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*Writing is a medium of communication that represents language through the inscription of signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language.
1. Structures of Language – With modeling and explicit instruction, students learn to construct simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentence structures using colorful sentence component shapes. As a result students communicate more clearly in speaking and writing and can tackle reading higher level texts.
2. Grammar – Each Monday teachers instruct a new language, grammar or writer’s craft skill engaging multiple learning channels. Throughout the week that skill is practiced in daily speaking, writing, sentence styling and revision. Grammar skills follow a prescribed scope and sequence at each grade level.
3. Process – Instruction begins with the sentence, teaching it with hands-on sentence shapes to help students understand the components and importance of sentence structures in reading and writing. Students build their writing to paragraphs, compositions, stories and essays. Teachers and students follow Writing Alive’s Guided Interactive Writing Process weekly.
Plan – Organize ideas in planners.
Verbally Rehearse – Students rehearse their writing from their planners.
Show Writing Models and Set Goals – Set goals from the rubrics or checklists.
Draft – Break drafting into chunks; and share.
Assess – Evaluate goals using the rubric.
Revise – Teach revision lessons: students use revision strips independently.
Edit – Correct conventions using kinesthethic editing techniques.
Write Final – Students select one of three completed drafts to take to a final copy.
4. Modes and Genres – Teachers model how to analyze fiction and nonfiction genres. Students organize their thoughts in brainstormers and planners for narrative, informative, explanative, opinion, analytical and argument writing. Since students learn to write from models, Writing Alive provides weekly writing
1. Structures of Language – With modeling and explicit instruction, students learn to construct simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentence structures using colorful sentence component shapes. As a result students communicate more clearly in speaking and writing and can tackle reading higher level texts.
2. Grammar – Each Monday teachers instruct a new language, grammar or writer’s craft skill engaging multiple learning channels. Throughout the week that skill is practiced in daily speaking, writing, sentence styling and revision. Grammar skills follow a prescribed scope and sequence at each grade level.
3. Process – Instruction begins with the sentence, teaching it with hands-on sentence shapes to help students understand the components and importance of sentence structures in reading and writing. Students build their writing to paragraphs, compositions, stories and essays. Teachers and students follow Writing Alive’s Guided Interactive Writing Process weekly.
Plan – Organize ideas in planners.
Verbally Rehearse – Students rehearse their writing from their planners.
Show Writing Models and Set Goals – Set goals from the rubrics or checklists.
Draft – Break drafting into chunks; and share.
Assess – Evaluate goals using the rubric.
Revise – Teach revision lessons: students use revision strips independently.
Edit – Correct conventions using kinesthethic editing techniques.
Write Final – Students select one of three completed drafts to take to a final copy.
4. Modes and Genres – Teachers model how to analyze fiction and nonfiction genres. Students organize their thoughts in brainstormers and planners for narrative, informative, explanative, opinion, analytical and argument writing. Since students learn to write from models, Writing Alive provides weekly writing