Interdisciplinary Writing Unit:Interdisciplinary Writing Unit:Persuasive - 2Persuasive - 2ndnd Grade Grade

Reading/ Language ArtsReading/ Language Arts

Rachael McDowellRachael McDowellREAD 7140READ 7140

Summer 2007Summer 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.aspx?PageReq=CITestingWA3 .

Persuasive Pre-assessment 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

behaviorstudent questions clarify

understanding of the materialsaves time

Grouping Options for Teachers (cont’d)

• group work:students generate ideas through

discussion with othersreduces 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

• Developmentala. word process graphic organizerb. lower achieving pair w/students on grade

levelc. high achieving pair w/ students on grade

leveld. handout of writing stages provided to

studentse. student checklist provided to students

• Developmental (cont’d)f. use a dictionary or thesaurus to aid in

word choiceg. use selected book to complete graphic

organizerh. opportunity to reread selected booki. read examples and/or watch Reading

Rainbow

• Cultural/ Linguistica. ESOL or Speech - pair with good

speaking modelsb. conference individually with teacher

before completing graphic organizerc. use a dictionary or thesaurus to aid in

word choiced. 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