Writing Frameworks - MargD Teaching Posters



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|General statement to introduce the topic. | |

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|Use paragraphs to write bundles of facts | |

|about the topic. | |

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|Use lots of describing words. | |

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|Setting | |

|Who? What? Where? When? Why? | |

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|Sequence of events. | |

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|Events in time order - | |

|first to last, detailing events. | |

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|Use linking words related to time eg. | |

|yesterday, when, after, during, before, | |

|afterwards, later, next, when, then, as, | |

|until. | |

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|Details & personal reactions add interest.| |

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|Use action verbs eg. went, walked, found, | |

|climbed, built. | |

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|in the title | |

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|Statement to tell | |

|what you are | |

|going to explain. | |

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|Use paragraphs to sequence how or why. | |

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|Use time words to sequence events eg. | |

|first, next, finally, then, when. | |

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|Use action verbs eg. turns, flows, mixes, | |

|rises, cuts. | |

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|Include detail to give the reader a good | |

|explanation. | |

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|Conclusion | |

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|Aim / Goal | |

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|Materials/Ingredients | |

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|Dot point list of what you need including how| |

|many or how much. | |

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|Numbered steps in order giving detailed | |

|directions the reader can follow. | |

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|Use words to show time order eg. then, for 20| |

|minutes, after, now, next, finally. | |

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|Use action verbs eg. mix, cut, turn, fill, | |

|lay, stick, add, cover, cut, hold, twist. | |

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|Introduction: What’s the topic or issue? | |

|Give some short background information | |

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|Use paragraphs to | |

|give the arguments. | |

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|Make your points and use evidence to back | |

|up your opinion. | |

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|Use conjunctions eg. therefore, so, | |

|however, although. | |

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|Use words that add power to arguments eg. | |

|strongly, correct, important, decisive, | |

|most, evident, opposed, belief, wrongly. | |

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|Conclusion. | |

|Make a concluding statement, restating your| |

|opinion on the topic. | |

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|Orientation: Introduce characters, (who?) | |

|and setting (when? where?) | |

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|Events which lead to a complication or | |

|problem written in paragraphs. | |

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|Develop the story using detail and | |

|descriptions. | |

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|Use lots of describing words to put | |

|pictures in the reader’s mind. | |

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|Can use dialogue “ ” | |

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|Resolution | |

|How everything is resolved and finishes up.| |

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|Quatrains |Limericks |

|Quatrains are poetry of 4-lines with a steady equal beat. |A limerick is a funny, 5-line poem that has a special rhythm and certain lines |

|These may have an AABB rhyming pattern or only the second and fourth lines may |that rhyme. |

|rhyme. |1st line: 3 beats, rhymes with 2 and 5 |

|One poem can contain lots of quatrains (called stanzas or verses) to make a longer|2nd line: 3 beats, rhymes with 1 and 5 |

|poem and tell a story. |3rd line: 2 beats, rhymes with 4 |

| |4th line: 2 beats, rhymes with 3 |

|Example of a Quatrain with an AABB rhyme |5th line: 3 beats, rhymes with 1 and 2 |

|Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John |Limericks got their name from the Irish town of Limerick. The last line |

|Went to bed with his blue jeans on. |contains the joke or surprise twist to the verse. |

|The poor little guy is out of luck. | |

|He’s still in his pants ’cause his zipper’s stuck! |Example of a Limerick |

| |There was a young lady of Rye-ga |

|Example of a Quatrain with a 2nd and 4th line rhyme |Who went for a ride on a tiger: |

|I ate a ton of sugar. |They returned from the ride |

|It made me very sweet. |With the lady inside |

|It also made me very round— |And a smile on the face of the tiger! |

|now I can’t find my feet. | |

|Haiku |Cinquains |

|Haiku is like a word picture in your mind. It has 3 lines which follows this |A cinquain describes something in a short, 5-line poem which follows this |

|pattern: |pattern: |

|1st line: 5 syllables |1st line: Title ( 1 word - noun) |

|2nd line: 7 syllables |2nd line: Description (2 words - adjectives) |

|3rd line: 5 syllables |3rd line: Action (3 words - verbs) |

|Japanese haiku are traditionally about nature or seasons. Haiku doesn’t use |4th line: Feeling (4 words - your opinion) |

|rhyme. Can be written without capitals. |5th line: Synonym for title (1 word - noun) |

| |‘Cinq’ is the French word for 5. |

|Example of a Haiku |Cinquain poetry doesn’t use rhyme. |

|snow falling softly | |

|down onto hard barren ground |Example of a Cinquain |

|a cold white blanket |Crocodile |

| |powerful, aggressive |

| |watching, waiting, rushing, |

| |makes us all fearful |

| |hunter |

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