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WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM STRATEGIES, TOOLS, TIPS, COMMON LANGUAGE
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USING 6 TRAIT WRITING IN ALL AREAS IDEAS ORGANIZATION SENTENCE FLUENCY CONVENTIONS WORD CHOICE VOICE
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HOW DO WE TEACH THESE TRAITS??? START SIMPLE – MODEL FOR STUDENTS AND PRACTICE WITH THEM
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WRITING ROUTINE FOLDERS Topic: What are we writing about? Audience: Who are we writing for? Key Words: Important words from the prompt that direct you what to write about.
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BRAINSTORM – TOPIC WEB Topic InfoRelatingtotheTopic Many ideas
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ORGANIZE AND CLASSIFY GROUP SUBTOPICS FROM THE WEB CLASSIFY THESE GROUPS INTO “BIG IDEAS”
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BODY OUTLINE Big Idea 1 Subtopic list Big Idea 2 Subtopic list Big Idea 3 Subtopic list
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TOPIC SENTENCES Simple Declarative SentenceNumber Sentence Quality QuestionSituation, Stance Sentence Topic
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MOVING ON…. WORD CHOICE VOICE CONVENTIONS SENTENCE FLUENCY
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WORD CHOICE HAVE THESAURUSES AVAILABLE AND USE THEN REGULARLY BRAINSTORM WORD SUBSTITUTES FOR COMMON NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES PRACTICE “SHOWING” NOT TELLING
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VOICE YOUR PERSONALITY IN YOUR WRITING CAN USE PERSONAL THOUGHTS OR EXPERIENCES YOUR POINT OF VIEW
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CONVENTIONS HIGH EXPECTATIONS – ALL THE TIME!!!!! PROVIDE TEACHING MOMENTS ALL THE TIME PEER REVIEWS AND EDITING
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SENTENCE FLUENCY VARYING SENTENCE LENGTHS VARYING SENTENCE STRUCTURES LOOK AT BEGINNING WORDS
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SENTENCE FLUENCY CHART Sentence ## of Words in the sentence First Word in the Sentence Verbs usedEnd punctuation
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FEW TIPS HAVE STUDENTS WRITE DAILY!!!!! WHEN IT SEEMS UNCLEAR, MODEL AND WORK WITH THEM FOR CLARIFICATION
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DEADLY DUO STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BEGIN SENTENCES WITH “THERE ARE” OR “THERE IS”
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WORK TOGETHER TEAM UP WITH OTHERS LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS ARE YOUR FRIENDS
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RECAP 6 TRAITS WRITING ROUTINE FOLDERS – IDEAS, ORGANIZATION WORD CHOICE- TEACH REGULARLY VOICE- PRACTICE SENTENCE FLUENCY- ANALYZE SENTENCES CONVENTIONS- HIGH EXPECTATIONS SEEK OTHERS
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