One of the ways I love starting this unit is to have children look back at the prompts they did the year before or at another time. When they know what Good Writing looks like, they know what they should be looking for in these pieces. So, first review as a class what good writing is by making a chart. Looking at a typed text or another good example of a prompt writing from the year before, gives them something to jog their memory.
After that, partners take the pieces that they did the year before and take that piece to review. Together the partners answer the questions in the following questionnaire, being aware of what makes good writing. After they do one piece, they do the same with the other. In this way, students have a chance to see what they need to do in this year's prompt writing.
Discussing what the partners found in a whole group situation and making a class chart, helps to make the work concrete. The next day students could be given that same prompt and "try again" to write to it. They would be encouraged to include things that the former piece did not have in it!
Here is the Questionnaire
Work with a partner. Reread and study this piece of writing. Answer the questions below. You may use the writing chart in your room.
Which
part is the longest? ______________________________
7.
Write a sound word the writer used – onomatopoeia. ____________
1 comment:
Kathy, do you have a discussion of the five paragraph essay? Where will I find that on your blog? Thank you, s always! Great job!
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