Title: 6 1 Writing With a Purpose
161 Writing With a Purpose
- Lisa Hendrix
- Ashley Jimerson
2Essential Question
- How can I use the traits to enhance my writing
instruction across the curriculum?
3Activating Strategy
- William Shakespere
- Paper 3, 4th Grade
4Scoring
- Ideas 1/2
- Organization 2
- Voice 4/5
- Word Choice 3/4
- Sentence Fluency 3
- Conventions 2
5Looking at Student Work
IDEAS ORGANIZATION WORD CHOICE
VOICE FLUENCY CONVENTIONS
NOTES
66 Characteristics of Writing
- Ideas details, development, focus
- Organization internal structure
- Word Choice precise language and phrasing
- Voice tone, style, purpose, and audience
- Sentence Fluency correctness, rhythm and cadence
- Conventions mechanical correctness
7IDEAS
- Ideas are the HEART OF THE MESSAGE
- The main theme
- The details enrich and develop the theme
- Tells things that the reader would not anticipate
or predict
8Strategies for Teaching Ideas
- If You Were a Writer, Joan Nixon
- Show, Dont Tell
- 61 Vaughan\Picasso Ideas Example.doc
9ORGANIZATION
- The internal structure
- The logical and intrinsic pattern
- Development of a central theme
- When the organization is strong it begins
meaningful and builds to a satisfying conclusion - Events proceed logically
- Connections are strong
10Strategies for Teaching Organization
- Courage, Bernard Waber
- Sequencing Sentences
- Using Graphic Organizers
- 61 Vaughan\Picasso Organization Example.doc
11WORD CHOICE
- Uses rich, colorful, precise language
- Builds vocabulary and uses every day words well
- Word Choice in Descriptive vs. Persuasive
12Strategies for Teaching Word Choice
- Up North at the Cabin, Marsha Wilson Chall
- The More Detail, The Better
- Picasso Word Choice.doc
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14VOICE
- The magic, the heart and soul of the piece.
- A sense that a real person is speaking to us.
- The individual writer coming through in the
words. - Personal tone and flavordifferent from all other
writers.
15Strategies for Teaching Voice
- A Symphony of Whales, Steve Schuch
- Writers Learn to Hear Voices
- Greeting Cards with Voice
- Picasso Voice Example.doc
16SENTENCE FLUENCY
- The rhythm and flow to the piece.
- The way language plays in the ear.
- Fluent writing has cadence, power, and movement
- Free of awkward word patterns that slow the
readers progress
17Strategies for Teaching Fluency
- The Important Book, Margaret Wise Brown
- Cut the Fat
- Picasso Sentence Fluency.doc
18Cut the Fat
- The ability to express yourself well by means of
the written word is an essential skill if you
want to be a successful teacher. - The ability to write well is essential to success
in teaching.
19Conventions
- The mechanical correctness of the piece
- Has been proofread and edited with care
- Handwriting and neatness are NOT part of this
trait - Key How much work would a copy editor need to do
to prepare this piece for publication?
20Strategies for Teaching Conventions
- Punctuation Takes a Vacation, Robin Pulver
- Conventions Game
- Picasso Conventions.doc
211 Presentation
- Is it pleasing to the eye?
- It combines both visual and verbal elements.
- It is the way we exhibit our message on paper.
- Most work does not come to this stage
22The Daily Grind
Practical advice from the trenches of a 5th
grade classroom. Lynn Sieland
23RAFTs
- R Role
- Who are you as the writer? Are you a Civil War
hero? A cell? An improper fraction? Are you a
geologist? - A Audience
- To whom are you writing? Is your audience the
American people? A friend? The nucleus? An
equation? Readers of a newspaper? A local bank? - F Format
- What form will the writing take? Is it a letter?
An advertisement? A speech? A poem? A song? - T Topic Strong Verb
- What's the subject or the point of this piece?
Is it to persuade for or against slavery? To
describe your function as a cell?
24Sample RAFTs
Science Role a planet Audience readers of advertisements Format personal ad Topic describe self Geography Role a canyon Audience a plateau Format a letter Topic explain how you are formed
PE Role basketball Audience an alien from Mars Format instructions Topic list the rules of the game Math Role a ruler Audience an ant Format a poem Topic explain purpose of measurement using millimeters
25Map Out, Share Out
- Discuss implementation plan among grade level
team. Where will you go from here? - Collaborate with grade level to map out which
traits fit best with each type of writing. - Map out the logistics of when and how long it
will take to cover a trait/type of writing. - Write a RAFTs for each trait/type of writing.
- Explore PICASSO to integrate writing across the
curriculum. - Look through your packet and highlight ideas.