The Great Writing Adventure of Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate

By Nicole Maeda And Jarrah Korba

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-How It Works Page Page 1-Chapter 1: Introduction Pages 2-5-Chapter 2: Prewriting Pages 6-9-Chapter 3: Drafting Pages 10-12-Chapter 4: Revising Pages-Chapter 5: Editing Pages-Chapter 6: Conclusion Pages

How It Works

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Welcome 2nd Graders! In this eBook, also known as an “electronic book”, you will learn about the concepts involved in the writing process which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.

In this eBook, you will be able to view the next page by simply clicking the right arrow key located on the bottom, right side of your keyboard. Some pages might include a link for you to click on to show a video or other example using

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IntroductionAhoy pirates! Are you ready to go on an adventure with Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate?

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Yesterday, Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate found a map that will lead them to buried treasure. However, they discovered the only way to unlock the treasure chest is to write a story about their favorite food and read the story to the chest once it’s complete to see if it opens! Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate both love pizza, so they decided to write a story about pizza, while demonstrating their knowledge of the writing process. In this story, the concepts of prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing will be shown as Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate embark on their fabulous adventure. Let’s start our adventure!

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The writing process consists of four very important steps: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. Prewriting is forming and organizing ideas before you begin writing. Aspects of prewriting include planning, researching, outlining, diagramming, and storyboarding. Drafting is a stage in the writing process where a writer organizes information and ideas into sentences and paragraphs. Revising is the process of re-reading one’s work and making changes that are beneficial to the final product. Lastly, editing involves correction and modifications of an essay to improve the final product. An example would be checking one’s essay for grammatical errors.

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Prewriting

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Pirate Peter: Hi Pirate Kate! Pirate Kate: Hi Pirate Peter! Are you ready to go on an adventure to find the buried treasure?Pirate Peter: Of course! First, we need to write a story about our favorite food, pizza, using the steps of the writing process! Do you remember the steps of the writing process Pirate Kate?Pirate Kate: I think so! It’s prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing right? Pirate Peter: Yes, you are correct! Pirate Kate: Awesome! Pirate Peter: Let’s make a concept map about pizza our favorite types of pizza!

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Pepperoni Pizza

Cheese PizzaHawaiian Pizza

Sausage Pizza

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The Writing Process: Prewriting Strategieswww.youtube.com/watch?v=2fo13d1b7HA

Click this link to watch a video to learn about the concept of prewriting and prewriting strategies!

Prewriting is the first stage of the writing process, typically followed by drafting, revision, editing and publishing. Elements of prewriting may include planning, research, outlining, diagramming, storyboarding or clustering (for a technique similar to clustering, see mindmapping).

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YouTube Video: Writing process--prewriting tools

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW2tJBfCT9Q

Click the link above to see an animated video between two teachers discussing how prewriting can be useful in a classroom setting. Enjoy!

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DraftingPirate Kate: I think we did a great job with the first step of the writing process, prewriting!Pirate Peter: I agree! Our concept map clearly explains each type of pizza we love! It’s awesome!Pirate Kate: Now we must explain the concept of drafting very efficiently because I really want to see what’s inside of the treasure chest!Pirate Peter: Ok, let’s begin!

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Pirate Peter: I think we did a good job on the first draft of our essay, but I think after the revision and editing process our essay can be great! Pirate Kate: I agree! I think we can do a better job of re-stating our thesis statement, “There are multiple different types of pizza, and I have concluded over the years that each individual has different preferences of the types of pizza they prefer” in the conclusion.Pirate Peter: Yes we should definitely re-state the thesis statement in our conclusion so the readers really understand what the purpose of our essay is. Also, I think we could make our thesis statement better if we make the wording more clear. For example, instead of saying, “There are multiple different types of pizza, and I have concluded over the years that each individual has different preferences of the types of pizza they prefer”, we could instead say, “There are many different types of pizza, and over the years I have concluded that each individual has different preferences about the way they like their pizza.”

The revising process is an important step in the writing process.

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RevisingPirate Kate: Let’s get started with the revising process!Pirate Peter: First let’s review what the revising process is.

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! • Revising your story is very important. Revising just means that you are re-reading your story and answering these questions: • Does the essay fit the thesis? • Does each paragraph have a topic sentence? • Does it have smooth transitions between paragraphs? • Does it have any mistakes? • Do you have enough support in all paragraphs? • Is your paper in proper order? • Do you have an introduction and a conclusion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsTpyFSS3G4

Watch this video by clicking this link

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Pirate Peter: I think it’s really impor-tant that we answer all these questions clearly in order to make our essay the best!

• Does the essay fit the thesis?

• Does each paragraph have a topic sentence?

• Does it have smooth transitions between paragraphs?

• Does it have any mistakes?

• Do you have enough support in all paragraphs?

• Is your paper in proper order? • Do you have an introduction and a conclusion?

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Pirate Kate: Our checklist looks really good! Now we have to go back and fix our mistakes!Pirate Peter: Yes I agree! I think we showed the writing process well, but we have some grammar errors that we need to change. Pirate Kate: Yeah, I think our thesis statement is good but we can make it even better.

New thesis statement: Since there are many different types of pizza that exist worldwide, we have concluded everyone has different preferences and opinions about pizza.

The editing process is the last step in the writing process! You must complete this step to make sure your story is perfect!

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Editing

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Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate are almost done with their story!

• Editing is where you check your spell-ing, grammar and mechanics. Spell check is your friend! It might be in your best interest to take a look, and usually four eyes are better than two. Have a friend look over it, or take it to the writing center for extra help.

http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/prewritingorganizingyourthoughts/preview.weml

Click this link to watch this video!

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! •! Now Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate will edit their story about pizza. First Pirate Peter will read the story and check for any errors. Then Pirate Kate will read the story and check for any more errors. As a last and final step Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate will give their story to their parents to have them read the story and check for mistakes.

Congratulations! Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate have finished their story!!!!

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Conclusion After their long journey, Pirate Peter and Pirate Kate have successfully written a story about pizza.

Standing in front of the treasure chest, Pirate Peter andPirate Kate read their story.TADA out of nowhere music starts playing and the treasure chests opens. The treasure chest is filled with gold!

Pirate Peter: Wow! Writing a story about pizza was so fun!Pirate Kate: Yeah! I can’t wait to write another one! Pirate Peter: Great work Pirate Kate!Pirate Kate: Thanks, you too Pirate Peter!Pirate Peter: We sure wrote a good story using the steps of the writing process! And look at all our gold!

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WORKS CITED--PICTURES Revising post it picture: http://splendidfred.com/2012/02/24/top-10-winchy-revision-techniques-francesca-vitale/Keep calm and revising picture:http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-and-carry-on-revising-28/ Boy revising picture:http://fccexperienceofwarfare.blogspot.com/2010/01/revising-for-exam-unit-2-option-c.htmlRed question mark picture:http://www.hdwallpapersinn.com/question-mark-pictures.htmlBlue question mark picture:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_question_mark.pngRed checkmark picture:http://www.lightspeedretail.com/cloud/retaileasy/2013/01/yelp-foursquare-and-google-why-your-store-needs-to-be-on-these-sites/check-mark/Black X picture:http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/bayou/2011/11/11/sandra-laday-on-quanell-x-i-feel-like-i%E2%80%99ve-been-taken-advantage-of/Editing process banana picture:http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing%20process/bc_editing.htmEditing man at desk picture:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/editing.htmEditing writing picture:http://www.cosida.com/news.aspx?id=4289Treasure chest picture:http://clubpenguin.wikia.com/wiki/File:Treasure_Chest_Costume_icon.pngGold picture:http://www.vpwallpapers.com/gold-wallpapers/gold-wallpaper-2/Writing picture:http://jeannekolenda.com/get-into-the-writing-habit-it-will-change-your-biz-and-your-lifeMom and Dad pirate picture:http://www.123rf.com/clipart-vector/pirate_girl.html

eBook in the “How It Works” slide picture: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=26318Pirate Adventures picture:http://www.pirateadventuresoceancity.comBoy and girl pirate picture:http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0511-1010-2915-4350.htmlTreasure map picture:http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/86804/pirate-treasure-mapTreasure chest picture:http://graphicleftovers.com/graphic/big-treasure-chest/Writing process picture:http://finallyinfirst.blogspot.com/2012/07/writing-process.htmlPizza Party picture:http://www.firstpresbyirwin.org/PizzaPizza.htmlCheese pizza picture:http://themommygamers.com/2013/09/national-cheese-pizza-day-september-5th/Pepperoni pizza picture:http://hitwallpaper.com/2013/11/pepperoni-pizza-wallpaper-hd/Sausage pizza picture:http://www.johnsonville.com/recipe/easy-sausage-pizza.htmlHawaiian pizza picture:http://www.pizzalounges.com/pizza/the-hawaiian-pizza/Prewriting picture:http://writing.pppst.com/prewriting.htmlPirate group of friends picture:http://writing.pppst.com/prewriting.htmlEssay outline and paragraphs picture:http://survivingenglish101.blogspot.com/2009/12/lesson-19-5-paragraph-essay.html Treasure chest picture:http://survivingenglish101.blogspot.com/2009/12/lesson-19-5-paragraph-essay.htmlPirate guy writing picture:http://englishemporium.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/13-omg-its-friday-and-im-doing-my-13th-post-may-the-superstitious-beware/writing-pirate-iclip-2/Picture of multiple kinds of pizza:http://listdose.com/10-very-interesting-facts-about-pizza/

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WORKS CITED--WEBSITESBrain pop video Website:http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/prewritingorganizingyourthoughts/preview.wemlYoutube video: “Writing is Cool” Website:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsTpyFSS3G4YouTube Video: “The Writing Process--Prewriting Stategies” Website:www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fo13d1b7HA YouTube Video: “Writing process--prewriting tools” Website:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW2tJBfCT9Q