Teaching the writing process-tompkins chapter 2 – Flashcards

-70% of time should be spent in this stage 1. choosing a topic -brainstorming 2. considering purpose for writing 3. considering the audience for writing 4. considering form of writing -students learn different genres of writing 5. gathering and organizing ideas -students engage in activities to gather and organize ideas for writing -Rehearsal activities: reading, talking, drawing. students develop ideas and find words to express them. -Teachers encourage students to cluster or use graphic organizers to display their writing format.

drafting-students put ideas onto paper

1. rereading rough draft-make changes to draft 2. sharing in writing groups -teachers scaffold -students read their drafts and offer revisions to others' drafts 3. making revisions -additions, substitutions, deletions, and moves 4. revising centers -reareading, word choice, graphic organizer, highlighting, and sentence combining

-spelling, homophones, punctuation, capitalization, sentences 1. getting distance-set composition aside for a few days, and then revisit it later 2. proofreading-reading compositions slowly and look for errors -editing checklists 3. correcting errors -final teacher-student editing conference -editing centers with editing activities

1. making books 2. shared writing-students read book to classmates -submit piece to writing contest -display writing as a mobile -contribute to class anthology -contribute to local newspaper -make a shape book -record writing on a cassette tape -submit to literary magazine -read at school assembly -share at read-a-loud party -share with parents and siblings -display poetry on poet-tree -send to pen pal -display on bulletin board -make a big book -design a poster about the writing -read to foster grandparents -share at puppet show -display at public event -read to other students in other classes

1. ideas-choose interesting idea, narrow it, and develop it using main ideas and details. 2. organization-good introduction, identify purpose of writing, present ideas logically, provide transitions between ideas, and end with satisfying conclusion. 3. voice-through words, tone, and sentences. 4. word choice-students learn to use lively verbs and adverbs, create word pictures, and use idiomatic expressions as they write. 5. sentence fluency-vary sentences and writing structure. 6. mechanics-spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.