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Maya
Notes Sample
This sample collection of notes is used to illustrate how writers
can move from disorganized notes into an expository essay.
Files: maya_notes_writing.doc
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Writing
Organizer
Use this organizer to help students organize their thoughts as
they prepare to write a 5 paragraph essay.
Files: organizer.doc |
Writing
Steps
This generalized list of steps is based on Structured Writing by
Kathleen McMurdo and adapted from Computer Based Study Strategies.
Through these strategies, students will use templates and these
process steps as support so that they can understand the structure
of the writing they are being asked to do, and so that they can
accomplish it successfully.
Files: writing_process.doc
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Expanded
Paragraph Template
Using an Inspiration template, students can use a graphic organizer
to plan and structure their writing to be successful.
Files: expand_para.isf; expand_para_hc.isf (hardcopy version);
expand_para_sample.isf
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Transitions
This list of general transtion words helps students choose words
to increase their fluency within a paragraph. The list suggests
words to help build topic sentences and connect ideas within
a paragraph.
Files: transitions.doc |
Transitions
Relationships
This site is hosted by the The Writing Center out of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "In this crazy, mixed-up,
topsy-turvy world of ours, transitions glue our ideas and our
essays together. This handout enlists you in the cause." This
resource focuses on the relationships transitions convey in
writing.
Files: transitions_relationships.doc
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Transitions--essay
style specific
This second list of transition words are style specific. Different
choices can be made depending on whether the essay is a reason
essay, an example essay, or a compare and contrast essay.
Files: transitions_style.doc |
Essay
Scaffold in MS Word
This scaffold uses the same principles in Structured Writing
but only uses Microsoft Word. Utilizing the outline feature,
students use color-coding to organize their writing and progress
towards a finished essay.
Files: word_essay_scaffold.doc; word_essay_sample.doc |
Paragraph
Frame
This highly scaffolded structure helps struggling writers create
a basic paragraph based on their notes. This document uses the
form feature fo Microsoft Word. To learn how to work with forms,
look in the Critical Note Taking section of the New Literacy
website.
Files: paragraph_frame_form.doc; paragraph_frame_hc.doc (hardcopy
version)
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Essay
Frame
Another highly scaffolded structure will assist struggling writers
with a 5 paragraph essay. This document uses the form feature
fo Microsoft Word. To learn how to work with forms, look in the
Critical Note Taking section of the New Literacy website.
Files: essay_frame_form.doc; essay_frame_hc.doc (hardcopy
version) |
