Welcome Introductions * handouts on memory stick

Learning Intentions 1. Use technology to generate ideas and gather ideas for writing 2. Organize my ideas using Inspirations and Word T- chart 3. Use personal writing in several different genres (journals, reader response and Math journals) 4. Use personal writing and criteria as a form of Formative Assessment

Opening Teaser Open Word and write on topic below

* Sharing with group Fact or Fiction Extension of activity Idioms Hand out on Stix –Animal Crackers Animal Planet Video Podcast

Personal Writing Opinion writing Response to issues Narrative account (memoirs)

Personal Journal Writing Should be often 3-5 times a week Build into transition/routine times Great time to do mini lessons Work on Meaning, Style and Form Less emphasis on Conventions

Make sure to Model –write yourself… –create a supportive environment for journaling –ask questions to help students expand their ideas

Share ideas –ask those who have begun to share their openings –share after completion (pairs, class)

Sharing of ideas is important….

Brainstorming to generate ideas –Allows students to uncover what they like to write about –Gives students ownership of their writing –Make up a chart with all the students ideas so they can use

Given topics –use famous examples Leonardo Da Vinci, Anne Frank diary –use internet sites –today in history, fun facts, –magazine and newspaper topics –school issues –audio: sounds, –Extending into Digital stories –visuals: pictures, artifacts

Student sample moving into a digital story

* use of 'inspirations' to organize Open Inspirations Journal Writing Topic on Most Spectacular Use Images on Stix to generate ideas Begin a 5 paragraph outline on scene