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Prewriting
Time Kids
Visit this site to see how other students get started.
1. Decide your purpose or audience. Who are you writing to or for?
2. Brainstorming. What do you want to write about?
3. Form. What kind of writing are you going to create? Letter? Nonfiction story? Fiction story? -
Writing
Graphic organizers
Click this link to find the graphic organizer you want to use to get your creative ideas flowing!
1. Organize your ideas.
2. Voice-this is how the story is told.
3. Word choice
4. Sentence fluency-make your sentences detailed and interesting -
Responding
Conference checklist
Before conferencing with your teacher and peer, print the first page of checklist from the link. Complete the top portion of checklist on your own.
1. Teacher/peer conference
2. Student/peer conference -
Revising
Get a copy of the CUPS revision checklist from the writing station.
1. Clarifying
2. Reorganizing
3. Refining
4. Using precise language
Think:
How can I make this story better?
Does it make sense?
Did I include a beginning, middle, and end?
Did I address all of my conference issues and make changes? -
Editing
Editing wheel
Print and create your editing wheel before getting started.
Editing means making changes, when needed to:
•Words
•Length
•Pacing
•Emphasis
•Spelling
•Punctuation
•Capitalization
•Paragraphing
•Verb tense
•Person
•Grammatical constructions
•Visual presentation -
Publishing/Sharing
KidscomBulletin board
Performance: Breakfast Club puppet theater
School Newspaper: Submit to Ms. Arnett
Author's Chair
Website: click the link
