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4 th Grade Prewriting and Drafting Business Letter

4 th Grade Prewriting and Drafting Business Letter. Melvinya McGee and Ashley Benjamin ECED 4300A Instructor Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2009. a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully . . Melvinya McGee Prewriting a business letter

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4 th Grade Prewriting and Drafting Business Letter

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  1. 4th Grade Prewriting and Drafting Business Letter • Melvinya McGee and Ashley Benjamin • ECED 4300A • Instructor Dr. Tonja Root • Spring 2009

  2. a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. • Melvinya McGee • Prewriting a business letter • GPS:ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, • and evaluate writing. The student

  3. PLO • PLO: The student will independently complete a business letter graphic organizer.

  4. McGee, M. (n.d.) Sample Business Letter. Retrieved April 4, 2009, from www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/hh/pdfs/samplepapers/businessletter_sample.pdf -

  5. Form of Writing Business letter Written in formal language From one organization to another.

  6. Stage of Writing: Prewriting • Getting ready to write stage • Up to 70% of writing time needs to be spent in prewriting • Read pieces in the same form to develop an intuitive sense of structure. • Provide experiences and/or information to use during writing. Root, T. (2008). Retrieved from Dr. Tonja Root’s Website: ECED 4300 on April 4, 2009, from http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/writing_process.htm

  7. McGee, M. (n.d.) Business Letter. Organizer Retrieved April 4, 2009, from www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/hh/pdfs/samplepapers/businessletterorganizer_sample.pdf -

  8. Practice Activity As a practice activity the teacher will engage in a shared pen activity with the students by completing the graphic organizer.

  9. Assessment Activity • As an assessment activity complete each blank section on the business letter handout. For the body portion make up any topic that you would like to write about.

  10. Ashley Benjamin • Drafting Stage • GPS:ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

  11. PLO • The students will write a draft of a business letter by using a graphic organizer.

  12. Form of Writing • Business letter • Written in formal language • From one organization to another.

  13. Stage of Writing-Drafting • “Sloppy Copy” • Use graphic organizer • Use ideas to form complete sentences • Skip every other line when writing • Skip grammar & mechanics for now

  14. McGee, M. (n.d.) Business Letter. Organizer Retrieved April 4, 2009, from www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/hh/pdfs/samplepapers/businessletterorganizer_sample.pdf -

  15. Example of Published Piece Unknown. Beginner Writing. Retrieved on April 4, 2009, from web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/.../images/wtimages/wt_25.gif

  16. Practice Activity • As a practice activity the teacher will engage in a shared pen activity with the students by completing the drafting stage using their graphic organizers.

  17. Assessment Activity • As an assessment activity students will use their graphic organizer to construct the draft of a business letter.

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