PDF Building Student Success with Constructed Responses

Building Student Success with Constructed Responses

First District RESA 2014-2015

What is a Constructed Response?

? Turn and Talk to a neighbor... ? Share out ideas.

Possible ideas...

? Several sentences to answer a question ? Combining information from various sources ? Writing a long essay or passage to respond to a

prompt ? A hard concept to teach!

What does this picture have to do with constructed responses?

"Don't have formulaphobia"

? The nature of constructing something is that it is carefully and deliberately put together.

? Providing students with a structure can aid them in writing stronger responses that demonstrate deep thinking.

? A formula not only ensures the essential components are included but also that they are communicated succinctly and concisely.

source: Teach Constructed-Response Writing Explicitly,

Learning Targets

? Follow steps in a process for guiding students in analyzing a prompt, finding evidence in texts, answering text based questions, and writing an appropriate response.

? Examine sample test items and discuss how to use them in supporting student skill development and confidence.

? Understand how to plan a set of lessons that provide modeling, guided practice, and independent practice.

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