On Demand Writing

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On Demand Writing

Original PowerPoint from Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky
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In each prompt- Look for SPAM

• Situation Event that causes you the need to
  write. (on test you pretend)
• Purpose The reason youre writing to
  persuade, to narrate an event, to respond to a
  text/ graphic/ chart.
• Audience The person (people) youre pretending
  to write to.
• Mode The type of writing you are to do letter
  feature article, editorial, or speech.

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Situation

• Situation is labeled for you
• Its always the first part of the prompt
• Its a make believe situation that hasnt really
  happened to you (pretend)
• It creates a need to write

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Purpose

• Look for one of these in the writing task
• Respond to a text/graphic/chart (organize
  information by using main ideas and supporting
  details.)
• Persuade (Consider the needs/feelings of the
  audience as you solve problems and/or convince
  them. Use main ideas and supporting details.)
• Narrate an event (Share what you saw, heard,
  smelled, tasted, touched, said, thought, didto
  make a point.

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Audience

• Look in the writing task for the audience
• It might be an individual or a group
• You write to audience for reasons stated in the
  prompt
• Consider what the audience needs to know, wants
  to know, and already knows
• Imagine what questions they will have for you.
  Answer them in your writing.

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Mode What kind of writing you are to do

• Look in the writing task for the mode letter,
  feature article, editorial, speech
• Follow the format
• Letter has a date, a greeting, a body, a closing,
  a signature
• Speeches have titles, leads, bodies, closings

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Constraints of On Demand Writing

• Time (90 minutes )
• Feedback (none)
• Ownership

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Pre-write

• Do any of the pre-write techniques
• Make an outline
• Make a web
• Create a Venn Diagram
• Make a list

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Organize your ideas

• Think about your most important points
• Use the reason/ example format/ opposing
  viewpoint

Think before writing. Sort out your ideas.
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Lead/Introduction

• Get readers attention
• Ask a rhetorical question
• Give an anecdote
• Use a quote
• Concentrate on the focus of your work in the lead
  
• Make sure you state the thesis

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Drafting the Body

• Follow your prewriting
• Revise as you go
• Revise again when you think youre finished
• For persuading and responding, keep telling them
  why and how
• Remember give examples for each reason
• Answer questions your audience might have
• Connect your ideas with transitions.

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Drafting the Closing

• Make the piece feel finished
• Give the reader something to think about
• You can tie back to something to think about
• You can tie back to something you said in the
  title or lead
• Be brief

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Edit your CorrectnessCheck the following

• Capitalization
• Usage (we were/ not we was)
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Complete sentences
• Repetition

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FINAL COPY

• Use your best handwriting
• Make it LOOK like a letter, feature article, or
  editorial
• Indent for paragraphs
• Be correct and neat