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Teacher's Manual Table of Contents
The WriteShop Teacher's Manual contains teacher resources and lesson plans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WriteShop Teacher's Manual
Includes Lesson Plans for WriteShop I and WriteShop II
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Introducing WriteShop |
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WriteShop I at a Glance |
7 |
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WriteShop II at a Glance |
8 |
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How to Use WriteShop |
9 |
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Choosing a Track |
10 |
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Supplemental Activities and Resources
- Recommended Activities
- Supplemental Activities
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How to Write a Practice Paragraph |
16 |
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WriteShop Lesson Plans |
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Lesson Plan Overview (Two- or Three-Year Track) |
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Lesson Plan Overview (One-Year Track) |
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WriteShop I: Fundamentals of Writing
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Lesson 1a |
Introducing WriteShop Concrete Writing/Using a Thesaurus |
20 |
Lesson 1b |
Describing an Object Concrete Writing/The Writing Process |
22 |
Lesson 2 |
Describing a Pet Conciseness |
26 |
Lesson 3 |
Describing a Person Paired Adjectives/Editing |
30 |
Lesson 4 |
Describing a Circus Performer Concrete Writing/Topic Sentences |
32 |
Lesson 5 |
Describing a Food Sensory Description |
34 |
Lesson 6 |
Describing a Season Similes/Limiting Narration |
36 |
Lesson 7 |
Describing a Place Present Participles |
38 |
Lesson 8 |
Explaining a Process Informative Writing/Sequencing |
40 |
Lesson 9 |
Writing a Factual Report Informative Reports/Avoiding Plagiarism |
43 |
Lesson 10 |
Writing a Concise Biography Conciseness/Appositives/Adverb Phrases |
45 |
Lesson 11 |
Introducing Journalism Writing a News Articl |
47 |
Lesson 12 |
Writing a Narrative of an Emotional Event Narratives/Prepositions |
50 |
Lesson 13 |
Writing a Narrative of Another Person's Experience Conducting an Interview |
53 |
Lesson 14 |
First-Person Point of View Point of View/Personification |
55 |
Lesson 15 |
First-Person Point of View Limited Omniscience/Tenses |
58 |
Lesson 16 |
Third-Person Point of View Omniscience/Past Participles |
60 |
WriteShop II: Advanced Writing Applications
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Lesson 17 |
Describing an Object Reviewing Concreteness & Sentence Variations |
61 |
Lesson 18 |
Describing a Place Reviewing Sensory Description & Sentence Variations |
63 |
Lesson 19 |
Writing a Short Report Outlining |
66 |
Lesson 20 |
Exaggeration Descriptive/Informative & Descriptive/Persuasive |
68 |
Lesson 21 |
First-Person Point of View, Part 1 Descriptive/Narrative |
70 |
Lesson 22 |
First-Person Point of View, Part 2 Changing Points of View |
72 |
Lesson 23 |
Narrative Voice First- and Third-Person Narrative |
74 |
Lesson 24 |
Persuasive Writing (Writing an Ad) Writing to Convince |
77 |
Lesson 25 |
Opinion Essay Developing Points through Outlining/Parallelism |
79 |
Lesson 26 |
Letter to the Editor Developing Points through Outlining |
82 |
Lesson 27 |
Compare or Contrast Essay, Part 1 Venn Diagrams |
84 |
Lesson 28 |
Compare or Contrast Essay, Part 2 Venn Diagrams |
84 |
Lesson 29 |
Essays That Describe or Define Developing Points through Outlining |
87 |
Lesson 30 |
Timed Essays Writing within a Time Limit |
88 |
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Introduction to Editing |
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The Key to Teaching Self-Editing |
92 |
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Special Tips for Using the Teacher Checklist |
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Using the Writing Skills Checklists Step-by-Step |
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Content |
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Style |
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Mechanics |
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Evaluating Final Compositions and Essays |
103 |
Positive and Encouraging Comments
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General Positive Comments for a Job Well Done |
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Positive Comments on Content |
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Positive Comments on Creativity and Style |
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Positive Comments on Mechanics |
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Transitioning into Helpful Suggestions |
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Neutral Comments |
108 |
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Positive Comments on Editing Effort |
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Making Comments on the Final Draft |
110 |
Addressing Common Errors Lesson by Lesson
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Common Problems of Mechanics
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Confusion Between Plural and Possessive |
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Homonym Confusion |
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Incomplete Sentences (Fragments) |
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Run-on Sentences |
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Incorrect Use of Commas |
134 |
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Misplaced Modifiers |
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Common Proofreading Symbols and Terms |
139 |
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Writing Samples from Lessons 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 |
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Pre-Writing and Lesson Activity Keys
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203 |
Appendix A: Handy References
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The Writing Process: Easy as 1-2-3-4-5 |
A-1 |
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Glossary of Writing Terms |
A-2 |
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Glossary of Sentence Variations |
A-4 |
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Sample Page Model: Handwritten |
A-7 |
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Sample Page Model: Typed |
A-8 |
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Weak Words List |
A-9 |
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Ingredients for a Tasty Paragraph |
A-10 |
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How Well Do You Follow Directions? Following Directions Game |
A-11 |
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Using a Daily Lesson Plan Book to Organize Assignments |
A-12 |
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Organizing Student Drafts
- "Here's Your Edited First Revision"
- "Please File in Your Notebook"
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A-13 |
Appendix B Supplemental Activities
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Guide to Using Supplemental Activities
- Purpose of Supplemental Activities
- When to Use Supplemental Activities
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B-1 |
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Lesson Expansion
- Expanding WriteShop Assignments
- Writing Across the Curriculum
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Additional Writing Activities
- Creative Compositions Story Builders/Story Starters
- Creative Exercises Round Robin/The "Writing Well"
- Creative Extensions Bloom's Taxonomy/Writing across the Curriculum
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Story Builder's Word Banks
- Characters
- Character Traits
- Settings
- Problem/Situation/Incident
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Story Starters |
B-16 |
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The "Writing Well" |
B-18 |
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Essay Topics
- Essays That Persuade
- Essays That Describe or Define
- Essays That Compare or Contrast
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B-21 |
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Writing a Research Report
- Writing the Final Draft
- Presenting an Attractive Report
- Problem Solving Chart for Reports
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B-26 |
Appendix C Checklists and Evaluation Sheets (All-Purpose)
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Student Writing Skills Checklist. |
C-1 |
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Teacher Writing Skills Checklist |
C-2 |
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Student Essay Checklist (Compare/Contrast) |
C-3 |
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Teacher Essay Checklist (Compare/Contrast) |
C-4 |
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Student Essay Checklist (Persuade/Describe/Define) |
C-5 |
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Teacher Essay Checklist (Persuade/Describe/Define) |
C-6 |
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Teacher Essay Checklist (20- to 30-Minute Timed Essay) |
C-7 |
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Student Report Checklist |
C-8 |
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Teacher Report Checklist |
C-9 |
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Composition Evaluation |
C-10 |
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Essay Evaluation |
C-11 |
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Report Evaluation |
C-12 |
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