On Demand Writing Original PowerPoint from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

In each prompt- Look for SPAM  Situation: Event that causes you the need to write. (on test you pretend)  Purpose: The reason you’re writing: to persuade, to narrate an event, to respond to a text/ graphic/ chart.  Audience: The person (people) you’re pretending to write to.  Mode: The type of writing you are to do: letter feature article, editorial, or speech.

Situation  Situation is labeled for you  It’s always the first part of the prompt  It’s a make believe situation that hasn’t really happened to you (pretend)  It creates a need to write

Purpose Look for one of these in the writing task:  Respond to a text/graphic/chart (organize information by using main ideas and supporting details.)  Persuade (Consider the needs/feelings of the audience as you solve problems and/or convince them. Use main ideas and supporting details.)  Narrate an event (Share what you saw, heard, smelled, tasted, touched, said, thought, did…to make a point.

Audience LLLLook in the writing task for the audience IIIIt might be an individual or a group YYYYou write to audience for reasons stated in the prompt CCCConsider what the audience needs to know, wants to know, and already knows IIIImagine what questions they will have for you. Answer them in your writing.

Mode: What kind of writing you are to do  Look in the writing task for the mode: letter, feature article, editorial, speech  Follow the format  Letter has a date and heading, a greeting/ salutation, a body, a closing, & a signature  Speeches, Editorials, and Articles have: titles, leads, bodies, closings

Constraints of On Demand Writing  Time (90 minutes *)  Feedback (none)  No collaboration  Minimally authentic  No sources outside of your personal knowledge on the topic

Pre-write  Do any of the pre- write techniques Make an outline Make an outline Create a Venn Diagram/Top Hat Create a Venn Diagram/Top Hat Make a list Make a list If all else fails, make a web If all else fails, make a web

Organize your ideas TTTThink about your most important points UUUUse the reason/ example format while dismissing opposing viewpoints Think before writing. Sort out your ideas.

Lead/Introduction  Get reader’s attention Ask a rhetorical question Ask a rhetorical question Give an anecdote/ Create a scenario Give an anecdote/ Create a scenario Give a startling statistic Give a startling statistic  Concentrate on the focus of your work in the lead  Make sure you state the thesis in your first paragraph

Drafting the Body  Try to follow your prewriting  Revise as you go  Revise again when you think you’re finished  For persuading and responding, keep telling them why and how  Remember: give examples for each reason  Answer questions your audience might have  Connect your ideas with transitions.

Drafting the Closing  Make the piece feel finished  Leave the reader with something to think about  You can tie back to something you mentioned in the opening  Give a conclusion to the scenario you set up in the beginning  Be brief, yet convincing

Edit your Correctness: Check the following:  Capitalization  Usage (we were/ not we was)  Punctuation  Spelling

Revise: Try the following:  Add- Are there details that need to be added to create a stronger picture or to clear up any ideas?  Remove-Are there any redundant or unnecessary sentences/words?  Move-Does the piece flow, or do some sentences or paragraphs need to be moved?  Substitute-Do you need to substitute any words or phrases to make your writing more clear?

FINAL COPY  Use your best handwriting  Make it LOOK like a letter, feature article, or editorial  Indent for paragraphs  Be correct and neat