https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2 Tompkins Chapter 5 en-us 2017-03-16 15:34:36 UTC 2023-04-06 03:17:50 UTC hello@padlet.com karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160573480 Journals:
-To record experiences
-To explore ideas
-To ask questions
-To activate prior knowledge
-To engage the imagination
-To assume the role of another person
-To solve problems
Letters:
-Friendly letters
-Postcards
-Business letters
-Simulated letters]]> 2017-03-16 15:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160573480 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160576114 -Students keep personal journals in which they recount the events in their lives and write about topics that they choose themselves.
-Students write in personal journals to develop writing fluency, the ability to write words quickly and automatically so that they can focus on developing their ideas.
   -Fluency involves: automaticity, speed, and legibility.
-Appropriate for young children, reluctant writers, and EL's because once students become fluent writers, they are prepared for other types of journal writing. 

]]> 2017-03-16 15:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160576114 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160578184 -Students converse in writing with the teacher through dialogue journals. Students write informally on a topics they choose and the teacher responds to the writer.
-Dialogue journals are interactive and conversational in tone, and, most importantly, they provide an opportunity for authentic writing and genuine communication.
-Teachers can use this type of journal to get to know their students.
-Teachers can pair students together to write back and forth. ]]> 2017-03-16 15:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160578184 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160580591 -Students write about the stories they are reading. They respond to the book and relate it to events in their own lives.
-Categories Immersion responses, involvement responses, literary connections]]> 2017-03-16 15:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160580591 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160580663 -Students divide the pages into two columns and write different information in each column. They can be used to respond to books or content-area topics.
-Double-entry journals are very adaptable.]]> 2017-03-16 15:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160580663 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160580747 -Kindergarten and first grade students make journal entries by drawing or using a combination or drawing and writing.
   -Also use invented spelling. ]]> 2017-03-16 15:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160580747 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160583936 -Children write friendly letters to real people: pen pal letters, courtesy letters, and letters to authors and illustrators. 
  -Pen Pal Letters - letters to students at another school
  -Courtesy Letters - invitations and thank-you notes
  -Letters to Authors and Illustrators - sharing      ideas/feelings about books they read with the authors]]> 2017-03-16 16:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160583936 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584007 -Students need to learn how write e-mails because they are such a common form of communication.
-They learn genre-specific conventions: brevity, conversational language, and innovative conventions.
-They also learn how they are different from other forms of letters.]]> 2017-03-16 16:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584007 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584107 -Students can make and mail postcards to friends or relatives to share what they are learning in school.
  -Use the friendly letter form with the date, greeting, body, and closing.]]> 2017-03-16 16:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584107 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584183 -Students write business letters to seek information, complain/compliment, and transact business.
-These formal letters are used to communicate with local newspapers, governmental agencies, and businesses.]]> 2017-03-16 16:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584183 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584251 -Students write simulated letters by assuming the identity of a historical or literary figure and writing letters from that person's perspective.
-Although these letters are not mailed, they give students a particular audience to focus on.  ]]> 2017-03-16 16:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160584251 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160961459 2017-03-19 01:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160961459 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160961573 2017-03-19 01:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/160961573 karaines14 https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/161361792 Dear Mr. Blueberry By Simon James]]> 2017-03-21 01:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/karaines14/yzfvmot30xf2/wish/161361792