1. Christina Brown Britney Colquitt ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2011 4 th Grade Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

3. ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

4. A.) Students’ will plan by completing a graphic organizer, that they will use to write a simulated letter. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

5.  The author pretends to be another identity. o (ex: historical figure or character from a book)  Letter is not actually sent to the sender Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

6.  Parts of a simulated letter: o Greeting: “Dear…..” o Body: Details of the letter o Closing: “Yours truly, Sincerely” o Signature: Sign the end of your letter with your name Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

7.  First stage of the writing process  Gather ideas  Develop a graphic organizer  Choose audience Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

8.  Who are you? Think about who you are pretending to be.  Who are you writing to? Figure out who your audience is. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

9.  Why are you writing this letter? Are you trying to persuade, entertain, write a thank you letter or inform?  How will you close the letter? Think about how you are going to end your letter. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

13.  Read the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type.  Complete graphic organizer together Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

14.  Pretend we are Farmer Brown  Complete graphic organizer  Persuade them to continue producing milk for the farm. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

15.  Complete graphic organizer: o You are a future conductor o Write to Harriet Tubman o Inform Harriet Tubman why you want to join the Underground Railroad Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

17. ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

18. A.) Students’ will use the completed graphic organizer from the prewriting stage, to draft a simulated letter. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

19.  The author pretends to be another identity. o (ex: historical figure or character from a book)  Letter is not actually sent to the sender Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

20.  Parts of a simulated letter: o Greeting: “Dear…..” o Body: Details of the letter o Closing: “Yours truly, Sincerely” o Signature: Sign the end of your letter with your name Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt

21. o First attempt at writing your letter o Ideas come together o Okay to make mistakes during this stage o Focus on organization and errors later

22. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt  Begin letter with a greeting: o Ex: “Dear…”  Comma should follow greeting o Ex: “Dear,……”

23. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt  Include complete thoughts and sentences  Use information from graphic organizer

24. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt  End your letter with a closure: o Ex: With Anticipation, Sincerely, or Yours Truly  Beneath your closure, sign your name

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27.  Write a persuasive letter to the cows  Use graphic organizer from prewriting activity

28. Christina Brown & Britney Colquitt  Use Underground Rail Road graphic organizer from prewriting  Drafting- letter to Harriet Tubman