Area 6 ALT Program: Writing

October 17, 2007

RAFTS: Writing to a Prompt

Ashley J. did this at Ford on Early Release.
Download RAFTS_Ford.ppt

Supporting rubric, hot seat, and analysis of prompts.
Download how_often_do_my_students_write_to_a_prompt.doc
Download rafts_graphic_organizer.doc
Download rafts_rubric.doc

August 30, 2007

Ashley J. and Lisa used slides from a previous PPT and made it more strategies oriented for Vaughan. It's meant for primarily digging into and teaching the traits with teachers who already have working knowledge of 6+1.

Download 6traits_vaughan.ppt

Below are the hyper links embedded in the ppt:
Download picasso_conventions.doc
Download picasso_ideas_example.doc
Download picasso_organization_example.doc
Download picasso_sentence_fluency.doc
Download picasso_voice_example.doc
Download picasso_word_choice.doc
Download william_shakespere.doc

We also had Lynn Sieland-Peterson, a 5th grade teacher from Kemp, give a 45 minute talk to the group from a teacher's perspective. She was fabulous!!! Here are her presentations.

Download how_to_write_a_bad_story.ppt
Download writing_assessmentnarrative.ppt