A few of my colleagues have published a great article for TESOL on reading and writing. Brilliant stuff!
Congrats to our teaching colleague and mentor, Karen Fox, for her publication this week in the online TESOL Newsletter of the IEP Interest Section. Take a look at her suggestions for “Guiding Students Beyond the Text: Connecting Reading and Writing” that she co-authored with her former colleagues at Cal State Long Beach. We’re so proud of you, Karen!http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesoliepis/issues/2014-08-20/3.html
Here's their introduction:
Following basic reading instruction models, a combination top-down (going from the "big picture" of meaning) and bottom-up (analyzing how authors convey meaning with grammatical structures, figurative language, and register) approach appears to work best in facilitating students' analysis of texts, the necessary first step in the production of an appropriate written response. The following easy-to-follow assignment types have been used successfully to assist students in handling these higher-level integrated assessments.