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for teaching “The Writing Process”
The Writing Process
http://ccweb.norshore.wednet.edu/writingcorner/writingprocess.html
Includes information on the writing process in which a child could understand.
Creative Writing Process
This site writes out step by step instructions on how to accomplish the writing process.
Writing is Dialogue
Writedial.com includes a great deal of information on the writing process including; philosophy, seminars, and lesson plans. All of this information would be extremely helpful for compl3eting a unit on the writing process.
The Writing Process
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/writing_process.html
The site has great pictures for helping a child to learn about the writing process. It also gives great examples and wonderful ideas on how to remember the steps.
| Chain of Events | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tchain.htm
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| Clustering - webbing/brainstorming | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tcluster.htm
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| Compare/Contrast - chart | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tcomp.htm
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| Concept Mapping | |
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http://www.uwp.edu/academic/biology/100/concept.mapping.faq.html
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| Continuum - timeline, from one extreme to another | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tcont.htm
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| Cycle - organization of events in a circle | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tcycle.htm |
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| Family Tree | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tfamtree.htm
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| Fishbone - result, cause and detail | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tfish.htm
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| Graphic Organizers - Examples of spider maps, series of events chain, continuum, compare/contrast matrix, problem/solution outline, network tree, human interaction outline, fishbone map and cycle. | |
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http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2grap.htm
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| Graphic Organizers as Thinking Technology - Why graphic organizers? This article in From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal answers this question as well as providing some examples of graphic organizers. | |
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http://www.fno.org/oct97/picture.html
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| Interaction Outline - relation between people, actions and reactions | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tinter.htm
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| Mind Mapping FAQ - What is a mind map and what can you do with a mind map are just two of the questions answered in this FAQ. | |
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http://world.std.com/~emagic/mindmap.html
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| Problem/Solution - multiple solutions and possible results | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tprobsol.htm
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| Short Story Analysis Outline Form - for completion before writing a short story | |
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http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/ssanalysis.html
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| Spider Map - topic, main idea and detail | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tspider.htm
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| Storyboard - illustration of sequence of events | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tboard.htm
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| Venn Diagram - compare and contrast similarities and differences | |
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http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tvenn.htm
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| Top Ten Ways to Use Venn Diagrams | |
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http://www.venndiagram.com/toptenvenn.html
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"Print" and Use" Graphic Organizers
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| 5 Steps to a Successful Story - building up through the writing process in pyramid form - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-7.pdf
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| 5 Ws - answer who, what, when, where and why - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-4.pdf
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| Character Map - link character with trait and event | |
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http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/traits.html
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| Clarifying Facts and Opinions - classify fact and opinion
into a chart - requires Adobe |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-5a.pdf
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| Decision Making Model - problem, goal, alternative, pros
and cons, decision and reason |
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http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/decision.html
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| Expressing an Opinion - facts rewritten with opinion - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-5b.pdf
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| Fiction Writer's Character Chart - fill in character traits, physical appearance, favorite things, habits, background, family, attitude, personality, traits, self-perception and goals for your character (s). | |
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http://www1.minn.net:80/~schubert/Playchar.html
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| Getting into Print - Analysis of a news story: What is it about? Where did the writer find information? Where did the writer get the idea? How did the story get from the writer's head into the final form - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go2-2.pdf
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| Getting Ready to Write - 5 Ws, organization and lead - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-8.pdf
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| Get to the Point - most important to least important details in reverse pyramid form - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go2-5.pdf
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| Identifying Fact and Opinion - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-5c.pdf
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| Main Idea Outline - Includes main idea, major themes,
supporting details, statistics, expert authority and drawing conclusions, requires Adobe |
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http://www.nwrel.org/eval/reading/activities/MainIdeaOutline.PDF
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| Main Idea Pyramid | |
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http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/pyramid.html
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| Newspaper Section Inspection - location, look, content and style - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-1.pdf
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| Question/Answer Chart - write question on line then fill in the box with the answer(s) | |
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http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/qa.html
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| Stories with Attitude - continuum of types of articles: news stories, feature stories, analysis stories, editorials and columns - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go4-1.pdf
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| Story Map - title, setting, characters, problems, events and solutions | |
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http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/storymap.html
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| Venn Diagram - compare and contrast similarities and differences | |
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http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/vennd.html
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| Web Search - search engine suggestions and room for interesting links - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go3-2.pdf
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| What's the Story - fill in headlines - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go2-1.pdf
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| What They Do - Skills They Need - job title, description
and skills needed - requires Adobe |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go1-2.pdf
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| Where to Look - What do I already know? What do I need to know? Where can I find information? - requires Adobe | |
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http://198.234.74.235/go/go3-1.pdf
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Examples of Graphic Organizers in Use
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| Grids Organize Thinking for Decision-Making and Choices - Examples of different grids for different topics that encourage comparison and contrast | |
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http://www.fno.org/oct97/grids.html#anchor652474
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| KWHL Technique - What we know, what we want to know, what we learned and how we can learn more are answered through this chart. | |
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http://www.ncrel.org/skrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1kwlh.htm
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| Sequence Chain - sequence of events in graphic form | |
| http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/sequence.html | |
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