Write Your Own Creation

Resources
All graphics: Discovery School's Free Clip Art                                                                      http://webquest.org/freemedia.php   

Curriculum Standards
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/english/doc/ENG_Grade_6.pdf 

 Standard 3 - Writing
Grade Level Expectations
GLE 0601.3.1 Write in a variety of modes for different audiences and purposes.
GLE 0601.3.2 Employ various prewriting strategies.
GLE 0601.3.3 Organize ideas into an essay with an introduction, developing paragraphs,conclusion, and appropriate transitions.
GLE 0601.3.4 Refine strategies for editing and revising written work.

State Performance Indicators
SPI 0601.3.1 Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, topersuade).
SPI 0601.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.
SPI 0601.3.3 Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
SPI 0601.3.4 Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
SPI 0601.3.5 Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.
SPI 0601.3.6 Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in aparagraph.
SPI 0601.3.7 Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
SPI 0601.3.8 Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample.
SPI 0601.3.9 Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.
SPI 0601.3.10 Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.
SPI 0601.3.11 Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection.
SPI 0601.3.12 Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text