Pen Pal Letters Jillian Cobb & Jessica Kennedy ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Summer 2010 (May Term) 1

Jessica Kennedy PLO Students will plan their writing. Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A 2

Georgia Performance Standard ELA5W2: The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. The student produces informational writing that: c. creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, and context. Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A 3

Form of Writing Pen Pal Letters  Friendly letters  Shared with people in your class, community or anywhere in the world  Exchange of interesting information Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A 4

Stage of Writing Prewriting  Identify your audience  Purpose (share information)  Fill in your graphic organizer Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A 5

Example of Graphic Organizer Correspondence diversions writing. (n.d.). Retrieved from write-a-letter-to-your-pen-pal/ Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A 6

Practice Activity  Audience: 4 th graders  I will place you in groups of 4  I will designate a group leader  Each group will be responsible for an interesting aspect of 5 th grade  Example: Favorite Subject, Field Trips, etc  I will ask team leaders to write group answers on the board. Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A 7

Assessment Activity  Fill in your graphic organizer  Write additional information on the back 8 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Tell Me About Yourself… 9 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Reference Kennedy, J. (2010). Pen pal letter graphic organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Adapted from Character info blank. (n.d.). Retrieved from part/teachers/org-character- blank.pdf 10

Jillian Cobb PLO Students will draft their writing. 11 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Georgia Performance Standard ELA5W1 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: b. Writes text of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story. 12 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Form of writing Pen Pal Letters  Friendly letters  Shared with people in your class, community or anywhere in the world  Exchange of interesting information  Format ( Heading, Body, Closure, Signature ) 13 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Stage of Writing Drafting  Use graphic organizer  Form complete sentences  Organize information  Use descriptive details 14 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Example of Pen Pal Letter Mutwiri, B. (n.d.). Kambi Primary School rennovation project. Retrieved from 15 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Heading: Street _________________________ City, State, Zip Code______________ Date__________________________ Greeting Dear_______________________, Body ___________________________________________________________ X_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ X_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ X_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ X_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ X_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Closing & Signature__________________ __________________ 16 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A Cobb, J. (2010). Pen pal letter format. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Practice Activity  Audience: 4th graders  Each group of 4 make complete sentences using graphic organizer  Team leaders will help me complete letter 17 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

Assessment Activity  Audience: 4 th grade  Take information from graphic organizer to create letter  Remember to form complete sentences  Place information in correct location 18 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A

References Character info blank. (n.d.). Retrieved from /teachers/org-character-blank.pdf Grade 1: pen pals. (2010). [Web]. Retrieved from teacher.blogspot.com/2009_09_27_arch ive.html 19 Cobb, Jillian & Kennedy, Jessica ECED 4300A