Second Grade Writing Process

Students will:

            Pre-Writing:

* generate own list of topic ideas to be included in work- in-progress 
   folder.
* update topic list periodically as new ideas surface.
* discuss topic ideas with peers to add and clarify content.
* organize ideas for a writing piece using a story map, pictures,
    lists, or other organizational tools.
Drafting:

* write drafts of writing pieces, using invented spelling as needed.
* skip lines when writing a draft so that information can be added at a
    later date.

Conferencing:

* discuss own writing drafts with peers and teachers.
* conference with peers on their writing piece telling such things as
   what they liked about it and what they were wondering about a
   student's writing piece.
* know how to use a conferencing form to record reactions to a peer's
   writing.

Revising:

* making changes in content of own rough draft; adding on, deleting,
   cutting a part to reorder, responding to questions raised during
   conferencing.

Editing:

* use an editing checklist (created by the teacher and students) to edit
   their own writing.
* conferencing with a peer to check for editing errors.
*use a picture dictionary to check spelling of words they choose to
   correct.
Publishing:

* write revised and edited draft onto a finished form to share.  Forms
   may include: books, letters, posters, invitations, poems, travel diaries,
   reports,  etc.

 

A story map helps students organize their thoughts. 

 

 

 

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