EXAMPLE OF WRITING A ROUGH DRAFT HOW TO

On the overhead projector, make another list of the rules for fourth grade, and have students again choose the most important to include on their graphic organizers.

EXAMPLE OF WRITING A ROUGH DRAFT HOW TO

Students can then choose which materials are most important (maybe all) and include them on their How to Succeed in the Fourth Grade: Graphic Organizer.

Discuss how their audience will not know any of the rules and procedures so their explanations will have to be very detailed.Īs a prewriting activity, use an overhead projector and have students brainstorm a list of materials needed for the fourth grade. Discuss the audience of the students' essays and what students feel will be important for future fourth graders to know. (You can easily modify this lesson for whatever grade you teach.) Their writing prompt is how to succeed in the fourth grade. These characteristics may include logical sequence, enough detail for someone to read the directions and easily complete the activity, and the materials needed.Įxplain to students that they are each going to be writing a similar instruction manual for the new fourth graders to use at the beginning of the next school year. List the characteristics on a piece of chart paper and post it in the classroom for future reference. Pass out the instruction manuals you have gathered in advance of the lesson to groups of students (see Preparation, 1) and ask them to take five minutes to scan the manuals, focusing in particular on the characteristics they notice in the samples.Īfter five minutes, ask groups what they found in each manual.

Example of writing a rough draft