Writer

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Writers Notebook

• Literacy Night
• Tamara Gesario
• 4th grade teacher

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• Overview of the writing process
• What is a writers notebook?
• Why is a writers notebook important?
• What goes into a writers notebook?
• 6 1 Traits of Writing

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Writing is an exploration. You start from
nothing and learn as you go.- E.L. Doctorow
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The Writing Process

• Immersion
• Generating Ideas
• Selecting an Idea
• Nurturing the seed idea
• Sketching scenes
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing
• Celebrating

Key In the classroom and at home In a writers
notebook On loose leaf paper
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Wonderings Lists
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Heart Maps, I Love, I Hate

• I love
• When a student finally achieves a goal that they
  have been working on
• Broadway Shows
• Hearing my daughter mimic me during her pretend
  play
• My sons dimples and laughter

• I hate
• Cleaning
• Paperwork
• Quitters
• That there is not enough time in the day to get
  everything accomplished that I would like to
  accomplish
• Chicken potpie

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Writing From an Artifact

• Ticket stubs
• Awards
• Photographs

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Writing About Important People, Places, Things

• Think of an object that matters to you. List some
  clear, small moments with that object. Choose one
  and write the story.
• Snuggles
• Crying myself to sleep when my parents got
  divorced and my dad moved out
• Justin sick and in hospitalshipped to relatives
  with Snuggles
• First night in college

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Sketching a Scene
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6 1 Traits of Writing

• Ideas- the main message
• Organization- the internal structure of the piece
• Voice- the personal tone and flavor of the
  authors message
• Word Choice- the vocabulary a writer chooses to
  convey meaning
• Sentence Fluency- the rhythm and flow of the
  language
• Conventions- the mechanical correctness
• Presentation- how the writing actually looks on
  the page

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Work Cited

• http//www.julieballew.com/A_Literate_Life/Photos/
  Pages/Student_Work.html58
• http//www.readwritethink.org/professional-develop
  ment/strategy-guides/implementing-writing-process-
  30386.html
• http//educationnorthwest.org/traits/trait-definit
  ions