Pen Pal Letters Jillian Cobb & Jessica Kennedy ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Summer 2010 (May Term) 1.

Pen Pal Pen Pal

LettersLetters

Jillian Cobb & Jessica KennedyJillian Cobb & Jessica KennedyECED 4300 AECED 4300 A

Dr. Tonja RootDr. Tonja RootSummer 2010 (May Term)Summer 2010 (May Term) 1

Jessica KennedyJessica Kennedy

PLOPLO

Students will plan their writing.Students will plan their writing.

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Georgia Performance Georgia Performance StandardStandard

ELA5W2: The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. The student produces informational writing that:

c. creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, and context.

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Form of WritingForm of WritingPen Pal LettersPen Pal Letters Friendly lettersFriendly letters

Shared with people in your class, Shared with people in your class, community or anywhere in the worldcommunity or anywhere in the world

Exchange of interesting information Exchange of interesting information

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Stage of WritingStage of WritingPrewritingPrewriting Identify your audienceIdentify your audience

Purpose (share information)Purpose (share information)

Fill in your graphic organizerFill in your graphic organizer

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Example of Graphic Organizer

Correspondence diversions writing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://simplicityembellished.com/2009/09/correspondence-how-to-write-a-letter-to-your-pen-pal/

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Practice Activity Practice Activity Audience: 4th gradersI will place you in groups of 4

I will designate a group leader

Each group will be responsible for an interesting aspect of 5th grade

Example: Favorite Subject, Field Trips, etc

I will ask team leaders to write group answers on the board.

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Assessment ActivityAssessment Activity Fill in your graphic organizer Write additional information

on the back

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Tell Me About Yourself…Tell Me About Yourself…

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ReferenceReference• Kennedy, J. (2010). Pen pal letter

graphic organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Adapted from Character info blank . (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.edhelperclipart.com/clipart/teachers/org-character-blank.pdf

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Jillian CobbJillian Cobb

PLOPLOStudents will draft their Students will draft their

writing.writing.

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Georgia Performance Georgia Performance StandardStandard

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:

b. Writes text of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story.

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Form of writingForm of writingPen Pal LettersPen Pal Letters

Friendly letters Friendly letters

Shared with people in your class, Shared with people in your class,

community or anywhere in the worldcommunity or anywhere in the world

Exchange of interesting information Exchange of interesting information

Format ( Heading, Body, Closure, SignatureFormat ( Heading, Body, Closure, Signature))

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Stage of Writing DraftingUse graphic organizer

Form complete sentences

Organize information

Use descriptive details 14

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Example of Pen Pal Letter

Mutwiri, B. (n.d.). Kambi Primary School rennovation project . Retrieved from http://www.kambiprimaryschool.net/penpals.htm 15

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Heading:Street _________________________City, State, Zip Code______________Date__________________________GreetingDear_______________________,

Body___________________________________________________________

X___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________X___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________X___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________X___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________X___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Closing & Signature______________________________________________________ 16

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Cobb, J. (2010). Pen pal letter format. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Practice Activity Practice Activity Audience: 4th graders

Each group of 4 make complete

sentences using graphic organizer

Team leaders will help me complete

letter

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Assessment ActivityAssessment ActivityAudience: 4th grade Take information from graphic

organizer to create letterRemember to form complete

sentencesPlace information in correct

location

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ReferencesReferences

• Character info blank . (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.edhelperclipart.com/clipart/teachers/org-character-blank.pdf

• Grade 1: pen pals. (2010). [Web]. Retrieved from http://lcdlc-teacher.blogspot.com/2009_09_27_archive.html

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