OnDemand Writing in 5th grade

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On-Demand Writingin 5th grade

• What is it?

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On-Demand Writing is

• Writing to a prompt in a limited amount of time
• you will be given a choice of two prompts
• Writing in the form of a letter or an article
• you will be told which form

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Focusing on the Writing Task

• Lets FAP It!!

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What is FAP?

• FAP stands for FORM, AUDIENCE, and PURPOSE.
• FAP can be used to organize the information that
  you will see in the prompts.
• FAP is found in the writing task of the prompts.
• FAP is an acronym that helps you identify what
  you are being asked to do

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F is for FORM

• WHAT are you writing?
• The two FORMS are letter and article.

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A is for AUDIENCE

• To WHOM are you writing?
• You will be able to find the AUDIENCE in the
  writing task of the prompts, such as
• parents
• friend
• principal
• teacher
• site-based council
• author
• student(s)
• neighbor(s)
• board of education, and others

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P is for PURPOSE

• WHY are you writing?
• You will be able to find the PURPOSE in the
  writing task of the prompts.
• You will write for one of three purposes
• inform
• persuade, or
• narrate an event for a specific purpose (inform
  or persuade)

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Lets FAP!
form
audience

• Write an article for the school newspaper
  informing readers about an upcoming event
• Write a letter to your teacher persuading him or
  her to allow you to have a class pet
• Write a letter to a new student about the
  importance of school rules. Support your idea by
  writing about a time when knowing the rules was
  really important

purpose
form
purpose
audience
form
audience
purpose
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Using your time wisely

• Read both prompts carefully and complete short
  prewriting on both, e.g., identify key words,
  list ideas
• Choose prompt for which you have the most ideas
  and then complete full pre-write

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• Write first draft
• Revise first draft, making it clear and complete
  edit your work to make it correct
• Write final draft

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Lets practiceWriting to Persuade

• Read both prompts carefully

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Prompt 1

• SITUATION Summer is almost over, school has
  started and kids are going to have less free time
  to be active outside. Your school newspaper is
  going to publish articles about the importance of
  physical activity to your health and wants your
  ideas about how to stay active now that you are
  back in school.
• WRITING TASK Write an article for your school
  paper persuading students to stay active and
  giving your ideas about how to include physical
  activity now that you are back in school.

FORM
AUDIENCE
PURPOSE
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Prompt 2

• SITUATION I Love to Read Week is coming soon.
  Your librarian wants you to pick one of your
  favorite books and write a letter to a friend to
  convince him or her to read this book.
• WRITING TASK Write a letter to a friend
  persuading him or her to read your favorite book.
  Be convincing!

FORM
AUDIENCE
PURPOSE
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Step two identify key words

• Key words are found in the SITUATION of the
  writing prompts.
• Key words help you write the introductory
  paragraph of your response.
• Key words help your audience focus on the main
  ideas of your response.

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Step Two look for key words

Summer is almost over, school has started and
kids are going to have less free time to be
active outside. Your school newspaper is going to
publish articles about the importance of physical
activity to your health and wants your ideas
about how to stay active now that you are back in
school.
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Looking for key words

I Love to Read Week is coming soon. Your
librarian wants you to pick one of your favorite
books and write a letter to a friend to convince
him or her to read this book.
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Step three list ideas

• Problem
• Going back to school means less free time for
  physical activity

• Solution
• Be organized
• Plan time for physical activity
• Plan homework time
• Limit time watching TV
• Stick to your plan

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Listing ideas

• Favorite book
• Stone Fox

• Reasons
• Easy to read
• About a dog
• About courage
• Suspenseful
• Surprise ending

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Step four Time to decide

• What topic do you know the most about?
• or
• What topic do you know the most about and which
  one appeals to you the most?

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Step five write, revise, edit

• Write first draft
• Revise first draft, making it clear and complete
• Edit your work to make it correct
• Write final draft

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Key words help write introduction

• Summer is almost over, school has started and
  kids are going to have less free time to be
  active outside. Your school newspaper is going to
  publish articles about the importance of physical
  activity to your health and wants your ideas
  about how to stay active now that you are back in
  school.

Lets Get A Move On Ways To Stay Active Now
that a new school year has started, we are going
to have less free time to play outside. We all
know that it is really important to be active for
our healths sake but what are we going to do
when we are inside all day? We could moan and
groan but I bet we can all find ways to stay
active. Here are some suggestions
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Another intro

• I Love to Read Week is coming soon. Your
  librarian wants you to pick one of your favorite
  books and write a letter to a friend to convince
  him or her to read this book.

Dear (friends name), I just heard that I Love to
Read Week is coming to our school next week which
means we get to choose the books we want to read.
I know you dont read a lot, so I want to tell
you about a great book I read this summer that I
know you will love
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Checking our work

• SITUATION
• Some of your friends take lessons after school.
  They may be learning to play a musical
  instrument, speak a new language, program a
  computer, or build a birdhouse. Think about a
  special skill you would like to learn.
• WRITING TASK
• Write a letter to convince your parents that you
  should take lessons after school to learn this
  new skill. Explain why you are interested in
  learning this skill and what you would do with
  it.

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• Some of your friends take lessons after school.
  They may be learning to play a musical
  instrument, speak a new language, program a
  computer, or build a birdhouse. Think about a
  special skill you would like to learn.

Dear Mom and Dad, I am writing to you to ask you
something important. You see, some of my friends
are taking lessons after school, such as learning
to play an instrument, speaking a new language,
programming a computer and even building
birdhouses. Since I would like to learn
_________, I am hoping you will consider allowing
me to take lessons after school too.
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Drafting/Revising

• Use your prewriting as a guide
• Engage your reader with a lead
• Make revisions as you write
• Anticipate your readers questions to guide your
  writing
• Stay focused on your purpose
• Make sure youve convinced your reader with an
  effective conclusion

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Editing

• Make sure
• Your sentences are varied and complete
• You have used language appropriate for your
  reader and purpose
• Your spelling is correct
• You have used correct punctuation

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Important points to keep in mind Letter

• Use the correct letter form (business or
  friendly)
• Support your purpose with details
• Answer those questions you anticipate your reader
  will have

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Important points to keep in mind Article

• Focus on an interesting angle of the topic
• Support your purpose with relevant idea
  development
• Use text features effectively (sections with
  headings, bulleted lists, etc.)

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Dont forget making a point means supporting
your ideas with relevant details
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• For additional resources see
• http//teach.clarkschools.net/jbernhard/Literacy_W
  eb/index.htm
• Jennifer Bernhard
• Literacy Specialist
• Clark County Schools
• jennifer.bernhard_at_clark.kyschools.us