The student will be bringing home sample of a narrative today, as well as a sample of an appropriately written piece from another grade 4 student in New Brunswick. The studenst were to write down the following instructions on their page, and we discussed the steps in class.
1. Read your story to your parents (rough copy)
2. Parents are to read "Butterfly Dancer" (photocopy)
3. With your parents, compare both stories
4. Directions will also be on the blog (and here they are)
First, I would like to draw you attention to the fact that the "Butterfly Dancer" meets the expectations for the end of grade four. We can use this example to help gauge the progress of each student, and make recommendations as we move forward with the lessons about writing. With this piece of writing, there is a description of each of the 6 writing traits we are working on, and the rationale for "Butterfly Dancer being labeled "Appropriate".
In this assignment, student began with a comic strip to organize their ideas into a beginning, middle and end. As well, they were instructed to create a problem and a solution. From here, students used each block of the comic to generate paragraphs for a story with each paragraph focusing on only one block of the comic. In some cases, students had to combine more than one block in a paragraph.
Students, with the exception of a couple, are bringing home a hand written rough copy. This is a valuable piece of the writing process as it allows you to see the revisions and edits that may have been made. If students were able to complete this process in due time, they were able to use Microsoft Word to publish it and/or an internet based program for publishing comics.
There have been numerous conferences with peers and the teacher during this writing process. Students bringing this sample home is a continuation of this process since it is an opportunity to evaluate their own work. Please return the signed writing samples, and on Monday the students will write in their journal about the home conference to record their thoughts.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Have a great weekend.
Mr. Carr
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