Here we are at the second week of October already, and looking forward to the National Day on Writing on October 20.
Let鈥檚 spend this month together reviewing steps in the writing process, supported by resources from and .
While drafting, what roles do freewrites, lists, and notes play?
- Activity Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擶riter’s notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer’s notebook with your child.
- Lesson Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擜fter reading a short story, students use freewriting as a catalyst for a literary analysis essay.
- Strategy Guide 鈥�鈥濃�擳he systematic approach of Power Notes visually displays the differences between main ideas and supportive details in outline form, and provide an easy-to-follow activity for categorizing information. This organizational tool can be used for reading, writing, and studying across all content areas.
- Unit Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擲tudents are guided through the process of taking notes while reading factual information, then turning those notes into new sentences and paragraphs written in their own words.
- Lesson Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擲tudents hone their teamwork skills and play off each other’s writing strengths as they participate in prewriting activities for a story to be written collaboratively by the whole class.
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