Effective Writing: Week by Week
WORD CHOICE
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Writing Prompt: Write a composition about something that you do very well. Effective Writing Trait: Word Choice 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 edit drafts for specific purposes such as to ensure standard usage. |
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Day 3 |
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Students will rewrite road signs using "flowery language" to show why more is not always better! |
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Day 4 |
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Students will brainstorm more interesting words for "everyday words" and use them in their writing. |
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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 release tests)
- What change, if any, should be made in sentence (number)?
- What change should be made in sentence (number)?
Read-alouds for Word Choice: (for additional suggestions, refer to Picture Books: An annotated bibliography (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
- My Mama had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gay
- Earthdance by Joanne Ryder
- Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
- Hoops by Robert Burleigh
- I Love You the Purplest by Barbara M. Joosse
- Verdi by Janell Cannon
- My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch by Graeme Base
· Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnson
· Double Trouble I Walla Walla by Andrew Clements