Whitney Williams ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Fall 2007

1. Pen Pal LettersCarrie Sohnle & Whitney WilliamsECED 4300 A Fall 2007 Dr. Tonja Root5th grade

2. Whitney Williams ECED 4300 ADr. Tonja Root Fall 2007 5th grade Pen Pal Letters Prewriting Stage

3. Prewriting • GPS:ELA5W2. The student demonstrates competence in variety of genres: The student produces a narrative that: b. Establishes a plot, point of view, setting, and conflict, and/or the significance of events. c. Creates an organizing structure. • PLO: Students will complete a graphic organizer.

4. Correspondence Writing: Pen Pal Letters • Pen pal letters are letters written regularly between two students from different countries and are less formal than business letters. • Includes 5 parts: • Heading, Greeting, Body, Closure, and Signature

5. Prewriting • This is the “getting ready to write” stage. • Brainstorming occurs to help with choosing a topic. • A purpose is decided and the audience is considered. • Graphic organizers are used to organize ideas.

6. Prewriting Graphic Organizer

7. Example Putting it in writing. Retrieved November 15, 2007, from Friendly Letters Web site: http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/blisscarman/friendlyletters.htm

8. Ways to Use the Example This example shows the format of a pen pal letter with all appropriate parts. This is a good model for students to see what their letters should look like.

9. Practice Activity • We will be writing to our pen pal in Germany named Sally Sue. • We will complete the graphic organizer as a class to form ideas for the pen pal letter to Sally Sue.

10. Assessment Activity • Students will complete their own graphic organizer to organize their thoughts and ideas to write in their letter to their own pen pal.

11. Carrie Sohnle ECED 4300 ADr. Tonja Root Fall 2007 5th grade Pen Pal Letters Drafting Stage

12. Drafting • GPS:ELA5W1. The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure; the student b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story. C. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question). • PLO: Students will use their graphic organizer to write their first draft.

13. Correspondence Writing: Pen Pal Letters • Pen pal letters are letters written regularly between two students from different countries and are less formal than business letters. • Includes 5 parts: • Heading, Greeting, Body, Closure, and Signature

14. Drafting Drafting is forming ideas into complete sentences or thoughts. The draft is labeled rough draft. Skip lines to leave space for editing and revising. Don’t worry about punctuation, neatness or spelling.

15. Example (2003). Pen Pal Letters 2003. Retrieved November 15, 2000, from http://www.gambiahelp.org/Images/penpal_gallery_2003/index.htm

16. Ways to Use the Example This example shows the format of a pen pal letter. This is a good model for students to see what their letters should look like.

17. Practice Activity Together as a class we will use our prewriting graphic organizer to create our own draft of a pen pal letter to Sally Sue. Guide the students on how to create a greeting, introduction and closure.

18. Greeting__ Body____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _Closure_

19. Assessment Activity The students will write their own pen pal letters. They will use the graphic organizers to get ideas about what to write about. They will write their own letters according to the model’s format.