struggling+writers

**POW + TREE**
Students learned two strategies for persuasive writing. First, students learned **POW** (//**P**// //- Pick my Idea, **O**// //- Organize my Notes, **W**// //- Write and Say More//). This trick is taught to students as a strategy, or trick, to use with all kinds of writing.

Second, students learned **TREE** (//**T**// //- Topic Sentence, Tell what I believe; **R**// //- Reasons (3 or more), Why do I believe this? Will my readers believe this? **E**// //- Ending, Wrap it up right! **E**// //- Examine, Do I have all of my parts?//) Students were taught to use TREE for generating and organizing their notes for persuasive essays.

|| || There are a total of 7 lessons for teaching students POW + TREE classwide. The lessons take 20 - 30 minutes, 3 - 4 times a week. It is important to note  that each lesson my last for more than one session (e.g., Lesson 2 usually lasts 3 or 4 sessions).
 * **Resources** || [[file:TREE Graphic Organizer.pdf]]
 * **Individual Lesson** || [[file:TREE Lesson 1.1 IND.pdf]]
 * **Class or Group Lessons**

In these lessons, we provide suggestions for adapting the strategies classwide (e.g, having peers work with each other). //These are only suggestions!// These lessons can align with the writing practices you already implement in the classroom. || ||

POW+WWW
Students learned two strategies for story writing. First, students learned **POW** (//**P** - Pick my Idea, **O** - Organize my Notes, **W** - Write and Say More//). This trick is taught to students as a strategy, or trick, to use with all kinds of writing.

Second, students learned **WWW, What = 2, How = 2** (//**W**ho is the main character? **W**here does the story take place? **W**hen does the story happen? **What** does the main character do or want to do; what do other characters do? **What** happens then? **How** does the story end? **How** does the main character feel; how do other characters feel?//). Students were taught to use WWW, What = 2, How = 2 as a way for organizing their notes for writing stories. || There are a total of 7 lessons for teaching students POW + WWW, What = 2, How = 2. When our teachers <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">implemented the strategies, they worked with their <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">students for 20 - 30 minutes, 3 -4 times a week. It is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">important to note that each lesson may last for more <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">than one session (e.g., Lesson 2 usually lasts for 3 or <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4 sessions). || || ||
 * **Resources** || [[file:WWW Graphic Organizer.pdf]]
 * **Individual Lessons**
 * **Whole Class or Group Lessons** || [[file:WWW Lesson 1.1 WC.pdf]]

**Strategies for Revision**
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 * **Compare**
 * Diagnose**
 * Operate** || [[file:CDO Strategy.pptx]]
 * **COLA**
 * Content**
 * Organization**
 * Language**
 * Appearance** || [[file:COLA for Revision.pdf]] ||
 * **SEARCH** || [[file:SEARCH for Revision.pdf]] ||


 * More Resources**

[|Links to Articles and Videos about Teaching Writing] [|More Strategies Including Some fro Reading, Writing, Study Skills, and Math] [|Professional Development Modules to Learn About SRSD in Writing]

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 * Videos:**

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