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Strategies for Teaching Organization
Strategies for Teaching Organization
What is Organization?
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Hosting a “Bad Leads” award ceremony, where you can have some fun reading bad revisions aloud and vote for the worst is an example of what strategy?

Strategy 4: Writing badly on Purpose (pg. 117)
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"For students who struggle with leads, teachers should list leads to avoid in their writing" - What strategy does this go with?
 Strategy 2: List "tired" lead to avoid (pg. 116)
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True or False: Strong organization has an effective flow that is easy to follow
True (pg. 97)
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An activity in which students order the parts or the details of the text is an example of which strategy?
Strategy 7: Order the Details (pg. 119)
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These are examples of effectives ways to begin. 

- An anecdote 

-A startling fact 

-A scene that sets the stage 

What strategy is this a part of?

Strategy 3: Get specific about how to begin (pg. 116)
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TRUE OR FALSE: A captivating lead is a feature of strong organization?

True (pg. 97)
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Asking students to create a list of possible leads for a given topic is an example of which strategy?

Strategy 1: Model the Writing of a Lead (pg. 115)
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We can help students see how big the world of writing really is by encouraging them to write in many genres for many purposes. This is a part of what strategy?

Strategy 5: Envision writing by exploring genre (Note: Figure 4.5 on pg. 117)
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FILL IN THE BLANK. An effective ________ that creates a sense of resolution is a part of strong organization.
ending. (Pg. 97)
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The following organizational designs are examples of which strategy:

-Step by step

-Compare and contrast

-Problem and solution

-Chronological order

Strategy 6: Describing a few design possibilities (pg. 117)
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True or False: To help students create the middle of their story we can brainstorm a list of questions that their writing should answer 
True - Strategy 10 (pg. 122)


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True or False: Strong organization should not connect ideas
False, strong organization should have clearly connected ideas so the reader can easily navigate through the writing. (pg. 97)
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Endings grow from beginnings and reveal themselves through clues within the story, characters, or ideas. 

What strategy does this correlate to?

Strategy 12: Practice Writing Endings (pg. 124)
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"Talking helps us organize information in our own minds before writing, and gives listeners a chance to help fill in holes by asking questions when something doesn’t make sense." - What strategy does this go with?

Strategy 8: Talk Before You Write (pg. 120)
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FILL IN THE BLANK. An underlying structure that holds things together in good writing is called _______

organization. (pg. 97)