Strand 4 WritingGrades 6 – 8

Debra Gaffney and Denise Airola

Eleven Elements of Effective Adolescent Writing Instruction

• Writing Strategies

• Summarization• Collaborative

Writing• Specific Product

Goals• Word

Processing• Sentence

Combining

• Prewriting• Inquiry Activities• Process Writing

Approach• Study of Models• Writing for

Content Learning

THE WRITING PROCESS

Be Aware: Some students have problems with web/cluster organizers at Grades 6 - 8

ODE Writing Graphic Organizer 1

ODE Writing Graphic Organizer 2

Prewriting—Standard 5 Paragraph Essay Organizer

Introduction: 

Support:

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Support:   Conclusion:   

T-Chart—Modified Cornell Notes

Pre-writing—Modified Cornell Notes

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Prewriting—Modified Cornell Notes Color Coded (Write Tools & Step Up to Writing)

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Engage in Deconstruction• Deconstruct content article

• Deconstruct• Color-code• Modeling using Write Tools &

Step Up to Writing adaptation of Cornell Notes

Let’s Transition

Sentence Combining & Sentence Fluency

Sentence Building Activities—Sentence Frames

Engage:Matching Sentences &

Frames Handout—Sentence Sheet

Mentor Sentence Activity

Mechanically Inclined by Jeff Anderson

Closure• What practices are currently in

place to support students in organizing their writing and building sentence fluency?

• Could you integrate some of today’s strategies into your program?

• In what areas do your students need more support?

• Do you have tools/practices in place to identify your students’ areas of needed support?