Thirty Days to Unlock FCAT Writing Success - Polk County School ...

Contents
Week 1: Writing with Purpose, Audience, & Context in Mind ..................................................................... 6
Week One: Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks by FCAT Writing Measurement Categories ............. 7
Day One: Introduction / Review of P-A-C ......................................................................................... 9
Analyzing and Creating FCAT Writing Prompts ..................................................................................... 9
Raft Strategy ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Introduction / Review of P-A-C ............................................................................................................. 9
Analyzing and Creating Writing Prompts ............................................................................................ 10
Descriptions of the FCAT Writing Prompts: From the Florida Writes! Report on the 2007 FCAT
Writing Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 10
The RAFT Strategy: with Carousel Brainstorming Activity .................................................................. 11
Carousel Brainstorming Directions ..................................................................................................... 11
Use RAFT to Create Content-Specific Prompts ................................................................................... 13
Day Two: Customizing and Personalizing ........................................................................................... 13
Day Three, Four and Five: Writing Radio Ads .................................................................................... 15
Week One Additional Activities: ......................................................................................................... 17
The SOAPS Strategy: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject .............................................. 18
Additional Instructional Extensions for SOAPS: .................................................................................. 19
SOAPS Organizer, With Explanations .................................................................................................. 21
SOAPS Organizer- Blank for Student and Teacher Use ....................................................................... 22
Week Two: Planning and Organizing, Writing Introductions and Conclusions.......................................... 23
Week Two: Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks by FCAT Writing Measurement Categories ........... 24
Day One: Review the Writing Process: ............................................................................................... 27
Prewriting Options: Circle Map, from Thinking Maps ........................................................................ 28
FLEE Map ............................................................................................................................................. 29
Day Two: Introductions ...................................................................................................................... 31
Right from the Start: Effective Leads ................................................................................................. 31
Famous First Movie Lines .................................................................................................................... 32
Introductions: A Few Words for Students.......................................................................................... 33
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