cognitive strategies such as thinking and deciphering meaning.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF READING AND WRITING CONNECTION IN LITERACY ACQUISITION

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The Importance of reading and writing in literacy acquisition

Students learn a variety of writing styles and elements of craft which they can apply to their own writing. While enjoying a good story, students hear the language of good writers, are exposed to rich vocabulary and develop literacy awareness, or a sense of story. They learn the structure and language of books, and they acquire literacy skills that can be transferred to their own writing.

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The Importance of reading and writing in literacy acquisition

Story readings help teach children meaning of unfamiliar words and that read-aloud events help students learn new words. Using new words in writing moves those words into the students personal vocabulary. Reading and writing help students to discover new ideas, new direction and better ways of saying their ideas.

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The Importance of reading and writing in literacy acquisition

The reading and writing connection is important as it makes better writers better readers and better readers better writers.

By reading we learn grammar, punctuation, spelling, new vocabulary and ideas to help us start writing.

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The Importance of reading and writing in literacy acquisition

Reading and writing help students to express thoughts and understanding through symbolic representation.

Maybe used to develop social aspect such as writing friendly letters and in the making of greeting cards.

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The Importance of reading and writing in literacy acquisition

Develop affective aspects such as reading and responding through writing to show how they feel about that particular text. Skills such as emergent literacy aspect, decoding knowledge, syntactic knowledge, discourse knowledge such as type of writing for an information text, a narrative text or a persuasive piece.

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strategies to foster reading and writing connection

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Dialogue Journals

Dialogue journals are written conversations between the student and teacher that enable them to both genuinely communicate their ideas, feelings, and experiences in the classroom while at the same time providing meaningful reading and writing experience to the students (Bailes, 1999).

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Dialogue Journals

It can also serve as a bridge from the more interactive conversations in real life to the more formal essay and report writing tasks in the classroom (Bailes, 1999).

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Response Journals Response journals provide learners with an opportunity to record their personal thoughts, emotions, ideas, questions, reflections, connections, and new learning on what they hear, view, read, write, discuss and think (Brownlie, 2005). Response journals allow the students to remember to hold on to their thinking about what they are reading (Zimmermann, 1997).

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(Wisconsin educational board, 2006-2012)

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The double-entry Journal The Double-Entry Journal strategy enables students to record their responses to text as they read. Students write down phrases or sentences from their assigned reading and then write their own reaction to that passage. The purpose of this strategy is to give students the opportunity to express their thoughts and become actively involved with the material they read. Joyce, M. (1997)
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Double Entry Journals Double-entry journals give students a way to interact personally with the text, by reflecting on and writing about their understanding of the material they are reading. Students can use the text to form an opinion and then use pieces of text to support their opinions. Students process the information and relate to the text, increasing reading comprehension.

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Double Entry Journals Research by Marzano (1988) emphasizes the importance of metacognition and student learning. By writing about what they are thinking, students show their thinking process as they read, allowing teachers to redirect or encourage students to be more effective readers.

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References
Bailes, C. (1999)."Dialogue Journals: Fellowship, conversation, and english modeling."Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 17:5. Joyce, M. (1997). Double Entry Journals and Learning Logs. Retrieved November 9, 2012 from http://www.maslibraries.org/infolit/samplers/spring/doub .html Marzano, R.J. et al. (1988). Dimensions of Thinking: A Framework for Curriculum and Instruction. Alexandria, VA: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).

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References
Wisconsin educational board, (2006-2012). Response Journals. Retrieved November 25, 2012 from http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/visualizing/visual_sl ideshow9.html

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