Prewriting

Collective Poetry
• We read "Second-Hand Coat" by Ruth Stone, chose a line, and then wrote from that line (MH) • Another version of [|Collective Poetry] (EM) • See also: our BWI "Where I'm From" under //Frameworks// below

**Concept Circles**
• [|Concept_circles explained] • [|Concept_circles_sheet]

**Copy Change**
• [|The Important Book] Copy-Change (EM) • [|Jack & Jill] Copy-Change (E) • [|Romeo & Juliet] Copy-Change (H) • [|Templates for Collaborative Copy-Change] (E) • [|What's in a Name?] Copy-Change (MH)

Drawing
• [|Drawing to help students focus] their topic (E) • [|Journal paper with illustration box]

**Frameworks**
• Our BWI collective "Where I'm From" poetry • "[|Where I'm From"](EMH) • "[|When I Was Five" and "When I Was Little"](E)

**Freewrite**
• [|Freewriting] • Freewrite unshared, then choose three words to develop, share that second writing piece • Grace said, "Keep your pen moving the whole time," and "empty your brain." • [|Inkshed] • [|Scratch writing]

• Write about what's in your HEART-- [|Heart Mapping] (E) • Holding and Letting Go from Everyday Creative Writing:Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink • The Backpack from Everyday Creative Writing:Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink

Graphic Organizers
• [|Graphic Organizer Index] • [|Elementary Organizers] • [|Interactive Timeline] • Find interactive web organizers at [|Bubbl us]

Mentor Texts
• Fairy Tales • //I Like to Be Little (E)// //• [|"I Love the Look of Words"] (MH) by Maya Angelou// • //Love That Dog (EM)// -- [|Love That Dog - Sharon Creech page] (EM) -- [|Love That Dog - lesson plan] //(EM)// -- [|Teachers' Guide] for [|Love That Dog] and [|Hate That Cat] • //Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge// -- [|Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - Mem Fox page]//(EM)// --[|Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - Readers' Theater] (E) -- [|Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - lesson plans]//(EM)// -- See also: Remembrance • [|Writing Fix] - click on //Mentor Text Lessons// in the navigation box

Modeling
• May need to repeat modeling many times • Model one thing at a time • Write in front of/with the children or write ahead of time

Post-its
• Color code Post-its to organize • Organize Post-its in rows, columns, or piles • Use Post-its to gather details

Prompts
• [|Left-Brained Prompts] • [|Right-Brained Prompts]

Pulling the Wool Over Your Eyes
• [|NY Times article we read] (H) • We discussed "writing blind" after reading article

Word Lists
• During a prewriting conference, create a personal word list based on the student's discussion of the topic • [|Student generated word lists] • [|Computer generated word lists]