Mrkarpie.com
  • Home
  • Content
    • The Universal Refugee Experience
    • Unconscious Bias
    • Food Chains >
      • Industrial
      • Ode to the Rogue Lunch Lady
      • Web Design: Industrial
      • Industrial Organic
      • Local, Sustainable
      • Hunter / Gatherer
    • Inquiry-Based Research
    • "Side" Units >
      • Zen Classroom
      • Murder Mystery
      • Breaking2
      • Spirited Away
      • TED Talks
      • Holiday Writing
      • State Test Preparation
    • PD >
      • Co-Teaching Seminar
      • ORID Data Protocol
      • FSU CCLS / Next Gen
      • Google PD
  • Skills
    • Write >
      • Tools
      • Process
      • Differentiation
    • Read >
      • Tools
      • Process
      • Differentiation
  • Assess
    • Learning Standards >
      • Common Core Learning Standards
      • Next Gen Standards
    • Classwork Grading
    • 4-Point Rubric >
      • 4-Point Peer Evaluation
    • 2-Point Rubric
    • Learning Target Rubric
    • Oral Presentation Rubric
    • Web-Design Rubric >
      • Web Design Peer Evaluation Form
    • STAR Testing >
      • STAR Testing Software
      • STAR Testing Directions
      • Self Reflection
    • Final Exam >
      • Final Exam Multiple Choice
      • Extended Response Options >
        • Extended Response
        • Transitioning and Expanding ENL
        • Entering and Emerging ENL
    • Karp-Evaluation
  • FRED
    • Course Syllabus
    • Weekly Materials >
      • Week 1: Syllabus
      • Week 2: Digital Assessment - Big Picture
      • Week 3: Digital Assessment - Software and Workshop
      • Week 4: Field Trip Introduction and Presentation Software
      • Week 5: Field Trip Technology and Workshop
      • Week 6: Field Trip Presentations
      • Week 7: Lesson Plan Overview & Assistive Tech
      • Week 8: Lesson Software & Google Classroom
      • Week 9: Inquiry-Based Research and Webquests
      • Week 10: Lesson Plan Writer's Workshop
      • Week 11: Lesson Plan Presentations
      • Week 12: Web Design Evaluation and Demo
      • Week 13: Social Media, Digital Presence, and Digital Contact
      • Week 14: Web Design Writer's Workshop
      • Week 15: Finals Week!
    • Major Assignments >
      • Technology Assessment
      • Digital Field Trip
      • Lesson Plan
      • Digital Portfolio
    • Tech Tools
  • Me
    • The Interdisciplinary Educator Blog
    • Tour my Classroom
    • Educational Philosophy
    • Contact

Writing Differentiation

Every writing assignment we work on is differentiated on three levels. Basically speaking, there is a simplified, very structured and scaffolded version for below grade level students. There is the grade level assignment scaffolded by many reminders, clear instructions, and a very thorough and color-coded outline that matches our graphic organizer. We also have an above grade level assignment that really helps push kids into making insightful connections and using compelling language and evidence.

Examples of Leveled Writing Assignments:

To the right, you'll see examples of our three levels of differentiated assignments. It will give you a students-eye view of what the differentiations described below look like in practice.
The Universal Refugee Experience: Final Essay
Level 2 Assignment (Beginners)
Level 3 Assignment (Grade Level)
Level 4 Assignment (Advanced)

Description of Leveled Writing Assignments:

Level 4 Assignment: Advanced
Our top-level writing assignments are designed to inspire connections between texts, ideas, and evidence. The assignments are written to encourage students to build abstract thinking, and to organize ideas in complex ways. The hope is that by encouraging deep, complex thought, that writing will develop to adequately explain those connections using compelling evidence and explanations, and insightful transitions that link everything together.
Level 3 Assignment: Grade Level
Our grade-level assignments emphasize organization and reward the trappings of concrete-operational thought processes. They are designed so students have the supports and organization structure necessary to make straightforward claims, and to support them using logical evidence and relevant explanations.
Level 2 Assignment: Beginner
Our beginner assignments provide intensive scaffolding: students are provided with color-coded, sentence-specific directions. They are provided with sentence frames for their transitions. The emphasis of these assignments is to get students to select relevant evidence and to link it to related explanations. 
It's a great place to start because it boils the writing process down to the most basic two elements.
Picture
Nothing sells leveled differentiation like stairway imagery. In this case, the higher you climb up our writing hierarchy, the more likely you are to enjoy the most delicious coffee and baked goods on sale in a medieval wall protecting an Estonian city.
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Content
    • The Universal Refugee Experience
    • Unconscious Bias
    • Food Chains >
      • Industrial
      • Ode to the Rogue Lunch Lady
      • Web Design: Industrial
      • Industrial Organic
      • Local, Sustainable
      • Hunter / Gatherer
    • Inquiry-Based Research
    • "Side" Units >
      • Zen Classroom
      • Murder Mystery
      • Breaking2
      • Spirited Away
      • TED Talks
      • Holiday Writing
      • State Test Preparation
    • PD >
      • Co-Teaching Seminar
      • ORID Data Protocol
      • FSU CCLS / Next Gen
      • Google PD
  • Skills
    • Write >
      • Tools
      • Process
      • Differentiation
    • Read >
      • Tools
      • Process
      • Differentiation
  • Assess
    • Learning Standards >
      • Common Core Learning Standards
      • Next Gen Standards
    • Classwork Grading
    • 4-Point Rubric >
      • 4-Point Peer Evaluation
    • 2-Point Rubric
    • Learning Target Rubric
    • Oral Presentation Rubric
    • Web-Design Rubric >
      • Web Design Peer Evaluation Form
    • STAR Testing >
      • STAR Testing Software
      • STAR Testing Directions
      • Self Reflection
    • Final Exam >
      • Final Exam Multiple Choice
      • Extended Response Options >
        • Extended Response
        • Transitioning and Expanding ENL
        • Entering and Emerging ENL
    • Karp-Evaluation
  • FRED
    • Course Syllabus
    • Weekly Materials >
      • Week 1: Syllabus
      • Week 2: Digital Assessment - Big Picture
      • Week 3: Digital Assessment - Software and Workshop
      • Week 4: Field Trip Introduction and Presentation Software
      • Week 5: Field Trip Technology and Workshop
      • Week 6: Field Trip Presentations
      • Week 7: Lesson Plan Overview & Assistive Tech
      • Week 8: Lesson Software & Google Classroom
      • Week 9: Inquiry-Based Research and Webquests
      • Week 10: Lesson Plan Writer's Workshop
      • Week 11: Lesson Plan Presentations
      • Week 12: Web Design Evaluation and Demo
      • Week 13: Social Media, Digital Presence, and Digital Contact
      • Week 14: Web Design Writer's Workshop
      • Week 15: Finals Week!
    • Major Assignments >
      • Technology Assessment
      • Digital Field Trip
      • Lesson Plan
      • Digital Portfolio
    • Tech Tools
  • Me
    • The Interdisciplinary Educator Blog
    • Tour my Classroom
    • Educational Philosophy
    • Contact