Writing Plan  Teacher Meetings
Meeting with a teacher A of a Junior Social Studies class. The meeting was held to discuss the school Writing Plan.
The first question to ask a teacher when looking at a unit of work, "what does the finished, or assessment, task look like? Have you attempted that task yourself?" If we want to know the writing demands of a task our students are asked to complete, we need to create, or find, an example of that task. Teacher A wanted to trial Pair Prompt Sheets to encourage students to write more about the topic, Island Atols. She also wanted students to include more of the details they found from their research. Step one, find or create an exemplar.
Next step: discuss the writing demands of that task.