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Strand 4 Writing Grades 6 – 8
Debra Gaffney
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Eleven Elements of Effective Adolescent
Writing Instruction
• Writing Strategies
• Summarization
• Collaborative
Writing
• Specific Product
Goals
• Word Processing
• Sentence
Combining
• Prewriting
• Inquiry Activities
• Process Writing
Approach
• Study of Models
• Writing for Content
Learning
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Mentor Sentence Activity Mechanically Inclined by Jeff Anderson
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His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age.
Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, p. 255
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Mentor Sentence Directions
Part One
1. Read and discuss the Maya Angelou
sentence.
2. Write a sentence that follows the structure of
the sentence.
3. Share sentences orally (pairs, small groups,
and/or large group).
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Mentor Sentence Activity
Part 2
1. Choose a book, magazine, or on-line
reading source.
2. Find a sentence you like that matches
the structure we’re studying.
3. Write the sentence in your journal or
on your paper. Cite your source.
4. Be ready to explain why you chose
this sentence.
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Sentence Combining &
Sentence Fluency
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Sentence Building Activities—
Sentence Frames
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Engage:
Matching Sentences & Frames Handout—Sentence Sheet
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• Simple Sentence
• Comma in a Series
• Fanboys
• Opener
• Interrupter
• 2 joined independents;
• Closer
Think about how these sentence structures work. Using the
handout, try sorting the 20 sentences into one of these
categories.
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•
_____ Sentence Fluency
___ Complete sentences
___ No run-ons
___ Different lengths
___ Different beginnings
___ Solid simple sentences
___ Demonstrate compound sentence
___ Demonstrate complex sentence
___ Don’t start with and, but, or, so,
because (unless intro phrase)
Complete form and spreadsheet can be found in resource section.
In-Depth Analysis/Assessment of Skills for 7th Grade
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THE WRITING PROCESS
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Be Aware: Some students have problems with
web/cluster organizers at Grades 6 - 8
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ODE Writing Graphic Organizer 1
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ODE Writing Graphic Organizer 2
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Prewriting—Standard 5 Paragraph
Essay Organizer
Introduction:
Support:
Support:
Support:
Conclusion:
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T-Chart—Modified Cornell Notes
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Pre-writing—Modified Cornell Notes
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Prewriting—Modified Cornell Notes Color Coded (Write Tools & Step Up to Writing)
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Let’s Transition
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Closure
• What practices are currently in place to
support students in organizing their writing
and building sentence fluency?
• Could you integrate some of today’s
strategies into your program?
• In what areas do your students need more
support?
• Do you have tools/practices in place to
identify your students’ areas of needed
support?