After compiling several samples of student work for each student in the study across the content areas, we began to use a checklist to see if the students were making the four learning targets.
We examined the work of "Student D". We looked at an ELA essay from November 2008, a Math essay from December 2008, and a narrative from ELA from March 27, 2009. We observed that "Student D" initially had difficulty with organization, sentence, and paragraph structure. Although there has been some improvement in structure and organization, the student's progress isn't consistent across all content areas. We made the following recommendations for "Student D":
- All teachers need to insist on his use of a writing frame and/or graphic organizer whenever "Student D" writes an essay.
- "Student D" needs to kept on task throughout the writing process.
- More revision/editing of his drafts are necessary.
- Teachers should have the student read his draft aloud so he can hear errors in structure.
- Conferencing can be used for the student to articulate his thoughts before using a graphic organizer/writing frame or help throughout the drafting process.
NEXT STEPS: Continue looking at a few more students using the checklist.
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