Case Study
Written Expression: Grades 2-5 Level C-Case 1
Terrence
Age: 10.2 Grade: 5
Written Expression: Grades 2-5 Level C-Case 1
Terrence
Age: 10.2 Grade: 5
1. Instructional Goal:
Terrance will write a persuasive essay first by identifying his audience, defining his goal/argument, and organizing his supporting details in a logical sequence.
2. Strategies Recommended:
Planning/Organizing strategy:
STOP and DARE is a strategy to help plan and organize persuasive essays that involves the use of two mnemonics. STOP helps with planning and organizing and DARE is a reminder to use the components of a good essay.
Revising strategy: SCAN (explained below in SRSD)
Planning/Organizing strategy:
STOP and DARE is a strategy to help plan and organize persuasive essays that involves the use of two mnemonics. STOP helps with planning and organizing and DARE is a reminder to use the components of a good essay.
Revising strategy: SCAN (explained below in SRSD)
3. Rationale:
Terrence has terrific ideas but does not organize his thoughts and ideas in a coherent manner. Terrence demonstrates good transcription skills of spelling, handwriting, and use of grammar. STOP and DARE works well with self-regulation strategies that would be beneficial to Terrence since he has a positive attitude toward school and wants to do better. SCAN revising strategy checks for clarity in writing, a major concern with Terrence’s writing.
3. The six-step SRSD model to teaching Terrence SCAN to improve his writing skills.
Stage 1 Background Knowledge/Evaluate skills
The teacher will evaluate Terrence’s skills: It is known that Terrance has strong ideas. He demonstrates good transcription skills of spelling, handwriting, and use of grammar. He lacks organization.
Stage 1 Background Knowledge/Evaluate skills
The teacher will evaluate Terrence’s skills: It is known that Terrance has strong ideas. He demonstrates good transcription skills of spelling, handwriting, and use of grammar. He lacks organization.
Stage 2 Discuss the Strategy
The teacher will talk to Terrence about the need to identify and state the goal(s) or opinion of his essay, identify his audience, and organize his thoughts to support the goal.
Stage 3 Model SCAN
The teacher will model the six steps of SCAN:
1. Read the essay
2. Identify the sentence that tells the opinion or belief. Is if clearly written?
3. Give two reasons why you believe the opinion or goal?
4. SCAN each sentence
S=Does it make sense
C=Is it connected to my belief?
A=Can you add more?
N=Note errors?
5. Make necessary changes
1. Read the essay
2. Identify the sentence that tells the opinion or belief. Is if clearly written?
3. Give two reasons why you believe the opinion or goal?
4. SCAN each sentence
S=Does it make sense
C=Is it connected to my belief?
A=Can you add more?
N=Note errors?
5. Make necessary changes
6. Reread and make additional changes
Stage 4 Memorize the Strategy (the six steps of SCAN)
Stage 5 Use the Strategy Together
The teacher and the student use the strategy together while checking a paper.
Stage 6 Independent Performance
Terrence independently uses the strategy and generalizes it to other situations.
Terrence independently uses the strategy and generalizes it to other situations.
Resources
Lienemann, T., Reid, R., & the IRIS Center. (n.d.). Written expression: Grades 2-5. Retrieved March 11, 2011 from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/instructors/guides/case_studies/ICS-013.pdf.
Lienemann, T., Reid, R., & the IRIS Center. (n.d.). Written expression: Grades 2-5. Retrieved March 11, 2011 from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/instructors/guides/case_studies/ICS-013.pdf.
