WRITING ACROSS
THE CURRICULUMSTRATEGIES, TOOLS, TIPS, COMMON LANGUAGE
USING 6 TRAIT WRITING IN ALL AREAS• IDEAS
• ORGANIZATION
• SENTENCE FLUENCY
• CONVENTIONS
• WORD CHOICE
• VOICE
HOW DO WE TEACH THESE TRAITS???START SIMPLE – MODEL FOR STUDENTS AND PRACTICE WITH THEM
WRITING ROUTINE FOLDERSTopic: What are we writing about?
Audience: Who are we writing for?
Key Words: Important words from the prompt that direct you what to write about.
BRAINSTORM – TOPIC WEB
Topic
Info
Relating
to
the
Topic
Many ideas
ORGANIZE AND CLASSIFY
• GROUP SUBTOPICS FROM THE WEB
• CLASSIFY THESE GROUPS INTO “BIG IDEAS”
BODY OUTLINEBig Idea 1 Subtopic list
Big Idea 2 Subtopic list
Big Idea 3 Subtopic list
TOPIC SENTENCES
Simple Declarative Sentence
Number Sentence
Quality QuestionSituation, Stance
Sentence
Topic
MOVING ON….
• WORD CHOICE
• VOICE
• CONVENTIONS
• SENTENCE FLUENCY
WORD CHOICE
• HAVE THESAURUSES AVAILABLE AND USE THEN REGULARLY
• BRAINSTORM WORD SUBSTITUTES FOR COMMON NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
• PRACTICE “SHOWING” NOT TELLING
VOICE
• YOUR PERSONALITY IN YOUR WRITING
• CAN USE PERSONAL THOUGHTS OR EXPERIENCES
• YOUR POINT OF VIEW
CONVENTIONS
• HIGH EXPECTATIONS – ALL THE TIME!!!!!
• PROVIDE TEACHING MOMENTS ALL THE TIME
• PEER REVIEWS AND EDITING
SENTENCE FLUENCY
• VARYING SENTENCE LENGTHS
• VARYING SENTENCE STRUCTURES
• LOOK AT BEGINNING WORDS
SENTENCE FLUENCY CHARTSentence # # of Words in
the sentenceFirst Word in the Sentence
Verbs used End punctuation
FEW TIPS
• HAVE STUDENTS WRITE DAILY!!!!!• WHEN IT SEEMS UNCLEAR, MODEL AND WORK WITH THEM FOR
CLARIFICATION
DEADLY DUO
• STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BEGIN SENTENCES WITH “THERE ARE” OR “THERE IS”
WORK TOGETHER
• TEAM UP WITH OTHERS
• LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS ARE YOUR FRIENDS
RECAP• 6 TRAITS
• WRITING ROUTINE FOLDERS – IDEAS, ORGANIZATION
• WORD CHOICE- TEACH REGULARLY
• VOICE- PRACTICE
• SENTENCE FLUENCY- ANALYZE SENTENCES
• CONVENTIONS- HIGH EXPECTATIONS
• SEEK OTHERS
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