1. SIMULATED LETTERS Elizabeth Flythe Katie Crowder ECED 4300A Dr. Root Spring 2009 3 rd Grade

2. Prewriting of a Simulated Letter Prewriting of a Simulated Letter Elizabeth Flythe GPS ELA3W2 The student begins to write in a variety genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature. Critical Component: The student produces a response to literature that: f. May include prewriting. PLO The students will complete a graphic organizer for the prewrite stage of writing a simulated letter.

3. What is a Simulated Letter? What is a Simulated Letter? Instructional Strategy  Narrative Writing  Simulated letters are letters where the author of the letter pretends that they are someone else. They could be people in history, people in the present, or characters in a story.

4. Prewriting Stage  Begin by gathering thoughts on a graphic organizer.  On graphic organizer do not worry about writing in full sentences, about proper grammar, or spelling.  Determine:  topic  character you are pretending to be  who you will be writing to  a purpose

5. Simulated Letter Graphic Organizer Who am I?What do I want to say? When did this take place? Where did this happen? Why am I writing this letter? Jeannett Eunice,, ECED 4300 OWA, Dr. Root, F 03

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7. Practice Activity  Teacher will read a section from Hiding From the Nazis.  Together a graphic organizer for a simulated letter will be completed through a shared pen technique.  The letter will be written through the eyes and experiences of a German child during the Nazi invasion.

8. Assessment Activity  After reading the book, The Patchwork Path. The students will complete their own graphic organizer prior to writing their simulated letter.  The students can choose their own character to portray.

9. Drafting of a Simulated Letter Drafting of a Simulated Letter Katie Crowder GPS ELA3W2 The student begins to write in a variety genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature. h. May include a revised and edited draft. PLO Students will construct a draft of a simulated letter using the graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

10. Drafting Instruction: Drafting Instruction: Putting All the Ideas Together  Form ideas from graphic organizer  Write in complete sentences  Label as draft  Skip every other line to make revisions later  Correct spelling is not important  The content is important at this stage

11. Parts of a Letter  Start out with a greeting (such as Dear …,)  Next is the body of the letter  This is were you put all of the details from your graphic organizer  Finally is the closure of the letter (such as Sincerely, or Yours truly, or Your friend,)  Last but not least, you need to sign the letter

12. Lauren. (n.d.). Children's Work. In On the Home Front [Their Past Your Future]. Retrieved April 2, 2009, from http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/whitehawkhomefront/images/artwork/TPYF2Letter5med.jpg&imgrefurl=

13. Practice Activity  The teacher and the students will use the graphic organizer created earlier as a class to draft a simulated letter.

14. Assessment Activity  The students will independently use their own graphic organizer to draft a simulated letter of their own.