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English SOL Institute Elementary Persuasive Writing Workshop

English SOL Institute Elementary Persuasive Writing Workshop. Lindsay Kamide, Charlottesville City Schools Stephen Peters, Green County Schools Central Writing Project Teacher Consultants. Persuasive Writing. Reading and writing go hand-in-hand

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English SOL Institute Elementary Persuasive Writing Workshop

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  1. English SOL Institute Elementary Persuasive Writing Workshop Lindsay Kamide, Charlottesville City Schools Stephen Peters, Green County Schools Central Writing Project Teacher Consultants

  2. Persuasive Writing • Reading and writing go hand-in-hand • Teaching writing is an expectation of every grade, not only “tested” grades • Persuasive writing begins in grade 5 (students use oral language for persuasion beginning at grade 2) K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

  3. Persuasive Writing • For instruction, every piece of writing does not have to be graded! • Conferencing, guided writing, revising, sharing, and using mentor texts build skills • Self- and peer-editing opportunities for students are essential K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

  4. Persuasive Writing • SOL writing requires multi-paragraphs • Provide students with opportunities to compose using computer technology and to use the Online Practice SOL Writing Tool • Use VDOE Resources including anchor sets and writing checklists K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

  5. Instruction Anchor Sets K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

  6. Writing Checklist

  7. Quick Write Favorite Movies OR Favorite Restaurants

  8. Quick Write Movie Review: Toy Story: So ingenious in concept, design, and execution that you could watch it on a postage sized screen and still be engulfed by its charm -Rotten Tomatoes Restaurant Review: Daniel: Your job may be worrying you, or your father’s health, or your own. You may have been up at 2 that morning drafting a better ending for a long-ago memory. But certain restaurants, if you can afford them, can knock down the barriers between you and happiness for a few hours. -www.nytimes.com

  9. Writing Workshop • Generating phase • Composing • Conferencing • Sharing • Revision • Editing • Publishing

  10. Mentor Texts • Purpose • Exposure • Vocabulary • Voice • Audience • How to use them effectively • Read alouds (all or parts of the story) • Students have access to mentor texts

  11. Modeling • Mentor texts • Students can model stories after a book • Student choice • Generate creative ideas • Teacher modeling • Teachers write during writing workshop • Share

  12. Quick Write: Mentor Text • Quick write based on a mentor text • Multiple quick writes • Peer conversations • Partner or group writing • Read a letter from Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School

  13. Composing • Writing notebook vs. writing folder • K-3 making books • 3rd-5th drafting on computers

  14. Conferencing • Occurs throughout the writing process • Majority of teacher’s instruction • Keeping records • Conferencing schedule • Mini-lessons • Leaves the writer inspired • As a reader, I…

  15. Sharing • Ask for a response • What questions do you have? • What more do you want to know? • What did you learn? • What’s something you remember? • Provides daily evaluation and motivation

  16. Revision • Revision is to re-see • Revision is NOT editing

  17. Revision • Not every draft • Throughout the writing process • Big picture • Ex: Is this piece persuasive? • Strategy: look at word choice • Ex: Does this piece stay on topic? • Mini-lesson: Write multiple titles

  18. Revision mini-lesson • Anchor paper A-7 • doe.virginia.gov • Revision Strategy • Multiple titles • Discussion • Focusing your writing

  19. Editor vs. Teacher

  20. Editing • As a teacher you want to guide the students into becoming the editor of their own work • Focused mini-lessons based on student needs

  21. Editing Mini-lesson • Look through the mentor texts at your table. • Find 3 examples of words that contain apostrophes. • Write the sentence.

  22. Editing Conferences • Editing checklists • Drives mini-lessons • Used during conferences and grading

  23. Publishing • Variety of ways to publish • Intended audience • Choice • Portfolio

  24. Writing to a Prompt • K-2 prompt writing is not mandatory • 3rd grade: 15% • 4th grade: 25% • 5th grade: 50%

  25. Merging the SOL into Writing Workshop • Accountability • Practice • Performance

  26. Resources • Virginia Department of Education • doe.virginia.gov • Heard, Georgia (2002). The revision toolbox: Teaching techniques that work. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. • Writing to persuade: www.heinemann.com

  27. Contact InformationCentral Writing Project • Lindsay Kamide • Charlottesville City Public Schools • Lindsay.Kamide@charlottesvilleschools.org • Stephen Peters • Greene County Public Schools • speters@greenecountyschools.com

  28. Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

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