K ALISHA H ODGE AND B LAIR H AGGARD ECED 4300-C D R. T ONJA R OOT F ALL th Simulated Journal

B LAIR H AGGARD P REWRITING GPS: ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

B LAIR H AGGARD P REWRITING PLO: Students will plan and use a graphic organizer to create an entry for a simulated journal.

F ORM OF W RITING : S IMULATED J OURNAL Pretending to take the role of a historical/famous person or a character. Create a journal entry from that person’s point of view. Entries in the journal should include details and/or facts about that particular person.

S TAGE OF W RITING : P REWRITING Gather Ideas/ Brain Storm Inform yourself or the audience about your character Use resources to find information about your character/historical person Complete the graphic organizer by including important words and phrases

Name of character: Event you are writing about: Problem during the event: Place of the event: How do you feel during this event: Ending: Simulated journal graphic organizer Name: ________________Date: _______________ Haggard, B. and Hodge, K.(2010). Simulated journal graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

APA C ITATION Tompkins, G. E. (2009). Language Arts Patterns of Practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. The following is one of a series of diary entries created by a 5 th grader assuming the role of Betsy Ross

June 16, 1776 Dear Diary, Today General Washington visited me about making a flag. I was so surprised. Me making a flag! I have made flags for the Navy, but this is too much. But I said yes. He showed me a pattern of the flag he wanted. He also wanted six-pointed stars but I talked him into five-pointed stars.

P RACTICE A CTIVITY 4 TH G RADE After the story is read, write about the first day of school as a kindergartener Use the graphic organizer to write down your thoughts and ideas Include details about your first day experiences

A SSESSMENT A CTIVITY 4 TH G RADE After the story is read, pretend you are the character in the story Write down thoughts and ideas Make sure you use ideas and facts from the story Be sure to include all components of the graphic organizer

K ALISHA H ODGE D RAFTING, R EVISING, E DITING GPS: ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

K ALISHA H ODGE D RAFTING, R EVISING, E DITING PLO: Student will create a draft using the graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

K ALISHA H ODGE D RAFTING, R EVISING, E DITING GPS: ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student b. Revises selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text.

K ALISHA H ODGE D RAFTING, R EVISING, E DITING PLO: Students will revise their created drafts by rearranging, adding, or deleting text.

K ALISHA H ODGE D RAFTING, R EVISING, E DITING GPS: ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student c. Edits to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, etc.

K ALISHA H ODGE D RAFTING, R EVISING, E DITING PLO: Student will edit the draft of his or her classmate by correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, etc. He or she will also use the worksheet provided to use proper editorial marks.

F ORM OF W RITING : S IMULATED J OURNAL Pretending to take the role of a historical/famous person or a character. Journal entry from that person’s point of view. Journal entry should include details and/or facts about that person.

S TAGE OF W RITING : D RAFTING, E DITING, R EVISING Writing is for a journal Informing yourself or the audience about your character Use the graphic organizer to create a draft Skip lines for draft Form complete sentences and details for draft

S TAGE OF W RITING : D RAFTING, E DITING, R EVISING Revision stage is for adding, deleting, and changing text Editing stage is for correcting spelling, punctuation errors, etc.

Dear Diary,Name: _________ Date: ____________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X _____________________________________________________________________________________ X Haggard, B. and Hodge, K.(2010). Simulated journal graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

APA C ITATION Root, T. (2010). Revising and editing: Proofreader’s marks. Retrieved from eced4300revising_&_editing.htm eced4300 Use the following to find editor marks for your drafts after you have completed revision

APA CITATION Tompkins, G. E. (2009). Language Arts Patterns of Practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. The following is one of a series of diary entries created by a 5 th grader assuming the role of Betsy Ross

June 14, 1777 Dear Diary, Today was a happy but scary day. Today the flag I made was adopted by Congress. I thought for sure that if England found out that a new flag was taking the old one’s place something bad would happen. But I’m happy because I am the maker of the first American flag and I’m only 25 years old!

P RACTICE A CTIVITY 4 TH G RADE Use the graphic organizer form the previous activity to create a draft After you have completed your draft, read through the journal entry to add, delete, or change the text

P RACTICE A CTIVITY 4 TH G RADE When you are done with revising your journal entry, pass it to your neighbor for editing Use the proofreaders editorial marks while editing

A SSESSMENT A CTIVITY 4 TH G RADE Using the graphic organizer from the previous activity create a draft Use complete sentences with the draft Revise the draft Pass the revised draft to your neighbor for editing