Do At Home Writing 3rd and 4th Grades
Week Three - Persuasive Writing
Your writing task this week is to write a persuasive piece. Get your notebook ready for another prewriting activity.
PERSUASIVE:- Tells what you the author think of an idea.
- Tells what you believe.
- It gives you information about a topic.
- It can help you make up your mind about a subject.
Writing Prompt:
- Why you should or should not play a sport.
- Why you should or should not be able to chew gum at school.
- Why ______(a T.V. show) is or is not a good T.V. show.
- Why people should or should not have a pet.
Day 1: Prewriting Activities
Definition of Prewriting: This is when you are getting ready to write. You choose a topic that you want to write about from the prompts above. Use a brainstorming strategy to write down all of the ideas that you can think of on that topic(brainstorms such as: lists, webs, clusters, etc.). Write them down on a piece of paper. Do as many as you can.
Ex. Watch cartoons: makes you laugh, makes you use your imagination.
Day 2: Rough Draft
Definition of Rough Draft: This is when you start writing all of your ideas down on paper. You use the ideas that you had in your prewriting and you put them down in sentences.
Now you need to take the ideas that you wrote down on your prewrite and use them to write your own rough draft. Make as many sentences on the topic as you can. Be sure to put in all of the reasons that you feel your side of the story is a good one.
Day 3: Revising
Definition of Revising: This is when you try to make improvements on your rough draft. Read it over two or three times and look at what you can add or take out. Ask someone else to read it over too and see what they think needs to be changed. You are trying to make your writing better.
Now it is time for you to look over your own rough draft and see what you want to change. What can you add to make your writing better. Where does your story need work on it so that it makes sense and sounds like the stories that you read? Read it several times yourself before you ask someone else to look at it. Write your corrections where they need to be.
Day 4: Editing and Proofreading
Definition of Editing and Proofreading: This is when you add in all of the changes that you thought about in the revising part. You check it over and over for any errors and see if it flows smoothly when you read it. Ask someone else to check it again for you.
Now you need to make your own piece of writing error-free. Be sure to use any reference tools that you might need such as a dictionary or thesaurus. Ask someone else to look it over for anything that you might have missed.
Day 5: Publishing
Definition of Publishing: This is when you write your final copy that is error free. You add your cover or author page and illustrations. You share it by reading to your audience.
Now write your final copy. Add all of the extras that you want to have to make it a published product. Take it to share with the audience of your choice - grandparents, teacher, class, etc.
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