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Interdisciplinary Writing Unit:Interdisciplinary Writing Unit:Persuasive - 2Persuasive - 2ndnd Grade Grade
Reading/ Language ArtsReading/ Language Arts
Rachael McDowellRachael McDowellREAD 7140READ 7140
Summer 2007Summer 2007
Georgia Grade 3 Writing Assessment• teachers evaluate student writing
• uses an analytic scoring system• types of writing required
– Narrative– Persuasive– Informational– Response to literature
• For more Information visit : http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CITestingWA3 .
Persuasive Pre-assessment Prompt
• Suppose that I let you choose our classroom pet, as long as most of the class agrees with you. What pet would you choose? Why do you think it’s the best choice for a classroom pet?
Pre-writing
• Persuasive– Book Review
• To be published and displayed outside of the school library
Grouping Options for Teachers
• whole class instruction:ensures that all students receive same
material all students monitored for on-task
behaviorstudent questions clarify
understanding of the materialsaves time
Grouping Options for Teachers (cont’d)
• group work:students generate ideas through
discussion with othersreduces teacher time with each
individual student
Grouping Options for Students
• Developmental – pair low and high achieving students with average students to reduce the gap in ability levels
• Cultural – pair with students that have read or seen book review shows, such as Reading Rainbow
Grouping Options for Students (cont’d)
• Linguistic – pair students with Speech or English difficulties with good speech models
Persuasive Instruction• purpose – influence/ change reader's
thoughts on a particular topic • Discuss commercials • Discuss convincing parents • must have supporting reasons• book review – state opinion,
summarize, give 3 supporting reasons, summarize opinion and reasons
You do not have to like the book!
Prewriting• 5 stages of the writing process
1.Prewriting - plan and organize thoughts/ ideas/ information before writing, graphic organizers
• Decide on: – your topic– genre of writing – purpose – audience
Remember to write in phrases!
Prewriting Practice• Students select book for class review• Work in groups of four to brainstorm• Shared writing – teacher acts as scribe• Complete graphic organizer on
overhead
• Is this a good book? – graphic organizer
Prewriting Assessment
• Students complete graphic organizer• Students work with writing partners• Use their book for ideas• Teacher monitors and assists• Prewriting Stage Persuasive Writing
Rubric – 2nd Grade• Persuasive Writing Checklist
Accommodations/ Modifications
• Developmentala. word process graphic organizerb. lower achieving pair w/students on grade
levelc. high achieving pair w/ students on grade
leveld. handout of writing stages provided to
studentse. student checklist provided to students
• Developmental (cont’d)f. use a dictionary or thesaurus to aid in
word choiceg. use selected book to complete graphic
organizerh. opportunity to reread selected booki. read examples and/or watch Reading
Rainbow
• Cultural/ Linguistica. ESOL or Speech - pair with good
speaking modelsb. conference individually with teacher
before completing graphic organizerc. use a dictionary or thesaurus to aid in
word choiced. use selected book to complete graphic
organizer e. opportunity to reread selected book f. read examples and/or watch Reading Rainbow
Drafting• quickly write ideas from graphic
organizer as sentences • Remember to:
– Skip lines for later corrections– Use the information from graphic
organizer– Make complete sentences
Drafting Practice• use class graphic organizer to turn ideas
into sentences• students get back into groups of four• each group assigned section of graphic
organizer to discuss/ turn into sentences• call on groups to share • use interactive writing to complete first
draft
Drafting Assessment• students turn graphic organizer into
sentences• work with partners for scaffolding• students use dictionary/ thesaurus as
needed• teacher monitor and assists• Drafting Stage Persuasive Writing
Rubric – 2nd Grade• students use checklist from prewriting stage
Revising• Add details • delete unnecessary wording • change or rearrange content• use proofreading marks: delete,
insert, new paragraph• Peer revision:
1. read writing with peer 2. get compliments 3. ask for and receive suggestions
Revising Practice• students get into groups of four• each group assigned a paragraph
of class book review to revise• discuss changes as class• interactive writing – students
make corrections on transparency using proofreading marks
Revising Assessment• students work with writing partner• reference Proofreading Marks
handout and use green pencil for revisions
• students use peer review and consider peer suggestions
• students give constructive feedback• Revising Stage Persuasive Writing
Rubric – 2nd Grade• students use checklist from prewriting stage
Editing • Correct using proofreader’s marks
– spelling– grammar– capitalization– punctuation
• Peer editing: 1. read writing with peer 2. look for errors in mechanics 3. author makes corrections Make any other corrections necessary before publishing!
Editing Practice• students get into groups of four• each group assigned a paragraph
of class book review to edit• discuss changes as class• interactive writing – students
make corrections on transparency using proofreading marks
Editing Assessment• students work with writing partner• reference Proofreading Marks handout
and use blue pencil for revisions• students use peer review to find errors
in mechanics• make any other necessary
corrections/changes• Editing Stage Persuasive Writing Rubric
– 2nd Grade• students use checklist from prewriting stage
Publishing• write final piece neatly on
formatted paper• include all revising and editing
changes• Display book review outside of
school library!
Publishing Practice• each student copies a sentence of
revised/edited class book review on chart paper
• each student colors a section of enlarged black and white copy of book cover
• teacher monitors students
Publishing Assessment• students copy their revised/edited
draft on formatted paper• use neat handwriting• color black and white copy of book
cover• Display book review outside of
school library!• Publishing Stage Persuasive Writing
– 2nd Grade Student checklist from prewriting stage
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