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Student Work
Joyce Torrey’s book, “Tips, Tools, Tactics: Lesson Plans to Jumpstart Struggling Readers,” also outlines the writing process she has developed, but for now, these student projects shed ample light on growing skills.
Hans Christian Andersen
With tutor coaching, Sydney (a pseudonym) produced this paragraph reusing all 15 vocabulary words in the reading lesson. She included introductory and concluding sentences.
More Than a Father
To gauge writing level, Mrs. Torrey asked her student to write a paper describing her father. The student then completed the revision (AFTER), showing significant improvement.
Water
This fifth grader’s summary also incorporated new vocabulary in addition to color-coding parts of speech (nouns in yellow, verbs green, adjectives pink).
Preserved in Ice
An eighth grader described the accidental discovery of a frozen human carcass 5,200 years old and included an artistic rendition.
“A Raisin in the Sun”
Sixth grader Louie (a pseudonym) wrote a compelling summary of the consequential play, “A Raisin in the Sun.” He also demonstrated his skill writing complex sentences.
American Astronauts
This same eighth grader summarized the challenges that the inaugural female astronauts faced. Her drawing symbolized the ascendancy of women in American life.