The Writing Project

ESL Curriculum

Presented by: Janie OosterveenPart-time Bilingual Compliance Facilitator

joosterveen@saisd.net

NG Reach - Writing Follow the Writing Routines

Look for the pages identified as PD under the tab, Teaching Routines and Strategies at the beginning of the Teacher’s Edition

• Power Writing – Writing Routine 1

• Modeled Writing – Writing Routine 2

• Interactive Writing - Writing Routine 3

• Independent Writing – Writing Routine 4

All students will need an ESL Journal!

Power Writing Routine 1Daily Writing - Days 1 & 6

Purpose: To develop students’ writing fluency; provide anopportunity for students to record their progress in writingfluency.

1. Display a word or picture.2. Set the timer.3. Have students write.4. Check work.5. Count words.6. Repeat the procedure.7. Record the results.8. Adjust time.

Modeled Writing Routine 2Daily Writing – Days 3 & 7

Purpose: Model the process of composing to help students learn the writing process; writing strategies andwriter’s craft.

1. Develop a RAFT.2. Model thinking about the first sentence.3. Write the first sentence.4. Continue thinking aloud as you write.5. Involve students.6. Add a title.

Interactive Writing Routine 3Daily Writing – Day 5

Purpose: Scaffold students to turn collaborative oralcomposition into written form.

1. Establish a purpose.2. Talk through the text.3. Problem solving.4. Reread frequently.

Independent Writing Routine Daily Writing – Day 5

Purpose: Provide support to help students achieve success

as independent writers.

1. Provide appropriate writing prompt.

2. Use RAFTs

3. Support peer response.

4. Conference.

Writing ProjectDay 1: Second Selection

-Six steps-

Day 1: Introduce the writing prompt, study a model

Day 2: Pre-write

Day 3: Draft

Day 4: Revise

Day 5: Edit and Proofread

Day 6: Publish

What is the Writing Project?

Fourth Grade Writing ProjectUnit Writing Trait Type of Writing

1 Focus and Coherence Article

2 Development of Ideas Business Letter

3 Organization Research Report

4 Voice and Style Tall Tale

Writing Trait: Rubric 1- 4

Located in each unit immediately after Day 10 of the second selection Focus and Coherence

• Focus• Completeness

Organization• Structure• Progression of Ideas

Development of Ideas• Content Quality• Elaboration

Voice and Style• Individuality• Word Choice

Written Conventions• Grammar, Usage,

Mechanics, and Spelling

• Sentence Fluency

RAFT

Role

Audience

Form

Topic

RAFTRole Audience Format Topic

What is the writer’s role reporter, observer, eyewitness)

Who will be readingthe writing? (the teacher, other students, community members, editor)

What is the best way to present this writing? (in a letter, an article, a report, in a poem.)

Who or what is the subject of this writing?

reporter classmates

Article based on interviewInterview a neighbor or family member about a tradition that tells about

the person and describes the tradition.

Writing StrategiesAction Chain is a series of three closely related,

sequential events included in one sentence.

caught my toe in the carpet

fell forwardtumbled down the stairs

I fell down the stairs.

Writing Strategies

caught my toe in the carpet

fell forward

tumbled

I fell down the stairs.

I _____________________________________ down the stairs

Read it Backwards Said is Dead

Jazzy Sentences

For more information, contact the Bilingual/ESL Dept. @ 554-2590.