Knowledge and Skills Statement
Instruct students to choose one strategy (brainstorming, freewriting, or mapping) to help them plan a first draft for a piece of their own writing. Ask students why they chose the strategy they did.
Further Explanation
This SE requires students to demonstrate their knowledge of the writing process as they plan their work. Students will determine the topic, the reason to discuss that topic, and the audience for whom their message is intended. Once students have made these determinations, they must organize their thoughts using strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping to organize their thoughts. Students should be able to provide a logical explanation for the strategies they choose.
Research
1. Cruickshank, B. (2011). Supporting children during the prewriting stage: developing an author's understanding of purpose and audience using interviews. Practically Primary, 16(3), 25+. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A269690189/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=96dbbf1b
Summary: Students were challenged to create their own children's literature. As part of the writing process, the students conducted an audience interview for their written stories. That audience was composed of peers. The process enabled students to develop a real sense of what their audience wanted. Students saw that their books had a real purpose and better understood the importance of audience.
2. Grünke, M. (2018). The effects of a peer-delivered writing planning intervention for struggling fifth graders. World Journal of Education, 8(6), 157–164. doi:10.5430/wje.v8n6p157.
Summary: The article is focused on mapping strategies to help students plan their writing. Peer tutors were used to help students brainstorm and organize their thoughts before writing.