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On Demand Writing
Original PowerPoint from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
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In each prompt- Look for SPAM
Situation: Event that causes you the need to
write. (on test you pretend)
Purpose: The reason youre writing: to
persuade, to narrate an event, to respond to atext/ graphic/ chart.
Audience: The person (people) youre
pretending to write to. Mode: The type of writing you are to do: letter
feature article, editorial, or speech.
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Situation Situation is labeled for you
Its always the first part of the prompt
Its a make believe situation that hasntreally happened to you (pretend)
It creates a need to write
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PurposeLook for one of these in the writing task:
Respond to a text/graphic/chart (organize
information by using main ideas and supporting
details.) Persuade (Consider the needs/feelings of the
audience as you solve problems and/or
convince them. Use main ideas and supporting
details.)
Narrate an event (Share what you saw, heard,
smelled, tasted, touched, said, thought, didto
make a point.
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Audience
Look in the writing task for the audience It might be an individual or a group
You write to audience for reasons stated inthe prompt
Consider what the audience needs toknow, wants to know, and already knows
Imagine what questions they will have for
you. Answer them in your writing.
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Look in the writing task for the mode:letter, feature article, editorial, speech
Follow the format
Letter has a date, a greeting, a body, aclosing, a signature
Speeches have titles, leads, bodies,
closings
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Constraints of On Demand Writing
Time (90 minutes *)
Feedback (none)
Ownership
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Pre-write
Do any of the pre-
write techniques
Make an outline
Make a web
Create a Venn
Diagram
Make a list
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Organize your ideas
Think about your
most important
points
Use the reason/
example format/
opposing
viewpoint
Think before writing.
Sort out your ideas.
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Lead/Introduction
Get readers attention
Ask a rhetorical question
Give an anecdote
Use a quote
Concentrate on thefocus of your work in
the leadMake sure you state the
thesis
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Drafting the Body
Follow your prewriting
Revise as you go
Revise again when you think youre finished
For persuading and responding, keep telling
them why and how
Remember: give examples for each reason
Answer questions your audience might have Connect your ideas with transitions.
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Drafting the Closing
Make the piece feel finished
Give the reader something to think about
You can tie back to something to thinkabout
You can tie back to something you said in
the title or lead Be brief
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Edit your Correctness:Check the following:
Capitalization
Usage (we were/ notwe was)
Punctuation Spelling
Complete sentences
Repetition
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FINAL COPYUse your best handwriting
Make it LOOK like a letter, feature article,
or editorial
Indent for paragraphs
Be correct and neat