SIMULATED LETTERS Elizabeth Flythe Katie Crowder ECED 4300A Dr. Root Spring 2009 3 rd Grade

SIMULATED LETTERS

Elizabeth Flythe Katie Crowder

ECED 4300A Dr. Root

Spring 2009

3rd Grade

Prewriting of a Simulated Letter Elizabeth Flythe

GPSELA3W2 The student begins to write in a

variety genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature. Critical Component: The student produces a response to literature that:

f. May include prewriting.

PLO

The students will complete a graphic organizer for the prewrite stage of writing a simulated letter.

What is a Simulated Letter?Instructional Strategy

Narrative Writing

Simulated letters are letters where

the author of the letter pretends that

they are someone else. They could

be people in history, people in the

present, or characters in a story.

Prewriting Stage

Begin by gathering thoughts on a

graphic organizer.

On graphic organizer do not worry about

writing in full sentences, about proper

grammar, or spelling.

Determine: topic character you are pretending to be who you will be writing to a purpose

Simulated Letter Graphic Organizer

Who am I? What do I want to say?

When did this take place?

Where did this happen?

Why am I writing this letter?

Jeannett Eunice, , ECED 4300 OWA, Dr. Root, F 03

Maisie. (n.d.). Children's Work. In On the Home Front [Their Past Your Future]. Retrieved April 2, 2009, from

http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/whitehawkhomefront/images/artwork/TPYF2Letter5med.jpg&imgrefurl=

Practice Activity

Teacher will read a section from Hiding From the Nazis.

Together a graphic organizer for a simulated letter will be completed through a shared pen technique.

The letter will be written through the eyes and experiences of a German child during the Nazi invasion.

Assessment Activity

After reading the book, The Patchwork Path. The students will complete their own graphic organizer prior to writing their simulated letter.

The students can choose their own character to portray.

Drafting of a Simulated Letter Katie Crowder

GPSELA3W2 The student begins to write in a

variety genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature.

h. May include a revised and edited draft.

PLO Students will construct a draft of a simulated

letter using the graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

Drafting Instruction:Putting All the Ideas Together

Form ideas from graphic organizer

Write in complete sentences

Label as draft

Skip every other line to make revisions

later

Correct spelling is not important

The content is important at this stage

Parts of a Letter

Start out with a greeting (such as Dear

…,)

Next is the body of the letter

This is were you put all of the details from

your graphic organizer

Finally is the closure of the letter (such

as Sincerely, or Yours truly, or Your

friend,)

Last but not least, you need to sign the

letter

Lauren. (n.d.). Children's Work. In On the Home Front [Their Past Your Future]. Retrieved April 2, 2009, from

http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/whitehawkhomefront/images/artwork/TPYF2Letter5med.jpg&imgrefurl=

Practice Activity

The teacher and the students will use the graphic organizer created earlier as a class to draft a simulated letter.

Assessment Activity

The students will independently use their own graphic organizer to draft a simulated letter of their own.