Interdisciplinary Writing Unit Persuasive 2nd Grade Reading Language Arts Rachael McDowell READ 7140 Summer 2007 Georgia Grade 3 Writing Assessment teachers evaluate student writing uses an analytic scoring system types of writing required Narrative Persuasive Informational Response to literature For more Information visit http www doe k12 ga us ci testing asp x PageReq CITestingWA3 Persuasive Preassessment Prompt Suppose that I let you choose our classroom pet as long as most of the class agrees with you What pet would you choose Why do you think it s the best choice for a classroom pet Pre writing Persuasive Book Review To be published and displayed outside of the school library Grouping Options for Teachers whole class instruction ensures that all students receive same material all students monitored for on task behavior student questions clarify understanding of the material saves time Grouping Options for Teachers cont d group work students generate ideas through discussion with others reduces teacher time with each individual student Grouping Options for Students Developmental pair low and high achieving students with average students to reduce the gap in ability levels Cultural pair with students that have read or seen book review shows such as Reading Rainbow Grouping Options for Students cont d Linguistic pair students with Speech or English difficulties with good speech models Persuasive Instruction purpose influence change reader s thoughts on a particular topic Discuss commercials Discuss convincing parents must have supporting reasons book review state opinion summarize give 3 supporting reasons summarize opinion and reasons You do not have to like the book Prewriting 5 stages of the writing process 1 Prewriting plan and organize thoughts ideas information before writing graphic organizers Decide on your topic genre of writing purpose audience Remember to write in phrases Prewriting Practice Students select book for class review Work in groups of four to brainstorm Shared writing teacher acts as scribe Complete graphic organizer on overhead Is this a good book graphic organizer Prewriting Assessment Students complete graphic organizer Students work with writing partners Use their book for ideas Teacher monitors and assists Prewriting Stage Persuasive Writing Rubric 2nd Grade Persuasive Writing Checklist Accommodations Modifications Developmental a word process graphic organizer b lower achieving pair w students on grade level c high achieving pair w students on grade level d handout of writing stages provided to students e student checklist provided to students Developmental cont d f use a dictionary or thesaurus to aid in word choice g use selected book to complete graphic organizer h opportunity to reread selected book i read examples and or watch Reading Rainbow Cultural Linguistic a ESOL or Speech pair with good speaking models b conference individually with teacher before completing graphic organizer c use a dictionary or thesaurus to aid in word choice d use selected book to complete graphic organizer e opportunity to reread selected book f read examples and or watch Reading Rainbow Drafting quickly write ideas from graphic organizer as sentences Remember to Skip lines for later corrections Use the information from graphic organizer Make complete sentences Drafting Practice use class graphic organizer to turn ideas into sentences students get back into groups of four each group assigned section of graphic organizer to discuss turn into sentences call on groups to share use interactive writing to complete first draft Drafting Assessment students turn graphic organizer into sentences work with partners for scaffolding students use dictionary thesaurus as needed teacher monitor and assists Drafting Stage Persuasive Writing Rubric 2nd Grade students use checklist from prewriting stage Revising Add details delete unnecessary wording change or rearrange content use proofreading marks delete insert new paragraph Peer revision 1 read writing with peer 2 get compliments 3 ask for and receive suggestions Revising Practice students get into groups of four each group assigned a paragraph of class book review to revise discuss changes as class interactive writing students make corrections on transparency using proofreading marks Revising Assessment students work with writing partner reference Proofreading Marks handout and use green pencil for revisions students use peer review and consider peer suggestions students give constructive feedback Revising Stage Persuasive Writing Rubric 2nd Grade students use checklist from prewriting stage Editing Correct using proofreader s marks spelling grammar capitalization punctuation Peer editing 1 read writing with peer 2 look for errors in mechanics 3 author makes corrections Make any other corrections necessary before publishing Editing Practice students get into groups of four each group assigned a paragraph of class book review to edit discuss changes as class interactive writing students make corrections on transparency using proofreading marks Editing Assessment students work with writing partner reference Proofreading Marks handout and use blue pencil for revisions students use peer review to find errors in mechanics make any other necessary corrections changes Editing Stage Persuasive Writing Rubric 2nd Grade students use checklist from prewriting stage Publishing write final piece neatly on formatted paper include all revising and editing changes Display book review outside of school library Publishing Practice each student copies a sentence of revised edited class book review on chart paper each student colors a section of enlarged black and white copy of book cover teacher monitors students Publishing Assessment students copy their revised edited draft on formatted paper use neat handwriting color black and white copy of book cover Display book review outside of school library Publishing Stage Persuasive Writing 2nd Grade Student checklist from prewriting stage