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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.