Teaching with Patterns of Power

Teaching Grammar with Patterns of Power

Grammar creates a bridge between reading and writing.

- Jeff Anderson

The weekly teaching sequence:

• Day 1: Invitation to Notice
• Day 2: Invitation to Compare and Contrast
• Day 3: Invitation to Imitate
• Day 4: Invitation to Apply
• Day 5: Invitation to Edit

Celebrate scholars throughout all invites!

Day 1: Invitation to Notice

What do scholars notice about sentence?

Invitation to Notice the pattern

Teachers will....

• Choose a sentence from weekly read aloud or other content area to model the focus phrase.
• Encourage scholar insight and inquiry by asking: "What do you notice"?

• Collect responses and encourage additional notices.
• Cue discussion using guided prompts or questions that help scholars name the focus phrase.

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Model of Invitation to Notice:

.If you start the video at 1:11-3:40 you will see this process modeled by the co-writer of Patterns of Power Whitney La Rocca.

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Invitation to Compare and COntrast

Do scholars recognize similarities and differences between two sentences?

Invitation to Compare and Contrast

Teachers will....

• Choose a different sentence that models the focus phrase and show both sentences to scholars.
• Encourage scholar insight and inquiry by asking " How are these sentences alike and different"?
• Collect scholar responses and encourage further discourse.
• Cue the thinking and discussion as needed leading to the focus phrase as a similarity or difference.
• Celebrate scholars efforts.

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Model of Invitation to Compare & Contrast:

.If you start the video at 3:40- the end, you will see this process modeled by the co-writer of Patterns of Power Whitney La Rocca.

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Invitation to imitate

Can scholars imitate with guidance the pattern?

Invitation to Imitate

The invitation to imitate is the shared work of practicing the pattern described by the focus phrase. It is a guided attempt ( we do) at practicing the new skill.

Example of Imitate practice with Whitney La Rocca

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Invitation to Apply

Can scholars apply the pattern?

Invitation to Apply

Stamp understanding

Practice

Celebrate

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Invitation to Edit

Scholars recognize where the pattern is needed.

The goal of the editing invitation is to invite scholars to discuss the ways a sentence can change and how that effects the reader.

Teacher Will:

• Display the original sentence.
• Ask, “What did we learn about writing from the author?”
• Stamp the focus phrase.
• Create 3 different versions of the sentence, each should have a single change.

• Ask, “What changed?”
• Encourage scholar discourse and inquiry.
• Ask, “What effect does that have on the reader?

• Celebrate ,The power of the pattern.

Invitation to Apply and Invitation to Edit with Whitney La Rocca Push the boards to watch the videos.

Apply

Edit

Congratulations! You're ready to use Patterns of Power.

If you need further support please reach out to your grade level C.I.S team member.

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3-5 ELA CIS PJackson@uplifteducation.org

K-2 ELA CIS Dwilson@uplifteducation.org

Daisha Wilson

Patria Jackson

3-5 ELA CIS Jdaniels@uplifteducation.org

Dr. Jovaun Daniels

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