Christina Brown Britney Colquitt ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Spring th Grade Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
A.) Students’ will plan by completing a graphic organizer, that they will use to write a simulated letter. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
The author pretends to be another identity. o (ex: historical figure or character from a book) Letter is not actually sent to the sender Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Parts of a simulated letter: o Greeting: “Dear…..” o Body: Details of the letter o Closing: “Yours truly, Sincerely” o Signature: Sign the end of your letter with your name Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
First stage of the writing process Gather ideas Develop a graphic organizer Choose audience Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Who are you? Think about who you are pretending to be. Who are you writing to? Figure out who your audience is. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Why are you writing this letter? Are you trying to persuade, entertain, write a thank you letter or inform? How will you close the letter? Think about how you are going to end your letter. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Read the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. Complete graphic organizer together Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Pretend we are Farmer Brown Complete graphic organizer Persuade them to continue producing milk for the farm. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Complete graphic organizer: o You are a future conductor o Write to Harriet Tubman o Inform Harriet Tubman why you want to join the Underground Railroad Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
A.) Students’ will use the completed graphic organizer from the prewriting stage, to draft a simulated letter. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
The author pretends to be another identity. o (ex: historical figure or character from a book) Letter is not actually sent to the sender Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Parts of a simulated letter: o Greeting: “Dear…..” o Body: Details of the letter o Closing: “Yours truly, Sincerely” o Signature: Sign the end of your letter with your name Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
o First attempt at writing your letter o Ideas come together o Okay to make mistakes during this stage o Focus on organization and errors later
Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt Begin letter with a greeting: o Ex: “Dear…” Comma should follow greeting o Ex: “Dear,……”
Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt Include complete thoughts and sentences Use information from graphic organizer
Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt End your letter with a closure: o Ex: With Anticipation, Sincerely, or Yours Truly Beneath your closure, sign your name
Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt
Write a persuasive letter to the cows Use graphic organizer from prewriting activity
Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt Use Underground Rail Road graphic organizer from prewriting Drafting- letter to Harriet Tubman