2. Look at exit cards from 12-18-12 Things I Wonder….. Things I’d Like to Try …..

5.  Decide what to look for in Writing – The Writer’s Craft  The Six Traits – Ways to Teach  Choosing Mentor Texts  Take a Look at Each Genre: **Personal Narrative **Expository/Informational **Persuasive/Opinion

6. Define the word: craft “Writers are artisans, too but they work with language to build stories, essays, autobiographies, poems and other types of writing.” - Gail E. Tompkins

7.  The Writing Process:  Prewriting  Drafting  Revising  Editing  Publishing

8.  Ideas  Organization  Voice  Word Choice  Sentence Fluency  Conventions  Presentation  Focus  Organization  Style  Support/Elaboration  Conventions

9.  Ideas  Writers use big ideas and pertinent details to convey their message.  Readers are more engaged in reading when the ideas are stimulating.

11.  Trait and How it connects to the writing process  Definition, characteristics  Teaching Tips  Example of mentor texts

12.  Choosing a Topic  Focusing the Topic  Identifying the Genre  Developing the Topic

13.  Read-Alouds  Wordless Books  Folktales

14.  Crafting the Lead  Structuring the Composition  Providing Transitions Between Ideas  Ending with a Satisfying Conclusion

15.  Drawing Diagrams  Collecting Effective Leads/Endings  Building Paragraphs

16.  Choosing Personally Meaningful Topics  Writing with Passion  Writing with Knowledge  Adopting a Tone

17.  Lots of Reading  Lots of Writing  Writing from Different Viewpoints

18.  Painting a Picture with Words  Choosing Precise Words  Energizing Writing with Strong Verbs  Playing with Words

19.  Examining Alphabet Books  Posting a Word Wall  Using a Thesaurus  Inserting Vivid Verbs

20.  Achieving a Rhythmic Flow  Constructing Effective Sentences  Varying Sentence Patterns  Breaking the Rules

21.  Collecting Favorite Sentences  Composing Sentences  Sentence Unscrambling  Sentence Imitating  Sentence Combining  Sentence Expanding  Teaching Transitional Words

22.  Spelling Words Conventionally  Paragraphing Accurately  Punctuating Effectively  Capitalizing Correctly  Applying Standard English Grammar and Usage Rules

23.  Use Spell Checkers  Examining Capitalization  Investigating Punctuation

24.  Adding Text Features  Arranging Words and Illustrations on the Page  Using Legible Handwriting  Using Word Processing Effectively

25.  Examining Presentation in Books  Assessing Handwriting  Teaching Keyboarding

26.  Ideas  Organization  Voice  Word Choice  Sentence Fluency  Conventions  Presentation  Prewriting, Drafting, Revising  Drafting, Revising  Revising  Editing  Publishing

27.  Minilessons  Terminology  Mentor Texts  Sample Pieces  Guided Practice Activities  Advice from Authors  Rubrics  Self-Assessment

28.  For grades Kindergarten – Grade 2 as well as Grades 3-5 there are goals specific for each trait.  How do these goals correlate with Common Core State Standards for Writing for your grade level?

29. 1. Explicit instruction 2. Mentor texts 3. Model compositions 4. Collaborative writing projects 5. Assessment rubrics

30. 1. Student-Teacher Conferences 2. Scoring Guides 3. Scoring Practice 4. Involving Students in Assessment

31. 1. Writing Process Terminology 2. Writing Process Charts 3. Mentor Texts 4. Demonstrations 5. Brief Compositions 6. Author’s Chair 7. Writing Folders

32. 1. Introduce the topic 2. Share examples 3. Provide information (demonstrate) 4. Supervise Practice (pairs, small groups) 5. Assess learning (monitor)

33. 1. Where do I begin? What trait do I teach first? 2. How many mentor texts should I use?

34. We have one session left. There are 10 more things that need to be covered. Obviously we won’t be able to accomplish that! Please submit your ONE topic that you would like to see addressed before we wrap up the writing PD for 2012-13!