WHAT IT IS

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Jane Schaffer Writing

• WHAT IT IS
• WHAT IT IS NOT
• WHY WE DO IT
• HOW TO DO IT

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WHO AND WHAT IT IS

• Jane Schaffer is an English teacher from San
  Diego, California.
• She developed this method to make it EASIER for
  students to write a multi-paragraph essay.
• The Jane Schaffer Writing System is a program the
  Riverview School District uses.
• This method gives all students and teachers in
  these schools a common language when discussing
  essays.

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WHAT IT IS NOT

• It is not the only way to create a response to a
  literary analysis prompt for writing.
• Learning this method will not take the place of
  other ways of writing
• This method will not replace the mode used for
  creative writing in your brain.

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WHY WE DO IT

• We learn the Jane Schaffer Method in 6th grade so
  that we will understand the vocabulary for
  writing at Tolt and Cedarcrest - and most high
  school English departments
• This prepares you for 7th and 8th grade and
  beyond
• All Language Arts teachers at Tolt will use these
  terms and expect you to know how to create
  chunk paragraphs
• You will be using this in other subjects as well
  (Science, Social Studies, Math, etc)

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HOW TO DO JANE SCHAFFER

• This writing method at 6th grade uses four colors
  of PEN to create paragraph. This is why you are
  required to have a 4 in 1color pen.
• Do you need to have a 4 in 1 pen? No. Four
  separate pens work just the same. They also last
  much longer.
• What colors are needed? BLUE, RED, GREEN, BLACK.

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HOW TO DO JANE SCHAFFER

• CONCRETE DETAIL (CD) Red ink is used to write a
  detail/fact from the text that responds to the
  prompt.
• Think of the example of this being the meat in
  the sandwich. Its the main ingredient.

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HOW TO DO JANE SCHAFFER

• COMMENTARY (CM) Green ink is used to write
  your commentary (ideas) about the concrete detail
  and how it applies to the prompt.
• Using the example of the sandwich, this is the
  extras that you put on the sandwich to make it
  more special and unique.

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MORE

• BLUE is for your TOPIC SENTENCE (TS) and for your
  CONCLUDING SENTENCE (CS)
• They are the beginning and ending sentence of
  the paragraph that you are writing. The TS and CS
  will relate to each other, but they should not be
  just alike/identical.
• If I am picturing a sandwich, these are the
  slices of bread that hold it all together. The
  sandwich would not be complete or exist without
  them.

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• BLACK IS FOR YOUR FINAL DRAFT Black ink is used
  to write your completed paragraph AFTER you have
  created and perfected it using the other colors.
  All the information is blended into one flowing
  paragraph.