Informative Writing Week 14 December 1 st, 2013

The plan…. Objectives Review – Transition Words Complete Draft Peer Revision Wrap-up Preview

Objectives Students will practice and hone their teamwork skills and delegation tasks Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the five steps of the writing process with particular emphasis on revision Students will acquire the skills needed for and practice peer-revision

Review Transition Words 1.Tell if the Transition Word or phrase is for comparing or contrasting 2.Then use in a sentence

but

in the same way

instead

however

both

Revising Review What is this? Can you explain how-to do this?

Revising: Overall Structure Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Don’t forget your conflict or tension Is it relevant to the conflict or tension? – Provide information necessary to understand – Show events that made the conflict worse – Show how it is resolved or explain the insight Strategy – Write your topic on a card/post it/top of the page – Read the topic then each paragraph – Is the paragraph related to the topic you read first??

Revising: Paragraphs Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Paragraphs contain sentences that are related to each other and connected to the main idea – In my elephant killing story, is it important to know that I did not go to school? – On your outline the A, B & C should all connect to each other and the event you are writing about, the II or Roman numerals Strategy – Write the main idea of the paragraph – Read the phrase then a sentence – Do this with each sentence – Does each sentence support or relate to the main idea? Is it necessary and relevant??

Revising: Sentences Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Sentences must be arranged in proper order in order to understand Are the events told in an order that is understandable? Is there anything confusing about the sequence of events? There are transition words to help you: SequenceCause & Effect Compare & Contrast Conclusions first, next, then, finally, before, after, soon since, because, if like, also, similarly, although, however, despite, but, on the other hand therefore, thus, so, consequently, as a result

Revising: Words Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Word choice is important The reader should clearly understand what the writer has written about – All of the reader’s questions should be answered Strategy – Use precise nouns to clarify – These nouns answer “what kind?” The weather is nice. What kind of weather is nice? I like sun, you like snow !! O_o

Peer Revision Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Break into groups Give teacher your drafts When you receive another group’s paper go to town with your red, green and purple pens Everyone must contribute to the revision REMEMBER: this is to HELP your peers

Groups On the following slides are the group break downs for each class. Find your name and sit in your groups. Groups are NOT negotiable. Nice try, Slick!

A Class Group 1 Jo, Gadi, Fahda, Dalal Group 2 Sarah, Joud, Roaa, Zara Group 3 Sultana, Noor, Raseel, Deema Group 4 Razan, Joury, Hessa, Haya Group 5 Noura S., Nouf, Najla, Jazy Group 6 Lulu, Dancing Queen, Dana, Al

B Class Group 1 Hala, Deena, Madawi, Haifa Group 2 Sama, Reema, Abdullah, Fahda Group 3 Haya, Sara S., Laila, Hind Group 4 Galia A., Sara Q., Hessah, Basma Group 5 Deema, Nouf, Galia P., Abdulmalik, Anoud

C Class Group 1 Asayel, Yara, Mays, Lulu Group 2 Al-Brahim, Najla, Yasmine, Sara S. Group 3 Hessa, Maha, Rajhi, Noura, Group 4 Alia, Namlah, Samar, Banah Group 5 Zainab, Jibaliy, Leen, Dana

D Class Group 1 Deema, Lama, Noura Al-Areefi, Maha, Group 2 Noura N., Nouf, Al-Johara, Basma Group 3 Haila, Anoud, Reema, Ghada, Sara R Group 4 Haya R., Njoud, Haya K., Madawi, Noura Al-Dhubaib Group 5 Maha M., Layal, Seta, Safa

E Class Group 1 Rahaf S., Sadeem, Reema, Hind, Haifa Group 2 Abdulwahid, Assaf, Aziza, Nora D., Anoud Group 3 Latifah, Rahaf M., Shaloub, Marwan Group 4 Shetwey, Ghadeer, Al-Ashaikh, Nora Y., Group 5 Nouf, Madawi, Lian, Muneera,

Wrap-up What is revision? What four components do you revise? In which order?

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