Writing

FORMS OF WRITING

1. Expository

Paragraph

Step Up to Writing: Green, Yellow, Red
Sentence Structure Practice
Expository Writing Resource
Topic Sentences
An Organized Paragraph
Plan a Paragraph: T-Chart

6. Folktales

PLOT DIAGRAM

Make a copy
Rename the document: (Your Name) - Plot Diagram
Share with Ms. Miller immediately

Fables The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Tortoise and the Hare The Ant and the Grasshopper

Myths How Selfishness Was Rewarded Pandora's Box The Myth of the Moon Goddess

Legands The Legend of King Arthur Robin Hood

Tall Tales Pecos Bill The Fisherman and His Wife Casey Jones

2. Narrative

Plot Diagram
Story Map
Story Starters
Story Cube
Fractured Fairy Tales
Story Questions for Planning
Sticky Note Stories
Sequence Transitions
Story Transitions

3. Letter

Online Letter Generator
Attributes of a Letter
Parts of a Letter

5. Essays

Interactive Essay Map
Essay Map
Essay Pre-Write Questions
Plan for Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Essay Map
Magazine Advertisement Template
Persuasive - How to Write
Persuasion Signal and Transition Words

4. Creative

Poets.org
Poetry Idea Engine
Diamante Poems
Theme Poems
Acrostic Poems
Magnetic Poetry
Original Magnetic Poetry
Poetry Workbook
My Book of Poetry Template
Poetry Stations
Blackout Poetry

The Writing Process

1. BRAINSTORMUse a Graphic Organizer to Brainstorm Web, Sticky Note Brainstorms

2. T-ChartPlan an Organized Paragraph using a T-Chart

3. DRAFTSkip Lines and use your T-Chart to write your first draft.

4. REVISERead CAREFULLY aloud. Use ARMS to improve what you said and how you said it in your writing. Show don't TELL

5. EDITRead CAREFULLY aloud again. Use CUPS to edit the conventions of your writing. Peer Edit when you are finished.

6. PUBLISHDecide on the format for publishing, and write your final draft. Read CAREFULLY aloud for errors when you are finished. Add an interesting title and your first and last name.Peer Editing SheetHow to Peer Edit

Newspaper, Brochure, FlyerStape-less Book

Purposes for Writing

Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast
Story Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram
Compare and Contrast Clue Words

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect Clue Words

Entertain

Problem and Solution

Describe, Explain Inform

Alphabetized Autobiography Organizer
Alphabetography Checklist
Main Idea Umbrella
Question Chart
Description Clue Words

Student Writing Tools

Figurative Language

Eye on Idioms

Responding to Literature

1. Answer the question with a question stem.
2. Use evidence directly from the text to prove or support your answer.
3. Fill up most of the lines.
4. Complete sentences.
5. CUPS