This is a little late for this year, but you may want to make a note for next year. My students wrote letters to Santa, not just listing what they wanted but with reasons why they should have the items listed. Some of them came up with some very good persuasive writing!
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Lisa Glos <glos.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Two other persuastive books that are good are > > Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type (Cows try to convince farmer to give them > electric blankets) > > Can I have a Stegasaurus, Mom? Can I, Please? - I think that this is > worded correctly (boy tries to convince his mom to let him get a > Stegasaurus - final reason is he finds an egg in the woods - there is a > twist at the end which could be a good taking off point for writing) > > > Lisa > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Kelly Alexander <mandkalexan...@yahoo.com > >wrote: > > > I Want An Iguana.....persuasive picture book. > > > > --- On Mon, 1/9/12, Sally Thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > From: Sally Thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net> > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] elementary writing programs > > To: "mosaic listserve" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > > Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:21 PM > > > > Hate to sound snarky but shouldn't the administration be able to describe > > what they mean by appropriate persuasive and analytical for these age > > levels? And also tell you why? Just bugs the heck out of me when people > > throw out ideas which they often don't know anything about. > > > > That said, I would think about the kinds of things kids would be > interested > > in persuading people about and go from there. Find mentor texts. An > > example that we used at our school: every year kids have the opportunity > to > > vote for the California Young Readers Medal. They are given 3 books at > > primary, intermediate etc. to choose from. They have to have read > > (individually or as class) each book to vote. We had our students write > > persuasive essays (we actually used letters) to convince others of their > > choice. It was great.(My kids read samples of persuasive texts and came > up > > with a rubric. I taught 5/6. Isn't there a great picture book where a > > child > > tries to persuad his mother to get a certain kind of pet? (I forget the > > title but it was a good one!) > > > > I would check James Moffett's classic work on genres and writing - the > > kinds > > of authentic writing we do in the world and connected to developmental > > levels. I know we spent many years on the state language arts assessment > > committee in California exploring the kinds of writing that it was > > appropriate to assess and how to formulate authentic type tasks and so > on. > > Moffet's work informed some of the decisions about the types of writing > to > > assess at various levels. We found for example that when we tried to > > assess information type writing, most of what we got was pretty bad > writing > > - stiff and boring. And kids who didn't have background on whatever the > > topic (which happens in testing situations often) were especially > > disadvantaged. I am disgusted by much of what goes for writing > assessment > > currently. We've lost sooooo much ground in writing over the last more > > than > > decade. > > > > In short, I am not against persuasive or analytic as long as the writing > > experience is authentic and meaningful to children's lives. Be careful. > > Calkins work (along with the great teachers who helped her) is probably > > most > > meaningful to developing students as writers for the long run. Just > > IMOl!!! > > Sally > > > > > > On 1/9/12 8:50 AM, "Beth OConnor" <ocon...@norfolk.k12.ma.us> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I am looking for suggestions on writing programs that could complement > > > Lucy Calkins in grades K-5. Because of the Common Core, our > > > administration would like us to focus more on persuasive and > > > analytical writing and less on personal narratives. Does anyone use > > > anything for this type of writing that they would recommend? > > > Thank you, > > > Beth > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mosaic mailing list > > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > > > > -- > Lisa Glos > Kindergarten > Patterson Park Public Charter School > Baltimore, MD > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
