Your outline and your research are a collection of ideas similar to that jumble of puzzle pieces. Writing a rough draft is similar to building a puzzle. But looking at the pieces, you can get an idea of how they will all fit together.
It is likely that the jumble of puzzle pieces in no way resembles the picture on the puzzle box. Have you ever assembled a puzzle? Most of us begin by dumping all the puzzle pieces out of the box and then grouping the pieces by color and shape. But what exactly is a rough draft? And just why do you need to write one in the first place? You turn on your computer, poise your fingers over the keyboard, and begin your rough draft. You are ahead of the deadline, and you want to stay that way. Better that than calling a tow truck from the side of the road.You have done the research and written the outline of your paper. Of course, I usually spend some of my days off from work running errands, and this year is no different with some routine maintenance on the car.
It’s been a long Monday…fortunately now that Spring has officially arrived, I can look forward to wearing some of my cute new warm-weather clothes! Oh, and it’s only a 3-day week for me thanks to Easter. Make sure they remember to skip lines, but otherwise the process is still the same – get your ideas on paper quickly. Awesome! Less time at the copy machine for the teacher! For those students who are ready, they can simply write their drafts on loose-leaf paper or in their writing notebooks. Not all students will need the support that comes from using a rough draft template. As with anything in teaching, it’s not a sure-fire strategy but it’s a good start. Assist students as needed for this strategy, but hearing their graphic organizer read as an essay seems to make writing a rough draft easier for some kids. Make sure you read every part as a complete sentence. Look at the graphic organizer and read it starting with the first sentence (the hook).
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Model how to do this for students so they understand the task, but it’s quite simple to do. One way to ease that transition is by having students do an “oral writing” of their graphic organizer. Taking ideas from a graphic organizer and turning them into complete sentences can be a huge step for a lot of young writers. Everything else can and should be addressed in the revising and editing step, which takes place the next day. At this point in the process, I’m not expecting perfection – it is a rough draft after all – so I encourage students to get their thoughts down on paper in complete sentences. The graphic organizer is laid out in a specific order so that students can simply start at the top and “write” their way down to the bottom. The purpose of these skipped lines is to allow space for future edits and revisions. Since I want students to skip lines for their drafts, I have grayed out alternate lines.
While this certainly isn’t necessary, I find it helps students (particularly at the start of a school year) learn how to format a rough draft. When it’s time to write the rough draft, I give students a handout specifically for that task. Now that our organizer is complete, today’s post features taking our ideas from the organizer and putting them in paragraph form. Day 2 is a writer’s craft mini-lesson and completing the graphic organizer.
Week 3 of the opinion writing series! Most of what I will be sharing this week focuses on what happens on Day 3 of a “writing week.” As a reminder, Day 1 is the prompt introduction and agree/disagree analysis chart.
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