Informative Writing

Week 14December 1st, 2013

The plan….• Objectives• Review– Transition Words

• Complete Draft• Peer Revision• Wrap-up• Preview

Objectives• Students will practice and hone their

teamwork skills and delegation tasks

• Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the five steps of the writ-ing process with particular emphasis on revision

• Students will acquire the skills needed for and practice peer-revision

Review

Transition Words1. Tell if the Transition Word or phrase

is for comparing or contrasting2. Then use in a sentence

but

in the same way

instead

however

both

Revising Re-viewWhat is this?

Can you explain how-to do this?

Revising: Overall StructureMaking sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or ten-sion• Don’t forget your conflict or tension • Is it relevant to the conflict or tension?

– Provide information necessary to understand– Show events that made the conflict worse– Show how it is resolved or explain the insight

• Strategy– Write your topic on a card/post it/top of the page– Read the topic then each paragraph– Is the paragraph related to the topic you read first??

Revising: ParagraphsMaking sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or ten-sion• Paragraphs contain sentences that are related to each

other and connected to the main idea– In my elephant killing story, is it important to know that I did

not go to school?– On your outline the A, B & C should all connect to each other

and the event you are writing about, the II or Roman numerals

• Strategy– Write the main idea of the paragraph – Read the phrase then a sentence– Do this with each sentence– Does each sentence support or relate to the main idea? Is it

necessary and relevant??

Revising: SentencesMaking sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or ten-sion• Sentences must be arranged in proper order in order

to understand• Are the events told in an order that is understandable? • Is there anything confusing about the sequence of

events?• There are transition words to help you:

Sequence Cause & Ef-fect

Compare & Contrast Conclusions

first, next, then, finally, before,

after, soon

since, because, if

like, also, simi-larly, although, however, de-spite, but, on

the other hand

therefore, thus, so, conse-

quently, as a result

Revising: WordsMaking sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or ten-sion• Word choice is important• The reader should clearly understand what the

writer has written about– All of the reader’s questions should be answered

• Strategy– Use precise nouns to clarify– These nouns answer “what kind?”

• The weather is nice. What kind of weather is nice? I like sun, you like snow !! O_o

Peer RevisionMaking sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or ten-sion

• Break into groups • Give teacher your drafts• When you receive another group’s paper

go to town with your red, green and pur-ple pens

• Everyone must contribute to the revision• REMEMBER: this is to HELP your peers

Groups•On the following slides are the group break downs for each class.•Find your name and sit in your groups.•Groups are NOT negotiable. Nice try, Slick!

A ClassGroup 1 Jo, Gadi, Fahda, Dalal

Group 2 Sarah, Joud, Roaa, Zara

Group 3 Sultana, Noor, Raseel, Deema

Group 4 Razan, Joury, Hessa, Haya

Group 5 Noura S., Nouf, Najla, Jazy

Group 6 Lulu, Dancing Queen, Dana, Al

B Class

Group 1 Hala, Deena, Madawi, Haifa

Group 2 Sama, Reema, Abdullah, Fahda

Group 3 Haya, Sara S., Laila, Hind

Group 4 Galia A., Sara Q., Hessah, Basma

Group 5 Deema, Nouf, Galia P., Abdulmalik, Anoud

C Class

Group 1 Asayel, Yara, Mays, Lulu

Group 2 Al-Brahim, Najla, Yasmine, Sara S.

Group 3 Hessa, Maha, Rajhi, Noura,

Group 4 Alia, Namlah, Samar, Banah

Group 5 Zainab, Jibaliy, Leen, Dana

D Class

Group 1Deema, Lama, Noura Al-

Areefi, Maha,

Group 2 Noura N., Nouf, Al-Johara, Basma

Group 3Haila, Anoud, Reema,

Ghada,Sara R

Group 4 Haya R., Njoud, Haya K., Madawi, Noura Al-Dhubaib

Group 5 Maha M., Layal, Seta, Safa

E Class

Group 1 Rahaf S., Sadeem, Reema, Hind, Haifa

Group 2 Abdulwahid, Assaf, Aziza, Nora D., Anoud

Group 3 Latifah, Rahaf M., Shaloub, Marwan

Group 4Shetwey, Ghadeer, Al-

Ashaikh, Nora Y.,

Group 5 Nouf, Madawi, Lian, Muneera,

Wrap-up• What is revision?• What four components do you re-

vise? In which order?

Preview• Complete Peer Revisions!!• Proofreading your essays