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What is a Quick Write?
What is a Quick Write?
Typically it involves about 5 minutes of writing in our RWN.
Typically it involves about 5 minutes of writing in our RWN.
Purpose: It's an invitation for you to play in your notebook with different ideas, information, and genres.
Purpose: It's an invitation for you to play in your notebook with different ideas, information, and genres.
The goal is to put words on the page. Your thinking on the page.
The goal is to put words on the page. Your thinking on the page.
- You may be asked to respond to a prompt or ‘Mentor Text’ (we’ll get to that next)
- You may be asked to elaborate on a previous topic or writing piece
- QWs help you...
- find your voice
- develop your confidence
- build your writing fluency and stamina by increasing volume
- become a better writer AND reader
Goals:
Goals:
- Write fast
- Write the whole time
- Silence your inner critic
- Be yourself
Things that shouldn’t be happening during Quick Write time:
Things that shouldn’t be happening during Quick Write time:
- Talking with others. This is time to think with your own brain. If you are talking with others, you are creating a disruption; essentially stealing words from your classmate’s brain before they can commit them to paper. Don’t hinder them from being successful.
- Books closed, pens down. Commit to writing the whole time. Use the strategies above to help you. Challenge yourself. You can do this...you really can.
- Reading, gaming, snapchatting, you-tubing or any other distractions. Think you are done? Try looping. Try finding a spot in your writing to “say something more”. Write.
Quick writes are “no fail” writing, meaning:
Quick writes are “no fail” writing, meaning:
- You aren’t penalized for spelling or grammar
- You aren’t penalized for writing in incomplete sentences
- You aren’t penalized for writing out of order, starting in the middle, trailing off, repeating yourself, crossing out words etc.
- You aren’t penalized for listing or sketching
- You aren’t graded/assessed on what you write
Assessment
Assessment
- Ungraded practice
- Did you attempt the Quick Write?
- Did you do your best?
- Did you write the whole time?
Quick writes are your “daily output”, meaning that you are either 100% successful, or 0% successful. The choice is up to you.
Quick writes are your “daily output”, meaning that you are either 100% successful, or 0% successful. The choice is up to you.
Some strategies can be found below.
Some strategies can be found below.
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