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ORGANIZATION. 6 Trait Writing. ORGANIZATION. Affirm what you are teaching: Take a yellow card from your table. Read the card and decide as a table group which trait is described on your card. Attach the card to one of the trait posters around the room.

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  1. ORGANIZATION 6 Trait Writing

  2. ORGANIZATION • Affirm what you are teaching: • Take a yellow card from your table. • Read the card and decide as a table group which trait is described on your card. • Attach the card to one of the trait posters around the room. • Discuss with the group at the poster: Why are these cards a part of this trait? • Choose a spokesperson for your group and be ready to share with the large group.

  3. ORGANIZATION Write about “A Teacher I’ll Never Forget”

  4. Introduce the concept of traits Surround students with writers’ language Teach students to be assessors Use written works to illustrate strengths Use focused lessons Teach students to do focused revision 6 Keys to Teaching Traits

  5. Introduce the Concept of Traits ORGANIZATION • Internal structure of the piece – like a skeleton or the framework of a building

  6. Introduce the Concept of Traits ORGANIZATION • Engaging lead • Details and new developments • Strong transitions • Thought provoking close

  7. Introduce the Concept of Traits ORGANIZATION “Good prose is architecture” Hemingway

  8. WRITING PROCESS:where does ORGANIZATION fit? Organization

  9. Introduce the concept of traits Surround students with writers’ language Teach students to be assessors Use written works to illustrate strengths Use focused lessons Teach students to do focused revision 6 Keys to Teaching Traits

  10. Guides the reader Strong lead Natural, effective transition Smooth flow point to point Orderly arrangement of information Good pacing Satisfying conclusion ORGANIZATIONSurround Students with Writers’ Language

  11. The Two Faces of the Traits • Different faces for different purposes • Link traits to purpose • Understand shifts in writing

  12. CREATIVE,PERSONAL FACEThe Key: Does the flow of the writing keep you reading? INFORMATIONAL FACE The Key: Does organization help you understand key points or issues? The Two Faces of the Traits

  13. CREATIVE,PERSONAL FACE Hooks the reader Clear transitions Wow of an ending Main Point INFORMATIONAL FACE To-the-point lead Connecting structure Informs and educates Ending reinforces main point The Two Faces of the Traits

  14. ORGANIZATIONSurround Students with Writers’ Language The internal structure of the piece • Beginning,middle and ending • Ability to organize and group • Good sense of sequence

  15. ORGANIZATIONSurround Students with Writers’ Language GOOD ORGANIZATION • A great opening to hook you • Easy to follow • Transitions link idea to idea to idea… • Builds to the good parts • A powerhouse ending ties it all up

  16. Introduce the concept of traits Surround students with writers’ language Teach students to be assessors Use written works to illustrate strengths Use focused lessons Teach students to do focused revision 6 Keys to Teaching Traits

  17. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to be Assessors • Rubric • Sharing and scoring of papers • Read, share and score • “Strange Visiter” • “Computing Batting Averages” • “Chad” • Student Writing Samples

  18. Introduce the concept of traits Surround students with writers’ language Teach students to be assessors Use written works to illustrate strengths Use focused lessons Teach students to do focused revision 6 Keys to Teaching Traits

  19. ORGANIZATIONUse Written Works to Illustrate Strengths • Books, Lessons, Ideas for Teaching the Six Traits • Seedfolks (Fleischman, Paul) Picture ORGANIZATION as a wheel.

  20. ORGANIZATIONUse Written Works to Illustrate Strengths • “My Favorite Leads” (Barry Lane) • Abraham Lincoln

  21. ORGANIZATIONUse Written Works to Illustrate Strengths • “My Favorite Leads” (Barry Lane) • Martin Luther King Jr.

  22. ORGANIZATIONUse Written Works to Illustrate Strengths • “My Favorite Leads” (Barry Lane) • Martin Luther King Jr. • Roald Dahl

  23. ORGANIZATIONUse Written Works to Illustrate Strengths • “My Favorite Leads” (Barry Lane) • Martin Luther King Jr. • Roald Dahl • J.D. Salinger

  24. ORGANIZATION Write about “A Teacher I’ll Never Forget”

  25. Introduce the concept of traits Surround students with writers’ language Teach students to be assessors Use written works to illustrate strengths Use focused lessons Teach students to do focused revision 6 Keys to Teaching Traits

  26. ORGANIZATIONUse Focused Lessons Build a Lesson: • Choose a piece of writing • Design a brief writing activity • Uses lessons from your handouts as a springboard • MODEL through your writing

  27. ORGANIZATIONUse Focused Lessons FOCUSED LESSONS: • Focused on Leads • Build Strong Transitions • Merry Mix-Up • Ending Possibilities • Making Bulletin Boards • Teach the Concept

  28. ORGANIZATIONUse Focused Lessons Merry Mix-Up: • Sea Snakes: Champion Divers

  29. ORGANIZATIONUse Focused Lessons Teach the Concept: What do you organize?

  30. Introduce the concept of traits Surround students with writers’ language Teach students to be assessors Use written works to illustrate strengths Use focused lessons Teach students to do focused revision 6 Keys to Teaching Traits

  31. Problem 1: The lead doesn’t work. It just restates the assignment. I’m bored already. Brainstorm possible leads. Share your own leads…MODEL! Collect leads. Stacking winners and losers. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to do Focused Revisions

  32. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to do Focused Revisions “What’s the most boring way you could begin a research report about the human brain? A rattle snake? The United States Constitution? We all know. “In this report I will tell you about…”

  33. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to do Focused Revisions Leads are magic flashlights that shine down through a story showing the writer what to put in and what to leave out. John McPhee

  34. Problem 2: Details and events are not in order. Trying to follow this writing is like running through a giant maze. Expository Narrative Make predictions Map pieces of writing. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to do Focused Revisions

  35. Problem 3: Transitions are weak or [Help!] missing altogether. Brainstorm a list of transitional words. Create a connection. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to do Focused Revisions

  36. Problem 4: Conclusion? What conclusion? It just stops. Wait-No, Not that! Not the dreaded dream ending! Brainstorm a list of bad endings. Talk about ways to end. Ask students to guess. List kinds of endings. ORGANIZATIONTeach Students to do Focused Revisions The End!

  37. 6 Tips for Success in ORGANIZATION • Spend time on a good lead. • Have a center. • Gather information in chunks. • Try to see a pattern. • Link ideas together • End with flair.

  38. ORGANIZATION • Always grab your reader by the throat in the first paragraph, sink your thumbs into his windpipe in the second, and hold him against the wall until the tagline. Paul O’Neil, Marketer

  39. ORGANIZATION You don’t have to write well to increase your understanding of a written text. I played football badly and hockey worse, but I understand those sports best because I have had the experience of playing, the view from within the action. Donald Murray, Read to Write

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