Putting it in Writing

Content Objectives

Students will:

• Learn about the concept of writing.
• Access prior knowledge and build background about the basic elements of writing.
• Explore and apply the concept of the different ways writing can be used to communicate.

Language Objectives

Students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the writing process.
• Orally use words that name the basic ingredients and structure of any written work.
• Extend oral vocabulary by speaking about the various formats writing may appear in.
• Use key concept words [communicate, language, alphabet, sentences, paragraphs, impact, brainstorming, creativity, fiction, creativity, letter, essay, typewriter, computer, magazine, interview, script].

Other

Explain

• Use the slideshow to review the key concept words.
• Explain that students are going to learn about writing:
• What is writing used for?
• What are some of the names for different forms of writing?
• What are is the difference between fictional and non• fictional writing?
• What are some tools used to write?

Model

• After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask students: What is writing made up of? (letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, etc.)
• Ask students: What are some examples of the various ways to write? (story, news article, letter etc.)
• Say: Writing is a way to communicate with others. You can write down your feelings, thoughts, and ideas and share them with someone. Writing is also a way to remember things. What are some reasons people write? (to communicate a message to someone, to entertain people with stories, to inform the people of something they have discovered, etc.).

Guided Practice

• Guide students through the next four slides showing them various writing formats. Always have the students describe the differences between the various types of writing.

Apply

• Play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature.
• After the first game, ask students what personal interest they have in writing. After the second game, encourage them to share experiences they have had with writing.

Close

• Ask students: Which form of writing is your favorite? Why?
• Summarize for students that writing is a way to express themselves. Encourage them to write something in their favorite form.