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Welcome to Student Author Night January 2013A Typical Day in Our Writing Classroom

Pre- Writing

Deciding upon a topic (use topic list) Brainstorming ideasUsing a web or graphic organizer to organize ideas

A web can help us get our thoughts down.TopicA graphic organizer is another way to get our thoughts down.OpeningInformation/DetailsInformation/DetailsInformation/DetailsClosing

Rough Draft

We use our web to write sentences. We spell the No Excuse words correctly. For unknown words we sound out the word, underline it and move on. Editing

We read through our work and check for:

5 Star Sentences (see chart on board)Spelling (use the dictionary and the word wall to help correct)DetailsAdding juicy words

Good Copy

We are now ready to do our good copy. We use our corrected rough draft to complete our good copy. We do our best printing because this is published work.

The following slides are examples of writing from grade 2 students from NB.

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Thank you for attendingStudent Author Night