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Title: VOICE


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VOICE
  • If your voice has been silenced too long, let
    the idea of writing begin to take hold, to gnaw
    and to push and to build until, like a pressure
    cooker full of fresh corn, it will start to leak
    out in sprays of hissing steam
  • Nancy Slonium Arinie

2
Music for Voice
  • Listen for the voice you hear in each of the
    three pieces.

3
Voice in Literature
  • Which pieces were written by the same author?

4
Whose Voice Is It?
  • Identify the author of these quotes.
  • How did you know?

5
Rate the Voice
No voice
OK
WOW!!!
6
Voice or Not?
  • Compare samples.
  • Work with a partner to change one of the
    statements into a paragraph that sparkles!

7
The Two Faces of Voice
  • Creative, Personal Face
  • Do you want to share it? Do you want to keep
    reading?
  • Informational Face
  • Does the writer show concern to the readers
    informational needs and interests?

8
What is Voice?
  • With a partner, create a definition of voice.
  • Share with others at your table.

TEKS 4.15E 4.20D 5.15E 5.20D
9
The Writing ProcessWhere Does Voice Fit?
Prewriting
VOICE
Sharing
Editing
10
How do I Teach Voice?
  • IDEAS
  • ART
  • LITERATURE

11
RubricS for Voice
  • 6-point Scale
  • The Light Bulb
  • Marco Polo
  • Assess your own writing
  • If you dont have clear expectations, how can
    your children know what to aim for? If you dont
    have high expectations, how do you know youre
    not underestimating what your students can do?
    Mem Fox (1993)

12
Strong Verbs Help Voice
  • Strengthen Your Verbs
  • TEKS
  • 4.19A 5.19A
  • Editors Checklist
  • Revise your own writing with 3 stronger verbs

13
Tips for Success
  • Writing from the heart is not just about writing
    from the heart. Its also about writing from and
    for all the senses. Readers want to feel, taste
    and smell.
  • Nancy Aronie Slonim

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How Do I Get Started?
  • Begin your Writing Block and let your students
    write every day!
  • Teach the concept of Ideas, first
  • Read
  • Share strong and weak examples
  • Do focused lessons
  • Teach students to do focused revision

15
Good Luck!
  • And
  • Happy Writing!!
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