Independent Writing  Daily Activity  Student Determines: Purpose Audience Message Genre and Text Conventions  Teacher Confers and Assists

Process Writing  Planning Generate information Organize Set goals  Translation Mechanics of writing  Review Evaluate (Did I stick to my plan?) Revise

The Planner’s Blackboard Topic Information Text Conventions Audience Purpose & Key Point Topic Information

 Thinking as a writer Purpose Audience Planning & Organizing  Book Language & Literary Styles  Writing Schemas and Genres  Conversational Learning Build Oral Language Structure Vocabulary Understanding Read Aloud Shared Reading IR/IW Conferring Directed Writing Directed Reading Writer’s Craft

Key Ideas Instructional Focus:  Viewing self as a writer  Looking at the world like a writer  Reading text like a writer  Writing for a variety of purposes and developing a sense of audience.

Conferring Points  What is my purpose?  Who is my audience?  Is my message clear?  What are my key points?  How did I organize my text?  Did I follow my plan?  Did I achieve my purpose?

Independent Reading: Conferring  Where is the author taking me in this story?  Am I paying attention to the author’s message?  What lesson is the author teaching me?  Why did the author choose this story to tell?  What information is the author trying to explain to me? Chrys Hutchins

Independent Reading: Conferring (continued)  When I finish this book, what would the author like me to remember?  Why is the author spending so much time with this scene, character, topic conflict, resolution, clue, or fact?  Have I figured out the author’s big idea? Chrys Hutchins