Presented by:Julie I. Balatazar

Instructional Materials

for Writing

Writing Prompts

This could be used to make studentsformulate or construct in motivated manner.

Procedure:1.) Select a topic that corresponds to your lesson discussion.2.) Present a question or picture of fun and useful prompts which could get their attention.

Story StartersDirections:1. Organize the story starter cards below into three

groups.A. Main CharacterB. SettingC. Plot

2. Choose one card at random from each group. Students will write a story about the story elements that were chosen.

Example: If the cards chosen were:A. Main Character = ElfB. Setting = RainforestC. Plot = A Treasure is Found

Then, students must write a paragraph or story about an Elf in the rainforest who finds a treasure.

KWL• The K-W-L Chart is an excellent strategy to help

children learn informational or report writing. • K-W-L is a three-part thinking process which asks

the learner to respond: to what they know prior to writing, what they want to know after they have completed their reports, and what they have learned after writing their reports.

The process performs three services.1. It activates previous knowledge. 2. It provides a purpose for writing. 3. It provides a summary of what has been learned.

Procedure/Steps: A. "Know" Step:

1) Initiate discussion with the students about what they already know about the topic of the text.

2) Start by using a brainstorm procedure. Ask the students to provide information about where and how they learned the information.

3) Help them organize the brainstormed ideas into general categories.

B. "Want to Learn" Step:

1) Discuss with the students what they want to learn from reading an article.

2) Ask them to write down the specific questions in which they are more interested.

C. "What I Learned" Step:

3) Ask the students to write down what they learned from the reading.

4) Ask them to check the questions they had generated in the "Want to Learn" Step.

KNOW WANT TO KNOW LEARNEDIt keeps us from floating around.

It makes things fall.

There is less gravity on the moon.

Isaac Newton discovered gravity.

What is gravity?

Why is there less gravity on the moon?

How did Newton discover gravity?

What determines how fast something will fall to the ground? (teacher question)

Gravity is the force that pulls objects towards Earth.

The amount of gravity there is depends on the masses of the objects involved. The moon is a lot less massive than the earth, so there is less gravity on the moon than there is on earth.

Air resistance determines how fast something will fall to the ground.

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