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Paragraph of the Week

This year the Paragraph of the Week (P.O.W.) will be assigned and turned in biweekly.  In that two week period, students will work their way through the writing process and turn in a typed P.O.W. to be graded.

The current topic is -- Letter from pg. 64-65 in Treasures

6 +1 Traits of Writing

Ideas

Organization

Sentence Fluency

Voice

Conventions

Word Choice

Presentation

Example of a good 6 + 1 Trait writing piece

 

What is Your Purpose for Writing?

 
  • Narrative -- tell a story

 

Brainstorming tool

Comic Creator

 

  • Expository -- inform, explain, clarify or define

 

Brainstorming tool

Letter tool

 

  • Descriptive -- Create a picture with words

 

Brainstorming tool

 

  • Persuasive -- Influence the reader

 

Brainstorming tool

 

 

Writing Process for Room 10

  • Prewriting -- brainstorming

  • Rough Draft

  • Edit -- grammar (1 peer editor)

  • Revise -- ideas ( 1 peer revisor)

  • Teacher Edit/Revision (should be all corrected before this)

  • Final Draft -- typed

 

 

 

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