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

Week Six, Day Two and Three: ............................................................................................................ 90
Fun Things to do With FCAT Writing Prompts ................................................................................... 90
Week Six, Day Four and Five: Fine-tune Your Powers of Observation and Description ..................... 91
Stepping Into a Painting ...................................................................................................................... 91
The Four Step Critical Method of Observing Art ................................................................................. 92
Additional Combinations of Activities: .............................................................................................. 102
Rewrite to Elaborate ......................................................................................................................... 102
S t r e t c h and Write More ...................................................................................................... 104
Sentence ElaborationWorksheet: ..................................................................................................... 105
How to Use This Document: These lessons are
suggested for use in the thirty class days leading into the
FCAT Writes Assessment. Students need the foundation
that a writing process classroom provides for these
lessons to be truly effective. Eighth and tenth grade
language arts classes are the suggested target audience.
It is worthwhile saving the activities in this document for
those grade levels. Other grade levels in a department
may use some of the Thirty Days to FCAT Writing Success
activities, as long as it is part of an overall, intentional,
department-wide plan.
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