6 1 Writing With a Purpose

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61 Writing With a Purpose

• Lisa Hendrix
• Ashley Jimerson

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Essential Question

• How can I use the traits to enhance my writing
  instruction across the curriculum?

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Activating Strategy

• William Shakespere
• Paper 3, 4th Grade

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Scoring

• Ideas 1/2
• Organization 2
• Voice 4/5
• Word Choice 3/4
• Sentence Fluency 3
• Conventions 2

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Looking at Student Work
IDEAS ORGANIZATION WORD CHOICE
VOICE FLUENCY CONVENTIONS
NOTES
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6 Characteristics of Writing

• Ideas details, development, focus
• Organization internal structure
• Word Choice precise language and phrasing
• Voice tone, style, purpose, and audience
• Sentence Fluency correctness, rhythm and cadence
• Conventions mechanical correctness

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IDEAS

• Ideas are the HEART OF THE MESSAGE
• The main theme
• The details enrich and develop the theme
• Tells things that the reader would not anticipate
  or predict

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Strategies for Teaching Ideas

• If You Were a Writer, Joan Nixon
• Show, Dont Tell
• 61 Vaughan\Picasso Ideas Example.doc

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ORGANIZATION

• The internal structure
• The logical and intrinsic pattern
• Development of a central theme
• When the organization is strong it begins
  meaningful and builds to a satisfying conclusion
• Events proceed logically
• Connections are strong

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Strategies for Teaching Organization

• Courage, Bernard Waber
• Sequencing Sentences
• Using Graphic Organizers
• 61 Vaughan\Picasso Organization Example.doc

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WORD CHOICE

• Uses rich, colorful, precise language
• Builds vocabulary and uses every day words well
• Word Choice in Descriptive vs. Persuasive

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Strategies for Teaching Word Choice

• Up North at the Cabin, Marsha Wilson Chall
• The More Detail, The Better
• Picasso Word Choice.doc

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VOICE

• The magic, the heart and soul of the piece.
• A sense that a real person is speaking to us.
• The individual writer coming through in the
  words.
• Personal tone and flavordifferent from all other
  writers.

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Strategies for Teaching Voice

• A Symphony of Whales, Steve Schuch
• Writers Learn to Hear Voices
• Greeting Cards with Voice
• Picasso Voice Example.doc

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SENTENCE FLUENCY

• The rhythm and flow to the piece.
• The way language plays in the ear.
• Fluent writing has cadence, power, and movement
• Free of awkward word patterns that slow the
  readers progress

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Strategies for Teaching Fluency

• The Important Book, Margaret Wise Brown
• Cut the Fat
• Picasso Sentence Fluency.doc

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Cut the Fat

• The ability to express yourself well by means of
  the written word is an essential skill if you
  want to be a successful teacher.
• The ability to write well is essential to success
  in teaching.

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Conventions

• The mechanical correctness of the piece
• Has been proofread and edited with care
• Handwriting and neatness are NOT part of this
  trait
• Key How much work would a copy editor need to do
  to prepare this piece for publication?

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Strategies for Teaching Conventions

• Punctuation Takes a Vacation, Robin Pulver
• Conventions Game
• Picasso Conventions.doc

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1 Presentation

• Is it pleasing to the eye?
• It combines both visual and verbal elements.
• It is the way we exhibit our message on paper.
• Most work does not come to this stage

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The Daily Grind
Practical advice from the trenches of a 5th
grade classroom. Lynn Sieland
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RAFTs

• R Role
• Who are you as the writer? Are you a Civil War
  hero? A cell? An improper fraction? Are you a
  geologist?
• A Audience
• To whom are you writing? Is your audience the
  American people? A friend? The nucleus? An
  equation? Readers of a newspaper? A local bank?
• F Format
• What form will the writing take? Is it a letter?
  An advertisement? A speech? A poem? A song?
• T Topic Strong Verb
• What's the subject or the point of this piece?
  Is it to persuade for or against slavery? To
  describe your function as a cell?

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Sample RAFTs
Science Role a planet Audience readers of advertisements Format personal ad Topic describe self Geography Role a canyon Audience a plateau Format a letter Topic explain how you are formed
PE Role basketball Audience an alien from Mars Format instructions Topic list the rules of the game Math Role a ruler Audience an ant Format a poem Topic explain purpose of measurement using millimeters
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Map Out, Share Out

• Discuss implementation plan among grade level
  team. Where will you go from here?
• Collaborate with grade level to map out which
  traits fit best with each type of writing.
• Map out the logistics of when and how long it
  will take to cover a trait/type of writing.
• Write a RAFTs for each trait/type of writing.
• Explore PICASSO to integrate writing across the
  curriculum.
• Look through your packet and highlight ideas.