Instructional Strategy for Struggling Writer

Your application assignment is to
create a teaching tool that addresses one of these big ideas. To complete your assignment, you must
create the tool, implement the lesson with a student that could benefit from the instruction, and reflect
on your experience. You must develop a strategy (tool), take a picture of the materials after you
implement in the lesson, and write a two page reflection.
Directions
1. Identify a student with exceptionalities or a student that struggles in the area of writing skills as
outlined in the text.
2. Using the ideas outlined in Chapter 5, or a credible website (see Suggested Resources), select an
effective teaching strategy to meet the needs of your exceptional (struggling) student. Design
an interactive, hands-on learning tool that targets the area of need for your student. You may
involve a group of students for this activity, but you will be targeting the needs of your identified
exceptional (struggling) student. Your activity must focus on writing skills from grades 3-12 TEKS.
3. Using the template provided, design a plan to implement your strategy.
4. Create the materials you will use to implement the strategy for teaching writing skills.
5. Implement the strategy with your identified exceptional (struggling) student.
6. Using the Reflection section of the template, write a two page reflection on the creation and
implementation of the lesson. Fully discuss the topics outlined in the template. Be sure to
include the effect on student learning.
7. Photograph the materials you used to implement the tool (strategy). Imbed the photograph in
your template.
8. Upload your completed template to Blackboard for Week 2.
Suggested Resources:
Harvey, S., & Goudvis, A. (2000). Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension to enhance
understanding. York, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
This book can be purchased for $20.00 at Amazon.com.
http://www.tooloftheweek.org/teacher-tools/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/28757
Click on “Teaching Reading”, “Classroom Strategies”, then choose a “Featured Strategy.”
http://readingeggs.com/freetrial/?gclid=CMCCw7HokMACFSMV7AodcVQAEg
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http://www.edhelper.com/
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