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Writing on Demand
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On Demand Writing in my classroom
instruction?
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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Writing• How the writing process fits with On
Demand Writing• How to address On Demand Writing
through writing instruction
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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
enturyDo:• Write from a prompt.• Complete a VVWA.• Identify SPAM in a writing prompt.
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enturySpongeYour class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary. You may use other resources available, including people. You decide to ask your grandmother to help you with this assignment. Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates.
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What is On Demand Writing?
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enturyVocabulary DevelopmentOn Demand Writing• To a specific prompt• Within a limited amount of time• Scored with a rubric
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enturyActivating Prior Knowledge
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SituationPurposeAudienceMode
Skills Lesson
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Your class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary. You may use other resources available, including people. You decide to ask your grandmother to help you with this assignment. Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates.
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enturySkill LessonYour class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary. You may use other resources available, including people. You decide to ask your grandmother to help you with this assignment. Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates.
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enturySituation• Situation is the setting.• It’s usually located in the first part of
the prompt.• It’s a situation that hasn’t really
happened to you (pretend).• It creates a need to write.
Situation: Your class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary.
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
enturyPurposeThe writing prompt may ask you to• Respond to the text using a main idea and
supporting details.• Persuade the audience as you solve
problems and/or convince them. Use main ideas and supporting details.
• Narrate something you saw, heard, smelled, tasted, touched, said, thought, did…to make a point.
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enturyAudience
• Locate the audience in the prompt.• It might be an individual or a group.• The prompt will state the purpose (i.e., to
persuade, to inform, to describe).• Consider what the audience knows, needs to
know, and might want to know.• Imagine what questions they might have for
you. Answer them in your writing.
Audience: Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates.
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• Look in the prompt for the mode: letter, feature article, editorial, speech.
• Follow the format, for example• Letters have a date, a greeting, a body,
a closing and a signature.• Speeches have titles, leads, bodies and
closings.
Mode: Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates.
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enturyOn Demand Writing Constraints
• Time Limit• Lack of Feedback• One-shot Deal
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Steps to FollowWhen Writing on Demand
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Writing Guide for ACT and SAT
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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
enturyActive Literacy
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Time to Explore!
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Time to Create!
Active Literacy
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Time to Share!
Post Literacy
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ReflectionThings I learned
Things I confirmed
Question I still have
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Contact Information
Carla WilliamsonExecutive Director, Office of Instruction
304-558-5325
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