The Writing Workshop Teacher's Guide to Multimodal Composition (6-12)

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Multimodal composition is a meaningful and critical way for students to tell their stories, make good arguments, and share their expertise in today’s world. In this helpful resource, writer, teacher, and best-selling author Angela Stockman illustrates the importance of making writing a multimodal endeavor in 6-12 workshops by providing peeks into the classrooms she teaches within. Chapters address what multimodal composition is, how to situate it in a writing workshop that is responsive to the unique needs of writers, how to handle curriculum design and assessment, and how to plan instruction. The appendices offer tangible tools and resources that will help you implement and sustain this work in your own classroom. Ideal for teachers of grades 6-12, literacy coaches, and curriculum leaders, this book will help you and your students reimagine what a workshop can be when the writers within it produce far more than written words. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Why It’s Time for Workshop to Go Multimodal Who I Learn From How This Book Is Organized My Intended Audience Who Am I? Part 1: What Is Multimodal Composition? 1 Demystifying Multimodal Composition Defining Multimodal Composition Compositions and Humans Made Whole Workshop Is Everlasting 2 Situating Multimodal Composition Inside of Writing Workshop A Peek into a Make Writing Studio Familiar Territory Essential Workshop Elements that Stand the Test of Time So, What Makes a Multimodal Writing Workshop Different? Four Ways to Situate Multimodal Composition Inside of Your Current Writing Workshop Begin with Empathy and Identity Work A Peek Inside a Make Writing Studio Session Grow Your Curricular Toolkit Prepare to Document Your Learning, and Invite Writers to Do the Same Confer with Careful Intention Sixty Second Reflection Part 2: How Do We Create Multimodal Writing Workshops? 3 A Blueprint for the Multimodal Writing Workshop Learning the Language of Leaves Defning Your Workshop’s Load Bearing Walls Creating Learning Experiences that Deepen Self-Awareness Building Trusting Relationships A Peek Inside My Practice Creating an Environment that Sustains Diverse Writer Through Diverse Processes Instructional Support that Prepares Writers to Produce Real Things for Real Audiences Who Appreciate Them Sixty Second Reflection 4 Curriculum Design Defining the Ways We Create Curriculum The Essential Elements of a High-Quality Curriculum Design Experience ACT: The Learning Transfer Mental Model Situating Standards Within the Frame Hanging It All Together Sixty Second Reflection 5 Assessing Multimodal Processes and Products Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction Work Hand in Hand A Peek into My Documentation Process The Power of the Pitch, Proposal, and Artist’s Statement Grading and Reporting Sixty Second Reflection Part 3: How Do We Teach Multimodal Composition? 6 Inquiry and Planning The Essential Elements of a Multimodal Composition Analyzing Multimodal Mentor Texts The Designer’s Notebook Building a Prototype Sixty Second Reflection 7 Iteration and Revision Emphasis Contrast Color Organization Alignment Proximity Considering Design Choices in Mentor Texts Pitching to Peer Review Sixty Second Reflection 8 Launching a Multimodal Composition into the World Choosing the Best Outlet Timing the Launch Considering the Unintended Consequences of Publishing, Presenting, and Performing Reflecting to Learn Publication Outlets for Middle and High School Writers Sixty Second Reflection Appendix A: Planning Tools Feedback Structures, Protocols, and Frames for Writers and Designers Structure: Over the Shoulder Feedback Structure: The Conference Protocol: Peer Review Identifying Multimodal Learning Targets and Framing Meaningful Feedback Five Ways to Deepen Self-Awareness Creative Exercise for Young Writers and Teachers Five Ways to Facilitate Empathy Work Room to Breathe: A Blueprint for a Writing Workshop Studying Learning: Establishing Habits of Documentation, Reflection, and Analysis Appendix B: Tools for Writers Mentor Text Sources and Tools for Young Writers and Designers Tools for Writers and Designers