English SOL Institute Elementary Persuasive Writing Workshop Lindsay Kamide, Charlottesville City Schools Stephen Peters, Green County Schools Central Writing Project Teacher Consultants

Persuasive Writing Reading and writing go hand-in-hand Teaching writing is an expectation of every grade, not only “tested” grades Persuasive writing begins in grade 5 (students use oral language for persuasion beginning at grade 2) K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Persuasive Writing For instruction, every piece of writing does not have to be graded! Conferencing, guided writing, revising, sharing, and using mentor texts build skills Self- and peer-editing opportunities for students are essential K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Persuasive Writing SOL writing requires multi-paragraphs Provide students with opportunities to compose using computer technology and to use the Online Practice SOL Writing Tool Use VDOE Resources including anchor sets and writing checklists K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Instruction Anchor Sets K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Writing Checklist

Quick Write Favorite Movies OR Favorite Restaurants

Quick Write Movie Review: Toy Story: So ingenious in concept, design, and execution that you could watch it on a postage sized screen and still be engulfed by its charm - Rotten Tomatoes Restaurant Review: Daniel: Your job may be worrying you, or your father’s health, or your own. You may have been up at 2 that morning drafting a better ending for a long-ago memory. But certain restaurants, if you can afford them, can knock down the barriers between you and happiness for a few hours. -

Writing Workshop Generating phase Composing Conferencing Sharing Revision Editing Publishing

Mentor Texts Purpose Exposure Vocabulary Voice Audience How to use them effectively Read alouds (all or parts of the story) Students have access to mentor texts

Modeling Mentor texts Students can model stories after a book Student choice Generate creative ideas Teacher modeling Teachers write during writing workshop Share

Quick Write: Mentor Text Quick write based on a mentor text Multiple quick writes Peer conversations Partner or group writing Read a letter from Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School

Composing Writing notebook vs. writing folder K-3 making books 3 rd -5 th drafting on computers

Conferencing Occurs throughout the writing process Majority of teacher’s instruction Keeping records Conferencing schedule Mini-lessons Leaves the writer inspired As a reader, I…

Sharing Ask for a response What questions do you have? What more do you want to know? What did you learn? What’s something you remember? Provides daily evaluation and motivation

Revision Revision is to re-see Revision is NOT editing RevisionEditing Conceptual StructurePunctuation ClaritySpelling CadenceGrammar VoicePhysical Structure

Revision Not every draft Throughout the writing process Big picture Ex: Is this piece persuasive? Strategy: look at word choice Ex: Does this piece stay on topic? Mini-lesson: Write multiple titles

Revision mini-lesson Anchor paper A-7 doe.virginia.gov Revision Strategy Multiple titles Discussion Focusing your writing

Editor vs. Teacher

Editing As a teacher you want to guide the students into becoming the editor of their own work Focused mini-lessons based on student needs

Editing Mini-lesson Look through the mentor texts at your table. Find 3 examples of words that contain apostrophes. Write the sentence.

Editing Conferences Editing checklists Drives mini-lessons Used during conferences and grading

Publishing Variety of ways to publish Intended audience Choice Portfolio

Writing to a Prompt K-2 prompt writing is not mandatory 3 rd grade: 15% 4 th grade: 25% 5 th grade: 50%

Merging the SOL into Writing Workshop Accountability Practice Performance

Resources Virginia Department of Education doe.virginia.gov Heard, Georgia (2002). The revision toolbox: Teaching techniques that work. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Writing to persuade:

Contact Information Central Writing Project Lindsay Kamide Charlottesville City Public Schools Stephen Peters Greene County Public Schools

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