Effective Writing: Week by Week
VOICE
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Writing Prompt: Write a composition about a game or sport you enjoy. Effective Writing Trait: Voice Focused Revision / Editing:
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Day 1 |
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Students will prepare to use the prompt stated above and write their compositions. |
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Day 2 |
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Students will exhibit strong voice by writing an interesting lead. |
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Day 3 |
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Students will use standard English usage for audiences, including pronouns. |
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Day 4 |
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Students write a class composition about an item on the list in an original way; then choose an item and write their own composition. |
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Day 5 |
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Students will analyze examples of compositions. Then students return to their compositions to revise and edit. |
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TAKS Question Stems: (compiled from TAKS Information Booklet and released tests)
- What change, if any should be made to sentence (number)?
- The meaning of sentence (number) can be improved by changing to ?
- The meaning of sentence (number) can be improved by changing (pronoun) to -
Read-alouds for Voice: (for additional suggestions, refer to Picture Books: An annotated bibliography (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
- What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan
- I Am the Dog, I am the Cat by Donald Hall
- White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman
- Hoops by Robert Burleigh
- Antics! By Catherine Hepworth
- Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
- Dear Children of the Earth by Schim Schimmel
- Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
- The Snowman by Raymond Briggs