Genres
This genre is distinguished from other genres by story elements that violate the natural, physical laws of our knowns world - events akin to magic.
What is Modern Fantasy.
Generating ideas, gathering information
Writing process: organizing, drafting, writing, revising
What is the critical thinking strand of the Writing Rope?
Words that sound alike but are spelled differently.
What are homophones?
This trait helps students select narrow, elaborate and discover what best to write about.
What is the ideas trait.
What are content standards? (or curriculum standards or subject standards)
What is realistic fiction.
Grammar and syntactic awareness
Sentence elaboration
Punctuation
What is the Syntax strand of the Writing Rope?
The use of pictures or words to create images, esp. to create an impression or mood.
What is imagery?
The golden thread that runs through a piece of writing.
What is the voice trait.
The learning goal:
specific to student-based outcome, measurable, attainable by all students, results oriented, time bound and regularly measured
What is an objective?
This genre is set in the past, the main characters are generally fictional and presents to students their present as part of the living past.
What is Historical Fiction.
Narrative, informational, opinion structures
Paragraph structure
Patterns of organization
Linking and transition words
What is the Text Structure strand of the Writing Rope?
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
The internal structure of a piece, the thread of central meaning, and the patter of logic.
What is the organization trait.
Instructional supports that are adaptive in nature. They help learners to achieve the learning goals with greater independence.
What are scaffolds?
What genre is a specialized form of non-fiction that focuses on the lives of noteworthy people.
Word Choice
Awareness of task, audience, purpose
Literary devices
What is the Writing Craft strand of the Writing Rope?
The main characters in a piece of writing.
What are protagonists?
The good table manners of written language - they make the ideas of the text readable.
What is the Conventions Trait?
A form of instructional assistance provided to students with disabilities and ELLs - they level the playing field for specific learners.
What are accommodations?
This genre tells a true story or an account of an event, and has a distinct beginning middle, and end.
What is narrative non-fiction.
Spelling
Handwriting, keyboarding
What is the transcription strand of the Writing Rope?
The vocabulary that is the right word to use in exactly the right place.
What is precise vocabulary?
The logic, creative phrasing, parallel construction, alliteration, and word order that makes reading feel natural.
What is the Sentence Fluence Trait.
This type of assessment is an ongoing measurement that guides instruction.
What is formative assessment?