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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 2
Day Three, Four and Five: Conclusions .............................................................................................. 33 Examining Essays: Leads and Conclusions .......................................................................................... 33 Get Yourself a Tuba ............................................................................................................................. 34 I am Capable of More Than I Think I Am ............................................................................................. 35 The True Source of Love ..................................................................................................................... 36 Dirt Bike ............................................................................................................................................... 37 Click It or Lose It .................................................................................................................................. 38 Leave the Last Cookie ......................................................................................................................... 39 Essay Conclusions: A Kinesthetic Approach ........................................................................................ 40 Famous Last Movie Lines .................................................................................................................... 41 Additional Activities: ........................................................................................................................... 42 Listing for Prewriting ........................................................................................................................... 42 Directed Free Writing .......................................................................................................................... 43 Rough Draft: Focus on Your Organization Skills .................................................................................. 44 A Six Traits Classroom Resource From WritingFix: Organization Revision Notes ............................... 46 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................... 46 To Conclude, a Few Strategies for Students ....................................................................................... 47 Weeks Three and Four: Support and Elaboration ...................................................................................... 48 Weeks Three and Four: Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks by FCAT Writing Measurement Categories ............................................................................................................................................... 50 Week Three, Day One: ........................................................................................................................ 53 Defining and Understanding Support and Elaboration ....................................................................... 53 Practice Using Imagery For Elaboration .............................................................................................. 54 Elaboration Using Sensory Language .................................................................................................. 55 Hershey Kiss Discovery ........................................................................................................................ 55 The Naming of the Shoe ...................................................................................................................... 55 Sense(ability) Sense(itivity) ................................................................................................................. 55 Sensory Word Chart .......................................................................................................................... 56 Week Three, Day Two: More Strategies for Elaborating on Ideas ...................................................... 57 Focusing the Binoculars ...................................................................................................................... 57 Week Three, Day Four and Five: ......................................................................................................... 58 Five Strategies for Supporting and Elaborating on ideas: Know it & Show it ..................................... 58 3
Page 1: Thirty Days to FCAT Writing Success
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Page 7 and 8: Week One: Sunshine State Standards
Page 9 and 10: Conventions The student produces fi
Page 11 and 12: The RAFT Strategy: with Carousel Br
Page 13 and 14: Use RAFT to Create Content-Specific
Page 15 and 16: Day Three, Four and Five: Writing R
Page 17 and 18: Week One Additional Activities: Gro
Page 19 and 20: 2. Teach (Model). Select a piece of
Page 21 and 22: SOAPS Organizer, With Explanations
Page 23 and 24: Week Two: Planning and Organizing,
Page 27 and 28: Day One: Review the Writing Process
Page 29 and 30: FLEE Map Write For the Future Compl
Page 31 and 32: Day Two: Introductions Right from t
Page 33 and 34: Introductions: A Few Words for Stud
Page 35 and 36: I am Capable of More Than I Think I
Page 37 and 38: Dirt Bike Daniel-Oxford, Connecticu
Page 39 and 40: Leave the Last Cookie Emily- Austin
Page 41 and 42: Famous Last Movie Lines “Because
Page 43 and 44: Directed Free Writing Directed Free
Page 45 and 46: Reflecting on your Rough Draft: Rea
Page 47 and 48: To Conclude, a Few Strategies for S
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Week Three, Day One: Defining and U
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Elaboration Using Sensory Language
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Week Three, Day Two: More Strategie
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Using “DRAPES” for Elaborating
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Dear Zagat Guide, I have a bone to
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Week Four, Day Four: Revise Outrage
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Week Four, Day Five: Gallery Walk A
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Week Five: Sunshine State Standards
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Conventions The student produces fi
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After the large pieces had fallen,
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Article C: The Farside Comes to Lif
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Tree Map Two: Categorizing by Audie
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Bill Gates I have just released eCh
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Through Different Eyes Directions:
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Additional Combinations of Activiti
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One Syllable Words Big words can ma
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Week Six: Sunshine State Standards
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Conventions The student produces fi
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5. During the last 10 minutes I wil
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Week Six, Day Four and Five: Fine-t
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Verda, by Albert Guasch. Used by pe
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The Optimist, by Chris Scarborough.
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Chiaroscuro 2, by Igor Kraguljac. U
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Nathan, by Igor Kraguljac. Used by
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Uri, by Igor Kraguljac. Used by per
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12. How many sentences did it take
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Sentence ElaborationWorksheet: Writ
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