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Writing Response Goals
Writing Response Goals
Here are the goals that students use when writing better selection responses, essays, and stories!
Your Teacher PREDICTS an A+
P Proper Conventions
R Revise and Edit
E Expanded Vocabulary (thesaurus)
D Details and Descriptive Words (strong words)
I Interesting Introduction
C Complete and Varied Sentences
T Transition Words
S Satisfying Conclusion
Before you turn in a paper, complete the checklist; does your writing contain each of these??
Story Organization
Story Organization
A story or essay that is organized by sequencing is a story that explains in terms of the order of events. Some time words or phrases you can look for or answer with to explain sequencing are:
-years, dates, days
-"over time"
-"changed"
-first, second, third, last, next, then, after...
-"chronological"
-"during"
-"in order"
-"improved"
-"then and now"
-"through the years"
Citing Examples
Citing Examples
When we cite examples from an article, we use quotations, page numbers, paragraph numbers, or a combination of both. A perfect example is the following:
The sequence of the text in each passage helps to explain the author's ideas because: "In Bicycles, Then and Now, the author explains in order, how the bike improved over the years. For example, on page 37 in paragraph 1, it says, "The bicycle-like contraption he made in 1617 had two wheels and was made of wood. It had a seat but no pedals. To move, riders had to use their legs to push the machine forward." This shows that it must have been hard to ride. Soon it improved to things like two and three speed bikes.
The Writing Process
The Writing Process
Just like making a recipe, good writers have steps that they take in order to write effectively. Good writers use the steps of the Writing Process to publish a top quality piece of writing. Can you identify the steps of the Writing Process? The steps of the Writing Process include: 1) pre-writing, 2) rough drafts, 3) revision and edit, and 4) final draft and publishing!
Writing up a paragraph that everyone wants to read is like cooking up a big juicy hamburger that everyone wants to eat! The beginning and ends are supported by strong sentences...the buns. The top bun is your topic sentence and the bottom bun is your conclusion sentence. In between are all the juicy details! Supporting sentence #1 is like your tomatoes and cheese, supporting sentence #2 is like the meat patty, and supporting sentence #3 is like the lettuce and onions. Each supporting sentence includes a detail and explanation of the detail.
A fifth grade paragraph should have 5-9 fifth grade sentences. Clear focus and strong choice of words, and all the juicy exciting details! Eat up!
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