What’s UP in Writing? Six Traits of Writing - PowerPoint Presentation

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What’s UP in Writing?

Six Traits of WritingSlide2

Objectives

Students will be able to model the trait of ideas by writing about an idea they know a great deal about.Slide3

Six Traits

In writing, we focus on six traits.Today, we are learning about the first of six: IdeasSlide4

Ideas

Topic(s) you know aboutLike a light bulb:

The more details you have,

t

he brighter the lightSlide5

Let’s Read

What Do I Do With an Idea? Slide6

Ideas

Oh I think that I found myself an idea

Add the details right there where I need them

My light grows when

I develop my

idea

Choose a topic I know from my brain

stem

sing to the tune of “Cheerleader” Slide7

Idea Rubric

1

3

5

-few/no details

-writer doesn’t know much about

the topic

-some details, needs more

-writer knows a

little about the topic

-many

interesting details

-writer sounds like an expert on the topicSlide8

Write On!

Choose a topic from your ABC Chart that you are an expert about. Write for 10 minutes about that topic. You will be graded with the idea rubric in your notes.Slide9

What’s UP in Writing?

Six Traits of WritingSlide10

Let’s Read

The Very Hungry CaterpillarSlide11

Objectives

Students will be able to model the trait of organization by writing about an a life event in with a beginning, middle, and end.Slide12

Six Traits

In writing, we focus on six traits.We have learned about

ideas

!

Now it’s time to learn how to

organize

our ideas!Slide13

Organization

The order your writing goes inBeginning, Middle, End

Similarities, Differences

Like a train: can’t have the caboose before the engine!Slide14

Organization

sing to

the

tune of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”

Do

you want to write

a paper?

Open with a strong

start,

write the middle

part,

Then there’s the end

It needs to flow smoothly

With transition words

To make everything

groove.

I can organize my paper.

And explain my thoughts in order.

Or

-

g

an

-

ized

.

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Organization Rubric

1

3

5

-order does not make sense

-middle

only

-some

ideas out of order

-beginning, middle, no end

-order makes sense

and is easy to follow

-beginning, middle, and endSlide16

Write On!

Choose an event from your life map. Write about it with a clear beginning, middle, and end. This will be collected for a grade (5 points for organization).Slide17

What’s UP in Writing?

Six Traits of WritingSlide18

Objectives

Students will be able to model the trait of voice by writing about an a life event with multiple attitudes, emotions, or “voices.”Slide19

Six Traits

In writing, we focus on six traits.We have learned about

ideas

and

organization

!

Now it’s time to learn how write about our ideas using different

voices

!Slide20

Organization

Your attitude or feelings about the topicUse emotional words

Happy

Sad

Embarrassed

Ecstatic

Can change the mood of the writingSlide21

Voice

sing to

the

tune of “Honey, I’m Good”

Writing

:

I’ve got a voice

And you know that it’s my choice yeah

I can be happy or sad

Attitudes

change the mood

yeah

Writing:

I’ve got a voice

And you know that it’s my choice yeah

It shows you how I feel

And you know that I am for realSlide22

Organization Rubric

1

3

5

-reader doesn’t understand my attitude

-attitude isn’t mentioned

or isn’t organized

-reader

can mostly tell my attitude, but may be confused in some parts

-reader can clearly

tell my feelings toward the topicSlide23

Write On!

Choose an event from your life map

that makes you feel a strong emotion. Write the emotion in the blank. Summarize that event in one paragraph.

Then, rewrite

that SAME

paragraph about the SAME event using a different voice (aka emotion).

Your paragraphs will be graded on a 5 point scale for strong and clear voice in your writing.Slide24

What’s UP in Writing?

Six Traits of WritingSlide25

Objectives

Students will be able to model the trait of word choice by choosing strong vocabulary to describe emotions.Slide26

Six Traits

In writing, we focus on six traits.We have learned about

ideas,

organization,

and

voice

!

Now it’s time to learn how write about our

word choice

affects our writing!Slide27

Ideas

Oh I think that I found myself an idea

Add the details right there where I need them

My light grows when

I develop my

idea

Choose a topic I know from my brain

stem

sing to the tune of “Cheerleader” Slide28

Organization

sing to

the

tune of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”

Do

you want to write

a paper?

Let me tell you how it goes.

Open with a strong

start,

write the middle

part,

Then there’s the end

It needs to flow smoothly

With transition words

To make everything

groove.

I can organize my paper.

And explain my thoughts in order.

Or

-

g

an

-

ized

.

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Voice

sing to

the

tune of “Honey, I’m Good”

Writing

:

I’ve got a voice

And you know that it’s my choice

I

can be happy or sad

Attitudes

change the mood. Yeah!

Writing

:

I’ve got a voice

And you know that it’s my choice

It

shows you how I feel

My emotions are for

realSlide30

Word Choice

Strong vocabulary

Strong synonyms

include vocabulary to make explanations detailed and

precise

Rich descriptions

actions

clear and

vivid

“Show me!” words

Hit the “bulls-eye” with a strong word!Slide31

Word Choice

sing to

the

tune of “Bad Blood”

Writer’s now I’ve got word choice

It can help with my writing voice

Strong words, not boring

D

on’t want readers snoring!

Now I’ve

got word choice

It can help with my writing voice

Choose strong terminology

Choosing words that “Show me!”Slide32

Word Choice Rubric

1

3

5

-all boring

words

-no descriptions that “show” instead of tell

-some boring

words and some strong words

-Words tell more than show

-Strong

terminology and words

-Words “show” instead of just tellingSlide33

Write On!

Use strong vocabulary to describe the emotion. What would that emotion LOOK LIKE?

Choose one emotion and write a short story (fiction or nonfiction) using the strong vocabulary you wrote.Slide34
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What’s UP in Writing?

Six Traits of WritingSlide36

Objectives

Students will be able to model the trait of sentence fluency by varying their sentence length in a paragraph.Slide37

Six Traits

In writing, we focus on six traits.We have learned about

ideas,

organization

, voice, and word choice

!

Now it’s time to learn how write about our

sentence fluency

affects

our writing!Slide38

Ideas

Oh I think that I found myself an idea

Add the details right there where I need them

My light grows when

I develop my

idea

Choose a topic I know from my brain

stem

sing to the tune of “Cheerleader” Slide39

Organization

sing to

the

tune of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”

Do

you want to write

a paper?

Let me tell you how it goes.

Open with a strong

start,

write the middle

part,

Then there’s the end

It needs to flow smoothly

With transition words

To make everything

groove.

I can organize my paper.

And explain my thoughts in order.

Or

-

g

an

-

ized

.

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Voice

sing to

the

tune of “Honey, I’m Good”

Writing

:

I’ve got a voice

And you know that it’s my choice

I

can be happy or sad

Attitudes

change the mood. Yeah!

Writing

:

I’ve got a voice

And you know that it’s my choice

It

shows you how I feel

My emotions are for

realSlide41

Word Choice

sing to

the

tune of “Bad Blood”

Writer’s now I’ve got word choice

It can help with my writing voice

Strong words, not boring

D

on’t want readers snoring!

Now I’ve

got word choice

It can help with my writing voice

Choose strong terminology

Choosing words that “Show me!”Slide42

Sentence Fluency

How we hear our writingVariety of sentence types and lengths

Figurative language

Ease and readability

“sounds good”Slide43

Sentence Fluency

(to the tune of “Shut Up and Dance with Me”)

Take a good look at

My

sentence fluency

They’re

both long and

short

Got

that sentence variety

Great

language, readability

Smoooth

smooooth

!

Sentence

fluencySlide44

Sentence Fluency Rubric

1

3

5

-sentences are all the same length

-sounds choppy

when read aloud

-some sentence variety

-most

ly “sounds good”

-sentences vary in length

-

“sounds good” when read aloudSlide45

Write On!

You and a partner are going to write about a the city in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,

Chewandswallow

.

The number of words in your sentences depends upon the number you roll with your dice.

You must have at least 5 sentences total.

5 I love to read books.

7 My friends and I read them together.

2 It’s great!

12 We like to read many different genres such as fantasy and mystery.