DOCUMENT RESUME ED 268 550 CS 209 692 AUTHOR Olson, Carol Booth, Ed. TITLE Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing as a Process. INSTITUTION California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. PUB DATE 86 NOTE 203p.; Photographs may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROMPublications Sales, California State Department of Education, P.O. Bo% 271, Sacramento, CA 95802-0271 ($6.00, plus sales tax for California residents, payment must accompany order). PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Use - Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods; *Prewriting; Research Papers (Students); *Revision (Written Composition); *Teaching Methods; Training Methods; Vocabulary Development; *Writing EvaluatEm; Writing Exercises; *Writinr Instruction; *Writing Processes IDENTIFIERS *California Writing Project; National Writing Project; University of California Irvine ABSTRACT A collaborative on the part of teachers from and consultants for the University of California, Irvine/California Writing Project, this guide presents ideas for teaching writingas a process at 111 levels of the curriculum. Each section of the guide presents an essay introducing the section topic, followed by practical ideas for teaching that technique or stage of the writing process. Also included are applications of writing techniques at particular grade levels, descriptions of ways to modify assignments, new ideas that sprang from an original idea, and variations on a theme. Following an introduction to the California Writing Project, the contents of the guide are divided into the following sections: (1) the writing process; (2) prewriting; (3) prewriting in the elementary school; (4) prewriting in different subjects; (5) showing, not telling (a training program for student writers); (6) writing; (7) domains of writing; (8) writing the saturation report; (9) point of view in writing; (10) writing the I-searchpaper; (11) sharing/responding; (12) Reading Around Groups (RAGs) for sharing/responding; (13) rewriting/editing; (14) revising for correctness; (15) building vocabularies; (16) evaluation; and (17) evaluation techniques. 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CALIFORNIA Si ATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONBill HonigSuperintendent of Public InstructionSacramento, 1986 2 Practical ---as Ivgdwil.'dr Compiled and edited by Carol Booth Olson Codirector, University of California, Irvine/ California Writing Project Prepared for publication by The Staff of the Bureau of Publications California State Department of Education 3 Publishing Information Practical Idea for Teaching Writing as a Proems, which was..,mpiled and edited by Carol Booth Olson, Codirector of the Universityof California, Irvine/ California Writing Project, was edited for publication byTheodore R. Smith, Editor in Chief, California State Department ofEducation. The book, which presents techniques and practical ideas for teachingstudents the stages in the writ- ing process, is being published by the Department of Education as acompanion to its Randhook for Planning an Effective WritingProgram. Practical Ideas was prepared for photo-offset production bythe staff of the Department's Bureau of Publications Marguerite Wobschall designedthe cover and prepared the artwork for the book, using a design createdby Norman Wobschall. The typesetters were Anna Boyd, LeatriceShimabukuro, and Ron Zacharias; and the editors who proofed the typeset copy were JanetLundin and Marie McLean. Russell Frank, Marguerite Wobschall, and theMedia Services Unit of the Department of Education provided most of thephotographs used to illustrate the book. The other photographers whose work appearsin the book are Roy Christian, Leo Cohen, Tom Dunlap, Gary Ferrate, BobKlingensmith, Kenneth S. Lane, Paul Lee, Susan Middleton, Ronda! Partridge,Nancy Rodger, Kazuhiro Tsuruta, and Ron Zacharias. Practical Ideas was published by the California StateDepartment of Educa- tion, 721 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California (mailing address:P.O. Box 944272, Sacramento, CA 94244-2720). The document was printed by theOffice of State Printing and distributed under the provisions of the LibraryDistribution Act. Copyright, 1986, California State Department of Education Copies of this publication are available for $6 each, plus sales taxfor California residents, from Publications Sales, California State Department ofEducation, P.O. Box 271, Sacramento, CA 95802-0271. Any questions regardingthe sale or distribution of the book should be directed to Marilyn J. Butts,Publications Dis- tribution Manager, at the address cited above or by phoning (916)445-1260. A list of other publications available from the Departmentof Education may be found on page 189 of this book. 01::!11111 ICOPYILIC Oa 4 Forewordvii Prefaceviii 0Acknowledgmentsix INTRODUCTION 1 The California Writing ProjectJames R. Gray I We Are All Out-of-Date ScientistsOwenThomas 4 THE PROCESS 7 Teaching Writing as a ProcessCathy D'Aoust7 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR TEACHING WRITING AS APROCESS 10 How Do You Really Write?Susan Starbuck 10 InterviewsA Good Way to Get StartedMarthaJohnson 11 Introducing Teachers to the Concept of Writingas a ProcessSue Rader Willett I I The Demonstration LessonPaul .tte Morgan 14 PREWRITING 17 Clustering: A Prewriting ProcessGabrieleLusser Rico 17 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR USING CLUSTERING INTHE PREWRITING STAGE 20 Clustering with Nonreaders/ WritersMichaelCarr20 Clustering in First GradeKathy Place 22 Clustering on CirclesElizabeth Williams Reeves 22 It Works!Elizabeth B. Martinez23 Using Clustering as a Study SkillSusan Starbuck24 P:opagating ClustersMichael O'Brien25 PREWRITING IN THE ELEMENTARYSCHOOL 26 A Potpourri of Prewriting Ideas for theElementary TeacherVirginia Baldwin26 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR PREWRITING IN THE ELEMENTARYSCHOOL 31 Snap, Crackle, Think!Laurie Opfell, Sue RaderWillett, and Julie Simpson 31 The Rock ExperienceErline S. Krebs33 Developing Fluency Through Poetic DialogueMichaelCarr and Erline Krebs34 Pattern Writing with Novels for AdolescentsElizabethWilliams Reeves37 iii PR3WRITING IN DIFFERENTSUBJECTS 38 Prewriting Assignments Across theCurriculumJim Lee38 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR PREWRITING IN DIFFERENTSUBJECTS 40 A Primary Experience with SnailsCharrieHunter40 Science SearchThe Write WayPatriciaGatlinIl Journal Writing Across the CurriculumMargaretSciences42 Guided Imagery in the Social StudiesDaleSprowl43 Mailbags and Miscellany: Writing in HistoryClassesLaurel Corona 44 Lomax 45 Just a Few Words on SentenceCombining Across the CurriculumWilliam SHOWING, NOT TELLING 47 A Training Program for Student WritersRebekahCaplan 47 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR TRAINING STUDENTS TO SHOW, NOTCELL 53 Preparing for Showing, Not Telling, Through Share DaysMichaelCan 53 Preparing Junior High School Students for Showing, NotTellingMarie Filardo 53 Showing, Not Telling: Setting, Characterization, ConflictLaurieOpfell55 Integrating Clustering and Showing, Not TellingCarolBooth Olson58 Showing, Not Telling: A Stepping Stone Toward ExpositoryWritingJulie Simpson 60 WRITING 62 Developing a Sense of Audience, or Who Am I Really WritingThis Paper For? Mary K. Healy 62 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR DEVELOPING A SENSE OF AUDIENCE 6, An Exercise to Introduce the Concept of Audience toStudents and Teachers Lynda Chittenden65 Writing for a Real Live AudienceAnita Freedman 66 Pen Pal ClubsVirginia Baldwin 67 Writing to "Dear Abby"Karen Walden 67 I Think We Need to Write a Substitute's ManualLyndaChittenden68 Providing an Audience foc ESL Students and a Reason toWriteCarolyn Mendoza 69 DOMAINS OF WRITING 71 Teaching the Domains of WritingNancy McHugh 71 PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR TEACHING THE DOMAINS OF WRITING77 Specific Activities for Teaching the Domains of Writing in theElementary Grades Mary Turner and Rich Blough77 Using Visual Stimuli to Motivate Reluctant Writers and to FosterDescriptive Writing Skills Sue Rader Willett82 Guided Imagery in the Sensory/ Descriptive and Imaginative/Narrative Domains Dale Sprowl 83 Sequencing to Music: The Narrative DomainMike Conlon84 How to Carve a PumpkinA Writing Exercise in thePractical/ Informative Domain Michael Carr 86 How to Do "How To"Greta Nagel87 Teaching Practical/Informative Writing Through NovelsElizabethWilliams Reeves89 The Bumper Sticker Approach to the Topic Sentence forOpinion Writing Trudy J. Beck 90 Welcome to the New World!Laurie Opfell91 1, 6 WRITING THE SATURATIONREPORT 93 Using Fictional Techniques for NonficionWritingRuby Bernstein93 PRACTICALIDEAS FOR ASSIGNING TIIE SATURATIONREPORT 96 Preparing Students to Write the SaturationReportCarol Booth Olson96 The Add-on Saturation ReportLindaBowe 99 The Saturation Research PaperCathyD'Aoust 100 POINT OF VIEW IN WRITING 102 A Lesson on Point of View...That WorksCarol Booth Olson102 PRACTICAL