Transcript Reader Response

Pen Name Peer-Pressure
Writers' Workshop
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A curriculum that provides students with
tools to find their voice through revision.
Write
Something personal
 On the paper inside of
the envelope.
 Are you censoring?
 Think of a pen name;
write it on your paper
and envelope.
 Keep writing
Reader Response
On the paper write:
Reader #1 and your pen name
1. What’s the purpose (main
idea) of this passage?
2. What parts confuse you?
3. What is uninteresting?
4. What is your favorite part?
(Raise your hand when you’re done, get
another passage, write Reader #2 and
answer the same questions again.)
Writing Process
Prewrite
Draft
Share (for purpose, organization,
word choice)
Revision
Share (for grammar)
Editing
Publishing
Writer’s Workshop
Philosophy: Sharing is Caring
The Reader benefits more than the writer.
Essential Question
• What makes Writing worth Reading?
Enduring Ideas
• A peer audience illuminates purpose and
audience in a personal way.
• Peer responses teach how to approach
their papers as readers.
• The safe pen name hones style, voice, and
organization through multiple drafts.
• Mini lesson of grammar have direct
application for long lasting skills.
• Self motivates and regulates the writing
process.
Reader Response 1: Purpose
Reader Response #2
Is the hook effective in the
introduction?
 Is the conclusion compelling?
 Are there enough descriptive details?
 Are there any confusing parts?

Wall of Fame/Shame
After each workshop, readers add
names under two different categories:
 Read to Learn
(Great hooks, clear purpose,
descriptive language)
 Concerns
(Confusing parts, big issues)
 Students pop in to see what names
landed on the wall!

Writing Process
Prewrite
Draft
Share (for purpose, organization,
word choice)
Revision
Share (for grammar)
Editing
Publishing
Editing Goals
 Review the Sentence
 Sentence Variety
 Subject Verb Agreement
 Peer Editing:
Look for three things in other work
Look for same things in own work
Punctuation
 Grammar Journal
Before Editing: Review the Sentence
All sentences must have SUBJECTS and VERBS
Most have OBJECTS
Refer to the predicate nominative as OBJECT.
S
V
O
Ex. Natalie walks to school.
I. Sentence Variety Mini-Lesson
(formulas)
Simple:
SVO.
Compound: SVO + , conj + SVO.
Complex: DC + , + IC (SVO).
or IC + DC.
Compound Complex:
DC+ , + SVO + , conj + SVO.
Types of Sentences with Formulas
Simple:
S
V
O.
Ex. Bill walks to school.
Compound:
S
V
O + ,conj + S
V.
Ex. Bill walks to school, but Eva runs.
Types of Sentences with Formulas cont.
Complex:
D.C + , + IC.
(S V O.)
Ex. When I listen to the Akon song, I feel like
dancing.
(S V O)
IC+DC.
Ex. I feel like dancing when I listen to the Akon
song.
Types of Sentence with Formulas
Compound Complex:
DC+SVDO+,conj+SVDO.
DC
S V
Ex. When I listen to music, I feel like
O +,conj+ S V
O.
dancing, but I don’t know how.
cont.
Peer Example of Editing
Reader Response #3
Are there any dead words?
 Subject verb agreement
 Sentence Variety
 Comments:

After students examine other’s
work for grammar, they apply it
to their own
Does
every sentence have a subject
and a verb?
Do I have sentence variety?
Were the readers’ editing comments
correct?
Grammar Mini
Lessons
Punctuation
Focus on class needs/ errors /
apply all previous learned grammar
to current writing!
II. Punctuation Mini-Lesson
» Punctuation is the sentence’s traffic
lights.
» Periods are red lights; they stop the
sentence.
» Commas are green lights; they build
sentences
» Learn the Punctuation Formulas.
Punctuation Formulas
Period: SVDO.
Semicolon:
SVDO;SVDO.
Colon: SVDO:___.
Grammar Error Journal
• A place where the students log errors, the
grammar rules, and the errors corrected.
• Helps students connect grammar to their
writing and become aware of repeated
errors.
• The journal drives instruction to additional
mini-lessons.
Unit’s Enduring Ideas
Review
• A peer audience illuminates purpose
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and audience in a personal way.
It clarifies purpose as they learn how to
approach their papers as readers.
The safe pen name drives them to hone
style, voice, and organization through
multiple drafts.
Mini lesson of grammar have direct
application for long lasting skills.
Self motivates and regulates the
Anecdote
 Students regulate each other
Response 1
Response 2
The ultimate
Revisit the Essential Questions
What makes Writing
worth Reading?
Publication
A
book of class work that reflects
the process
Metacognitives
Final Drafts
Love notes
Metacognitives
More Metacognitives
Love Notes
Love Notes
Love Notes
Love Notes
Love Notes
Expansion Ideas
Peer
ESL
Edit another grade level.
Critical
Analysis Papers
Research Papers