Jawanna McBurrough Pamela Roe ECED 4300-B Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2009

 ELA4W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.  PLO: The students will pre write for a simulated journal using a graphic organizer.

 Author assumes identity of a historical figure or character  You become that person  Pretend Letter

 Topic-What the letter is about  Form-Simulated Letter  Audience-People you are writing to  Purpose-To inform or entertain

rewriting:  During Prewriting:  Gather Ideas  Use a Graphic Organizer  Use short phrases  No punctuation

Who am I? Topic Detail #3 Why am I writing this letter? Detail #1 Detail #2 How do I want to end my letter?

 Ada, A. F. (1998). Yours truly, goldilocks. New York, NY: Atheneum.

 Teacher reads a section of a book  Book title - People at the Center of Women’s Suffrage  Book title - Sojourner Truth: Crusader for Civil Rights  Pretend you are Sojourner Truth

 Audience-her daughter  Purpose-to share events in her life  Shared pen activity  Students dictate  Teacher writes on graphic organizer

 Use the books- People at the Center of Women’s Suffrage  Choose another historical figure  Topic – Women Suffrage

 Audience-a young girl  Work independently  Pre write using a graphic organizer

 ELA4W4. The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.  PLO: Students will create a rough draft of a simulated letter using their graphic organizer.

 Write as the historical figure or character  Imagination – Pretend  Background knowledge

 Focus on content  Use complete sentences  Do not focus on spelling or grammar  Skip lines  Mark an “X” on skipped lines

 Heading - date  Greeting. - ex. Dear,  Body of the letter  Closure – ex. Sincerely, Your Name

 Ada, A. F. (1994). Dear peter rabbit. New York, NY: Atheneum.

 Use ideas from class graphic organizer  Focus on content  Students dictate complete sentences to teacher  Create draft of Simulated Letter

 Draft your own Simulated Letter  Work independently  Use your graphic organizer from prewriting stage

 Focus on the content  No focus on spelling or grammar

 Kops, D. (2006). People at the center of women’s suffrage. Farmington Hills, MI: Blackbirch Press.  McBurrough, J. (2009). Simulated letter graphic organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

 Macht, N. L. (1992). Sojourner truth:Crusader for civil rights. New York, NY: Chelsea Juniors.