Resources from Daniela Thompson, Angela Luna, Heather Koczian, and Gail Desler helped to develop a Writing Program.

1. 1/9/10 8:45 PM
Resources compiled from:
EETT Project Coordinator
Gail Desler
Area 3 Writing Project
Daneila Thompson
Angela Luna
Heather Koczian
Making Movies Support
Krishna Harrison-Munoz
Grammar (PART I):
• Cover
o Nouns (Class President)
o Pronouns (Marble Champ) & (The Night Journey)
o Verbs (Juggling)
 Making Verb Interesting
 Show Not Tell – Ditto for Verbs 1
 Show Not Tell – Ditto for Verbs 2
o Sentences (The Abacus Contest)
 Sentence Variety
 Part One
 Part Two
o Subjects & Predicates (S.O.R. Losers)
Intro Writer’s Notebook
• A Side
o Table of Contents
o Notebook Rules
o Writing Atmosphere
• B Side
o Free Write
 Developing Writing Stamina
Intro 6 Traits
• Ideas
• Organization

2. • Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions
o FOCUS
 Ideas and Content
 Narrow Topic
 Quality Details = SHOWING
 Questions are answered
 Organization
 Lead or Introduction
 Sequencing/Order
 Pacing = SLOW or QUICK
 Transitions
 Conclusions
 Conventions
 Spelling
 Punctuation
 Capitalization
 Grammar/Usage
 Paragraphing
o Provide EXAMPLES of 5, 3, 1 writing.
o Provide Breakdown
o Provide “Student-Friendly” Rubric
Grammar (PART II) - CORRELATION TO CONVENTIONS
• Cover
o Capitalizations (Galileo, Telescopes)
 Dates, addresses
o Punctuation (PART I) (Circ. Sq. Daggers, Mystery Mars, Stars)
 Parentheses, hyphens, dashes, ellipses
 Quotations
 Go over RULES for QUOTATIONS
 Conjunctions/Interjections (Strong as Ginger)
FIRST MOVIE: DIALOGUE
• Write script based off of two people talking about a problem
• Discuss ways to solve problem
• Solve problem
o Use Title, End Credits

3. o Examples of Dialogue - Movies
Narrative Writing
• Great Introductions
 6 Ways Not to Start a Narrative
 The Limp Handshake/Zero Eye Contact Intro
 The Never-Ending Small Talk Intro
 The Stick-to-the-Facts Intro
 The Cliché Intro
 The Tell-All-About-Me Intro
o 6 Ways to Start
 Start with a Question
 Start with Dialogue
 Start with an Interesting fact
 Start with a Strong Opinion or Feeling
 Start with a Single Word or Sentence Fragment
 Start with Something that Leaves the Reader
Wondering
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Grammar (PART III) – CORRELATION TO NARRATIVE
• Adjectives (The Land I Lost)
• Adverbs (In Two Worlds)
• Showing Not Telling – Emotions Connected to Body
• Figurative Language
o Simile
o Metaphor
o Personification
o Onomatopoeia
• Word-Association List
o When you think of…
 Girl, boy, store, park, car, country, chair, school,
restaurant, movies, dogs, bodies of water
• Intro Graphic Organizer
• Intro Storyboard
SECOND MOVIE: ACTION
• Write script based off of two people competing in a game
o Indoor i.e. Connect Four, Outdoor i.e. Soccer

4. • Write a narrative, voiceover to be read during the establishing
shot.
o Use Title, End Credits + Music, Voiceover (Using narrative)
• Examples of Action - Movies
Persuasive Writing
• Fact or Fiction
o Facts are something that actually exists and that can be
observed and studies objectively.
 Sentence 1: State the fact in the center
 Sentence 2: State supporting examples
 Using Web...
Voting for Fairy Tale Characters
o For example:
 Cinderella is lucky because
 She has a fairy godmother
 The prince falls in love with her
 She loses a show as a clue
 The prince works so hard to find her
• Scary: White Witch, Fenris the Wolf,
• Brave: Lucy
• Strong: Aslan
• Lucky:
• Opinion Frames
o I strongly/disagree with the statement because I think…
o I agree/disagree somewhat ( a little) with the statement
because I feel… but I also know/feel
o I want you to agree/disagree with the statement because I
think…
o Another important reason to agree/disagree with me
(consider my point of view) is….
• More Persuasive Sentence Frames
o Although not everyone would agree, my position on
__________ is…
 One reason…

5.  My evidence is….
 Another reason…
 This is shown by…
 Furthermore/In addition to/also….
 The final piece of evidence is…
 As you can see…
• Introduction
o Name the topic
o Get the reader involved
o State your opinion
o Summarize your response
• Body (one or more paragraphs)
o Give reasons for your opinions
o Give facts and examples to support your opinion
o Avoid using opinion to support opinion
• Conclusion (one paragraph)
o Restate your opinion
o Urge the reader to agree
o End with a POSTIVE statement
THIRD MOVIE: COMMERCIAL
• Write script based on selecting a commonplace school item
• Give reasons why people need to buy your product
o Use Title, End Credits + Music, Voiceover (Using narrative)
o Examples of Commercial - Movies