This week, the students started the revising process. We discussed how revising means "looking again" at a piece of writing. We looked for interesting introductions, clear steps, and meaningful conclusions. Some students added details and some students did some more research to improve their pieces.
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The students have worked diligently this week to complete the drafts of their How To stories. The students have included an introduction, a body with specific steps, and a conclusion into their stories. We have discussed the importance of including time-order words into our pieces, too. Next week, we will dig into revising!
Over the past four classes, the students have been collecting, organizing, and drafting their How-to stories. We learned about RAFT as a writing strategy that helps to guide our writing. The R stands for Role, the A stands for Audience, the F stands for Format, and the T stands for Topic. It is important for writers to identify these things before they commit words to a page.
After the students made a plan using the RAFT graphic organizer, they did some prewriting and then drafting. They listened to the story How to Babysit a Grandpa for ideas on elaboration. The key concepts for this week included: writing an introduction and expanding on the abbreviated list of steps completed during the prewriting stage. I look forward to continuing the work next week with the groups. This week the students were introduced to the new ALO Unit - Writing Procedural Texts. This unit uses an inquiry-based structure in which the students analyze mentor texts and then use them for inspiration in their own writing.
Students listened to How to Teach a Slug to Read (Peterson). They identified time order words and examined how the author organized the book. Students have completed the first step of the Writing Process by brainstorming ideas for their own How To or procedural text. We will look at some more mentor texts next week and then start drafting! Here are some books I recommend from this genre: How to Talk to Dads (Greven - A kid!), Pancakes for Breakfast (DePaola), How to Babysit a Grandpa (others in the series) (Reagan), Growing Vegetable Soup (Ehlert). |
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