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Pen Name Peer-Pressure Writers' Workshop nataliegiacone@yahoo

Pen Name Peer-Pressure Writers' Workshop nataliegiacone@yahoo.com. A curriculum that provides students with tools to find their voice through revision. Write Something personal. On the paper inside of the envelope. Are you censoring? Think of a pen name; write it on your paper and envelope.

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Pen Name Peer-Pressure Writers' Workshop nataliegiacone@yahoo

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  1. Pen Name Peer-Pressure Writers' Workshopnataliegiacone@yahoo.com A curriculum that provides students with tools to find their voice through revision.

  2. Write Something personal • On the paper inside of the envelope. • Are you censoring? • Think of a pen name; write it on your paper and envelope. • Keep writing

  3. Reader Response On the paper write: Reader #1 and your pen name • What’s the purpose (main idea) of this passage? • What parts confuse you? • What is uninteresting? • What is your favorite part? (Raise your hand when you’re done, get another passage, write Reader #2 and answer the same questions again.)

  4. Writing Process • Prewrite • Draft • Share (for purpose, organization, word choice) • Revision • Share (for grammar) • Editing • Publishing

  5. Writer’s WorkshopPhilosophy: Sharing is CaringThe Reader benefits more than the writer.

  6. Essential Question • What makes Writing worth Reading?

  7. Enduring Ideas • A peer audience illuminates purpose and audience in a personal way. • Peer responses teach how to approach their papers as readers. • The safe pen name hones style, voice, and organization through multiple drafts. • Mini lesson of grammar have direct application for long lasting skills. • Self motivates and regulates the writing process.

  8. Reader Response 1: Purpose

  9. Reader Response #2 • Is the hook effective in the introduction? • Is the conclusion compelling? • Are there enough descriptive details? • Are there any confusing parts?

  10. Wall of Fame/Shame • After each workshop, readers add names under two different categories: • Read to Learn (Great hooks, clear purpose, descriptive language) • Concerns (Confusing parts, big issues) • Students pop in to see what names landed on the wall!

  11. Writing Process Prewrite Draft Share (for purpose, organization, word choice) Revision Share (for grammar) Editing Publishing

  12. Editing Goals • Review the Sentence • Sentence Variety • Subject Verb Agreement • Peer Editing: Look for three things in other work Look for same things in own work Punctuation • Grammar Journal

  13. Before Editing: Review the Sentence • All sentences must have SUBJECTS and VERBS • Most have OBJECTS • Refer to the predicate nominative as OBJECT. S V O Ex. Natalie walks to school.

  14. I. Sentence Variety Mini-Lesson (formulas) • Simple: SVO. • Compound: SVO + , conj + SVO. • Complex: DC + , + IC (SVO). or IC + DC. • Compound Complex: DC+ , + SVO + , conj + SVO.

  15. Types of Sentences with Formulas • Simple: S V O. Ex. Bill walks to school. • Compound: S V O + ,conj + S V. Ex. Bill walks to school, but Eva runs.

  16. Types of Sentences with Formulas cont. • Complex: D.C + , + IC. (S V O.) Ex. When I listen to the Akon song, I feel like dancing. (S V O) IC+DC. Ex. I feel like dancing when I listen to the Akon song.

  17. Types of Sentence with Formulas cont. • Compound Complex: DC+SVDO+,conj+SVDO. DC S V Ex. When I listen to music, I feel like O +,conj+ S V O. dancing, but I don’t know how.

  18. Peer Example of Editing

  19. Reader Response #3 • Are there any dead words? • Subject verb agreement • Sentence Variety • Comments:

  20. After students examine other’s work for grammar, they apply it to their own • Does every sentence have a subject and a verb? • Do I have sentence variety? • Were the readers’ editing comments correct?

  21. Grammar Mini Lessons • Punctuation • Focus on class needs/ errors / apply all previous learned grammar to current writing!

  22. II. Punctuation Mini-Lesson • Punctuation is the sentence’s traffic lights. • Periods are red lights; they stop the sentence. • Commas are green lights; they build sentences • Learn the Punctuation Formulas.

  23. Punctuation Formulas Period: SVDO. Semicolon: SVDO;SVDO. Colon: SVDO:___.

  24. Grammar Error Journal • A place where the students log errors, the grammar rules, and the errors corrected. • Helps students connect grammar to their writing and become aware of repeated errors. • The journal drives instruction to additional mini-lessons.

  25. Unit’s Enduring Ideas Review • A peer audience illuminates purpose and audience in a personal way. • It clarifies purpose as they learn how to approach their papers as readers. • The safe pen name drives them to hone style, voice, and organization through multiple drafts. • Mini lesson of grammar have direct application for long lasting skills. • Self motivates and regulates the writing process.

  26. Anecdote • Students regulate each other

  27. Response 1

  28. Response 2

  29. The ultimate

  30. Revisit the Essential Questions • What makes Writing worth Reading?

  31. Publication • A book of class work that reflects the process • Metacognitives • Final Drafts • Love notes

  32. Metacognitives

  33. More Metacognitives

  34. Love Notes

  35. Love Notes

  36. Love Notes

  37. Love Notes

  38. Love Notes

  39. Expansion Ideas • Peer Edit another grade level. • ESL • Critical Analysis Papers • Research Papers

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