Writing for success
- 1. Writing for Success The Writing Process, Genres, and Scoring/Rubric Use
- 2. The Importance of Writing Writing amongst school-aged children attending Edison schools should consist of 20-25 minutes each day. The focal point of the writing component is to ensure each student is writing effectively at their specific grade level.
- 3. The Writing Process Prewriting Drafting Editing Revising Publishing
- 4. The Writing Schedule Monday: Brainstorming/Prewriting Tuesday: Drafting Wednesday: Editing/Peer Editing Thursday: Revising Friday: Publishing (Finish Product)
- 5. Prewriting/Brainstorming Prewriting consists of brainstorming ideas to organize writing information in an orderly fashion. During this process the students use different types of graphic organizers as a guide to enhance the organization of their written work.
- 6. Drafting The draft is the entire text wrapped version of the essay. The main purpose of drafting is to organize the information you are planning to use on paper. When drafting encourage students to avoid worrying about the order in which the information appears, but be sure to change it later during the revising process.
- 7. Editing During the editing phase, the students make minor corrections that will “polish up” their writing. When students peer-edit, they assist with minor adjustments using another’s written work.
- 8. Revising A successful final draft relies heavily on the revising process. When revising, the student are to make sure the changes made will improve the power of the paper. *Remember, encourage the students to only make changes with good reasons.
- 9. Publishing The publishing phase of the writing process if the final draft. This phase displays the written work with all the corrections made from the original version. Allow students to compare the original version to the final copy to see how the writing improve while use this process.
- 10. Forms of Writing Personal Writing Expository Writing Narrative Writing Descriptive Writing Persuasive Writing Poetry
- 11. Personal Writing Journals: personal record of writing thoughts, feelings, observations, and ideas. Notes and Cards: Thank You Notes, Birthday cards, and Get-Well Cards Friendly Letters: Informal letter written to someone you know or admire Business Letters: Formal letters written to a professional person or company Writing a Memo: written reminders Writing Minutes: official notes from a meeting
- 12. Expository Writing Summary: A shortened version from another piece of writing Analyzing Fiction: Deepening understanding of text in different ways Analyzing Nonfiction: Explain the main and important supporting points in nonfiction text Writing a Book Review: Explain a book’s plot and characters, the message the author is sending Explaining a Process and giving Directions: Giving directions to pass along to another reader Writing a News Story: Writing about real events that takes place in society. Expository Essay: Presents information about a specific subject. Writing a Research Report: Sharing information gained through research
- 13. Narrative Writing Personal Narrative: A story about what happen to you. Autobiography: A story about one person’s life, written by that person. Biography: A story about someone else’s life written by another person. Realistic Story: Stories that have characters and settings that seem real. Historical Fiction: Stories that are part history and part fiction. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Stories that focus on science and technology. Myth: A story that explains how things came to be as they are in different cultures. Play: A narrative plan for a theatrical performance.
- 14. Descriptive Writing Writing a Description: Writing that describes something such as memorable events, people, such as characters in a story. Writing an Observation Report: Reports based on what you can observe with your own senses. Examples: restaurants, school cafeteria, your room, or simply outdoors.
- 15. Persuasive Writing Persuasive Writing: An article or essay that persuades or influences others to think, feel, or act in a certain way. Persuasive in Advertising: Producing advertisements on television, radio, billboards, and the Internet to sell a product. Writing a Letter to the Editor: Sharing you opinions with others in a magazine through a letter to an editor. Editorials and Editorial Cartoons: Editorials states an opinion about a current topic or interest. Writing a Persuasive Report: Reports that tries to convince others to act, think, and fell a certain way.
- 16. Poetry Rhyming Poetry Non-rhyming Poetry
- 17. Rhyming Poetry Sound and Pattern: Poems using patterns such as alliteration Imagery: Using figurative language to create pictures and images in the reader’s mind. Traditional Forms: couplet, triplet, quatrain, ballad, lyric, and internal rhyme
- 18. Non-rhyming Poetry Cinquain: A poem made using five lines. Diamante’: A poem that uses several versions by following a certain number of words in each line, but is shape like a diamond. Haiku: is an unrhymed poem with three lines, and seventeen syllables. Free Verse: A poem that uses free rhythm of natural speech (It has no specific rules).
- 19. Rubrics Rubrics are a set of criteria and standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess student’s performance on a paper, project, essay, and etc. Rubrics are often used in alternatives assessments in education, but establish written guidelines. By sharing scoring rubrics with students they become aware of the expected standards and thus know what counts as quality.
- 20. Kindergarten Writing Rubric It ends with a punctuation mark/ending mark Finger spaces Makes sense It starts with a capital letter Yes Check each box if the rule applies
- 21. 1 st /2 nd Grade Writing Rubric 5 points Total 1 point The sentence (s) makes sense 1point The sentence has finger spaces between the words 1 point Ends with correct punctuation marks 1 point Begins with a capital letter and proper nouns are capitalized
- 22. Intermediate Writing Rubric There are major mistakes in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. *Few sentences are complete There are several mistakes in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. *Most sentences are complete There are minor mistakes in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. *All sentences are complete There are no mistakes in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. *All sentences are complete Cups Is written for a specific audience or purpose Is written for an audience or purpose, but not both Is clearly written for a specific audience and purpose, but details are missing Is clearly written for a specific audience and purpose Audience & Purpose Tries to talk about the topic, but does not complete the thought Sometimes stays on topic, but missing a focus and good details Stays on topic and gives details/examples Stays on topics and gives clear details/examples Supporting Details Is missing a main idea Is missing a main idea Has a main idea Has a clear main idea Main Idea Is missing a beginning, middle, and or end Has a beginning, middle, and end Has a beginning, middle, and end Has a clear beginning, middle, and end Organization
- 23. The End