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Powerful Thinking, Powerful Writing Book 2 Years 5-8

Deeper thinking leading to higher quality writing

Powerful Thinking, Powerful Writing has the potential to transform teaching practice across the learning programme and, in the process, achieve a phenomenal advance in the standard of students' thinking and writing. Each book offers nine thinking and writing contexts, covering a range of learning areas. Within each context, students develop a deep and careful thinking strategy for a particular thinking skill before being guided through a step-by-step process to help them transform their powerful thinking into even more powerful writing. This is the series you are looking for to build a culture of inquiry in your classroom to empower, engage and excite your learners.

Ages: 10-13 | Pages: 76 | Code: 5680 | ISBN: 9781927190524

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Bek Galloway

An experienced teacher who has held a range of leadership positions, Bek Galloway now also works as a part-time educational consultant. Her major focus is to build powerful thinking and inquiring classrooms that engage students and prepare them for their future – not our past. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences, as well as running workshops on literacy, thinking and questioning, ICT and other subjects directly relevant to 21st century learning. Her awards include Haben’s Prize for Excellence in Education, University of Canterbury, in 1995 and the National Excellence in Teaching (NEiTA) Regional Award in 2010

Contents

Foreword by Robert Swartz3
Introduction6
Why write – and use – this series?6
General format8
Thinking lesson plan8
Writing task9
Write right: Compare and contrast12
Powerful thinking lesson plan12
Powerful writing task16
Investigation and experimentation: Parts–whole19
Powerful thinking lesson plan19
Powerful writing task23
The Lorax: Causes26
Powerful thinking lesson plan26
Powerful writing task30
Money, money, money: Ranking32
Powerful thinking lesson plan32
Powerful writing task36
There is no Planet B! Predicting39
Powerful thinking lesson plan39
Powerful writing task43
Cyber-bullying: Evaluating consequences45
Powerful thinking lesson plan45
Powerful writing task49
NRG: Making decisions52
Powerful thinking lesson plan52
Powerful writing task56
The three fishing brothers Gruff: Solving problems59
Powerful thinking lesson plan59
Powerful writing task63
Fitness freaks: Generating possibilities66
Powerful thinking lesson plan66
Powerful writing task71
Bibliography75

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