Title: On Demand: Step by Step
1On Demand Step by Step
- How to Choose the Right Prompt and Write your
Proficient Piece
2To Decide Which Prompt to Address
- Read both prompts carefully.
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- Prewrite for both to decide which one you have
the most to say about.
3Prompt Number One
- SITUATION Your site-based council is looking at
whether or not to sell junk food to students as
snacks. They like the money it makes for the
school but worry about students health. - WRITING TASK Think about what youd like to see
the school do about snack sales. Write a letter
to the site-based council with your suggestions.
Convince them to follow your advice.
4Prompt Number Two
- SITUATION Parents in your community are
concerned that their children spend too much time
playing video games. - WRITING TASK Write an article for your schools
newsletter convincing parents of your opinion
about whether or not kids spend too much time
playing video games.
5How do you prewrite for both prompts in order to
identify what youre being asked to do?
- Mark SPAM Situation, Purpose, Audience, and
Mode. - Draw a box around the situation.
- Circle the purpose.
- Underline the audience.
- Put parentheses around the mode (feature article).
6For example,
- SITUATION Your site-based council is looking at
whether or not to sell junk food to students as
snacks. They like the money it makes for the
school but worry about students health. - WRITING TASK Think about what youd like to see
the school do about snack sales. Write a
(letter) to the site-based council with your
suggestions. Convince them to follow your
advice.
7Find the Key Words from Both Situations
- SITUATION Your site-based council is looking at
whether or not to sell junk food to students as
snacks. They like the money it makes for the
school but worry about students health.
- SITUATION Parents in your community are
concerned that their children spend too much time
playing video games.
8Write a lead for each making sure to include
those key words (or synonyms of those words).
- Dear Council Members,
- Youre certainly right to worry about the junk
food that is sold to students as snacks at
school. I realize that these sales make lots of
money that the school needs. I believe that
students would buy healthy snacks, if they were
made available.
- Video Games How Much is Too Much?
- Heres a word association game to use to test
your kids obsessions with video games - If you say, Joy, do they reply, Stick?
- When you say, Fun, do they shout
Playstation!? - If so, your worries are probably real. If
you think your kids spend too many hours with a
joystick in their hands, youre probably right. -
9As you check to see if your lead gets your
audience on the right track, see if your
transition helps accomplish this. Notice the
italics below.
- Dear Council Members,
- Youre certainly right to worry about the junk
food that is sold to students as snacks at
school. I realize that these sales make lots of
money that the school needs. I believe that
students would buy healthy snacks, if they were
made available.
- Video Games How Much is Too Much?
- Heres a word association game to use to test
your kids obsessions with video games - If you say, Joy, do they reply, Stick?
- When you say, Fun, do they shout
Playstation!? - If so, your worries are probably real. If
you think your kids spend too many hours with a
joystick in their hands, youre probably right.
10Once you know for sure what the prompt is asking
you to do, prewrite
- Draw your own graphic organizer that will work
well for your purpose train cars, tables, webs
WHY JUNK FOOD HAS TO GO
- FOOD
- Veggies
- Fruit
- Popcorn
MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL
11Planning your details involves
- Thinking about your audiences questions,
concerns, beliefs - Coming up with examples and stories from your own
life that support your view - Telling why and how
- Creating categories to group your details
12Thinking about your audiences questions,
concerns, beliefs
- Site-based council member concerns
- Obesity
- How junk food affects the ability to pay
attention - The money that junk food raises for the school
- Kids wont eat whats good for them
13Coming up with examples and stories from your own
life that support your view
- My stories and examples that prove my point
- When my mom stopped buying chips, cokes, and
candy I learned to like popcorn and fruit. - I used to like whole milk. Now that Ive been
drinking 2, whole milk is too rich. Same with
tuna in spring water vs. oil.
14Telling why and how
- Tastes can change. According to Weight Watchers,
it takes about 30 days to change a habit even an
eating habit. -
15Creating categories to group your details
- Healthy foods they will eat
Tastes change
Healthy snacks will sell at school
Healthy Drinks
Why junk food has to go
16Drafting
- Follow your prewriting.
- Revise as you go.
- Keep letting the audiences questions guide
your writing.
17Dont Give Up!
- When you get tired (and you will) dont give up.
Like the last minutes of a basketball game, you
may want to throw in the towel. DONT!
Revise. Edit. This is an important measure of
success. Like the NCAA, the results will be in
the paper. People will judge your school,
county, and state based on how hard we try and
how well we do. Hang in there! Nothing lasts
forever... - except your legacy.