Amanda Frost &

Rachell WolfeECED 4300-BDr. Tonja RootSummer 2010

5th GradePen Pal Letters

Prewriting stage

Pen Pal LetterRachell Wolfe

PrewritingGPS: ELA5W1. The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

PLO•Students will develop a plan for prewriting by completing a graphic organizer for a pen pal letter using words and phrases.

Form of Writing

•To classmates, friends, or relatives•To share news or events•Includes heading, greeting, body, closure, and signature

Pen Pal Letters

Stage of Writing

•A purpose is decided

•Audience is considered

•Use a graphic organizer to brainstorm

Prewriting

Graphic Organizer

Questions for my pen pal:1._____________________________________________________________________________________________________2._____________________________________________________________________________________________________3._____________________________________________________________________________________________________4._____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: ________________________

Graphic Organizer: Pen Pal Letters

Directions: Fill in each box with the information wanted. Other things that I want my pen pal to know:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________About me

1.________________________________________________________________2.________________________________________________________________3.________________________________________________________________4.________________________________________________________________

About my family:1.__________________________________________________________2.__________________________________________________________3.__________________________________________________________4.__________________________________________________________

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Published Example

Sample Letters. (n.d.). Home. Retrieved June 29, 2010, from http://www.hopewave.org/Sample_Letters.html

Practice Activity

•Brainstorm ideas for writing a letter to pen pal (principal).

•Complete graphic organizer as a class.

Assessment Activity•Students will brainstorm ideas for writing a letter to a pen pal (paired with a classmate).

•Students will complete a graphic organizer for their individual letter.

Drafting StagePen Pal LetterAmanda Frost

DraftingGPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

PLO•Students will independently construct a draft of a pen pal letter using a graphic organizer.

Form of Writing

•To classmates, friends, or relatives•To share news or events•Includes heading, greeting, body, closure, and signature

Pen Pals

Stage of Writing: Drafting•Forming ideas from graphic

organizer into complete sentences•Label: Draft, Title, Name•Skip lines (include X)•Get down thoughts and content•Mechanical and grammatical errors are okay

Published Example

Fitness Pen Pals. (n.d.). Len Saunders, Project ACES, Lenny Saunders, Children's Fitness, Children And Fitness. Retrieved June 29, 2010, from http://lensaunders.com/fpp/index.html

Practice Activity•Write pen pal letter (draft) together, as a class•Using graphic organizer the class created together during prewriting

Assessment •Write a draft of a pen pal letter to a classmate •Use your individual graphic organizer