1. Amanda Frost & Rachell Wolfe ECED 4300-B Dr. Tonja Root Summer 2010 5 th Grade Pen Pal Letters

2. Prewriting stage Pen Pal Letter Rachell Wolfe

3. Prewriting GPS: 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 a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

4. PLO Students will develop a plan for prewriting by completing a graphic organizer for a pen pal letter using words and phrases.

5. Form of Writing To classmates, friends, or relatives To share news or events Includes heading, greeting, body, closure, and signature Pen Pal Letters

6. Stage of Writing A purpose is decided Audience is considered Use a graphic organizer to brainstorm Prewriting

7. Graphic Organizer Questions for my pen pal: 1.___________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ________________2.___________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ___3.________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ___________________4.________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ______ Name: ________________________ Graphic Organizer: Pen Pal Letters Directions: Fill in each box with the information wanted. Other things that I want my pen pal to know: ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ About me 1._______________________________ _________________________________ 2._________________________________ _______________________________ 3._________________________________ _______________________________ 4._________________________________ _______________________________ About my family: 1.______________________________________ ____________________ 2.______________________________________ ____________________ 3.______________________________________ ____________________ 4.______________________________________ ____________________ Retrieved from Graphic Organizer: Pen Pal Letters retrieved April 2 nd 2010 from http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:E7niugqoTb8J:vstateblazers.net/~troot/PublishedPieces/ECED4300_previous _published_PwPt/Published%2520Su%252002%2520Jennifer%2520Hodges%2520Pen%2520pal%2520letter%2520 go%2520prewrt%2520revis.doc+pen+pal+letter+graphic+organizer&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

8. Published Example Sample Letters. (n.d.). Home. Retrieved June 29, 2010, from http://www.hopewave.org/Sample_Letters.html

9. Practice Activity Brainstorm ideas for writing a letter to pen pal (principal). Complete graphic organizer as a class.

10. Assessment Activity Students will brainstorm ideas for writing a letter to a pen pal (paired with a classmate). Students will complete a graphic organizer for their individual letter.

11. Drafting Stage Pen Pal Letter Amanda Frost

12. Drafting GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

13. PLO Students will independently construct a draft of a pen pal letter using a graphic organizer.

14. Form of Writing To classmates, friends, or relatives To share news or events Includes heading, greeting, body, closure, and signature Pen Pals

15. Stage of Writing: Drafting Forming ideas from graphic organizer into complete sentences Label: Draft, Title, Name Skip lines (include X) Get down thoughts and content Mechanical and grammatical errors are okay

16. Published Example Fitness Pen Pals. (n.d.). Len Saunders, Project ACES, Lenny Saunders, Children's Fitness, Children And Fitness. Retrieved June 29, 2010, from http://lensaunders.com/fpp/index.html

17. Practice Activity Write pen pal letter (draft) together, as a class Using graphic organizer the class created together during prewriting

18. Assessment Write a draft of a pen pal letter to a classmate Use your individual graphic organizer