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Title: 6 1 Writing With a Purpose


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61 Writing With a Purpose
  • Lisa Hendrix
  • Ashley Jimerson

2
Essential Question
  • How can I use the traits to enhance my writing
    instruction across the curriculum?

3
Activating Strategy
  • William Shakespere
  • Paper 3, 4th Grade

4
Scoring
  • Ideas 1/2
  • Organization 2
  • Voice 4/5
  • Word Choice 3/4
  • Sentence Fluency 3
  • Conventions 2

5
Looking at Student Work
IDEAS ORGANIZATION WORD CHOICE
VOICE FLUENCY CONVENTIONS
NOTES
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6 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

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IDEAS
  • 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

8
Strategies for Teaching Ideas
  • If You Were a Writer, Joan Nixon
  • Show, Dont Tell
  • 61 Vaughan\Picasso Ideas Example.doc

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ORGANIZATION
  • 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

10
Strategies for Teaching Organization
  • Courage, Bernard Waber
  • Sequencing Sentences
  • Using Graphic Organizers
  • 61 Vaughan\Picasso Organization Example.doc

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WORD CHOICE
  • Uses rich, colorful, precise language
  • Builds vocabulary and uses every day words well
  • Word Choice in Descriptive vs. Persuasive

12
Strategies 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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VOICE
  • 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.

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Strategies for Teaching Voice
  • A Symphony of Whales, Steve Schuch
  • Writers Learn to Hear Voices
  • Greeting Cards with Voice
  • Picasso Voice Example.doc

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SENTENCE 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

17
Strategies for Teaching Fluency
  • The Important Book, Margaret Wise Brown
  • Cut the Fat
  • Picasso Sentence Fluency.doc

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Cut 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.

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Conventions
  • 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?

20
Strategies for Teaching Conventions
  • Punctuation Takes a Vacation, Robin Pulver
  • Conventions Game
  • Picasso Conventions.doc

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1 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

22
The Daily Grind
Practical advice from the trenches of a 5th
grade classroom. Lynn Sieland
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RAFTs
  • 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?

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Sample 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
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Map 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.
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