This collection of videos was produced by the Sacramento Public Library and Alameda Reads, the adult literacy program of the Alameda Free Library. They were made possible in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
TUTOR READY WRITING VIDEOS
The videos are based on research that focuses on the writing process, pre-writing, getting ideas on the page, writing for everyday purposes, working on mechanics like grammar and spelling, responding to writing, editing, revising, assessing writing progress, and using learner-generated texts with English language learners.
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONS
The Writing Process: An Overview
PRE-WRITING VIDEOS
Pre-Writing Strategies: An Overview
Talk About the Weather: Using a Topic Table
Life Is So Good: Responding to a Text
These Old Hands: Responding to an Image
Challenging a Traffic Ticket: Freewriting/Quick Write, Underlining and Clustering
Ten Things I Love to Do: Using Graphic Organizers
Life Is So Good: Responding to a Text
Purpose/Audience/Voice/Message: Key Concepts for Pre-Writing
Half Baked Ideas: Promoting Playfulness/Selecting Topics
GETTING IDEAS ON THE PAGE – SOME DRAFTING STRATEGIES
Writing from the Senses: Multisensory Writing Activities
Journal Writing: Dialog Journals
Journal Writing: A Journal of Good Things
Divide and Conquer: Completing an Application Form
Writing Emergency Contact Information
Script for Calling a Doctor’s Office
Grammar Q&A: Two Literacy Tutors Discuss Grammar’s Role in Teaching Writing
Noticing Details In Words: Spelling Practice
Six-Word Stories: Word Choice Strategies
Making It Memorable: Ways to Practice Spelling
Using a Rubric to Guide Revision
Using Sentence Combining as Part of Revision
Using Questioning to Guide Revision
Tutor Roundtable: Responding to Writing
Using a Graphic Organizer to Guide Revision
A Tutoring Pair Demonstrates Responding to Writing
EDITING
Using the Guided Self-Correction Strategy for Editing
Using a Writing Portfolio to Assess Progress
USING LEARNER-GENERATED TEXTS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Tutoring Learners Without Literacy in Any Language