Thursday,+June+4th

 Creating an audio file: //Home>Play>Sound Recording//  Then, record your writer's plan, save the file with //File> Save Buffer as// (remember where you put it!).  Hyperlink: Highlight a word or group of words.  Select //Insert>Hyperlink>Document>Browse// the pathway (this is like adding an attachment to an email) select the audio //file>Click OK>Click Apply//. Presto!

 Using a Sticky Note to record R.A.F.T. (Role, Audience, Format, and Topic)

 For a great list of R.A.F.T. ideas, see: __[| http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ELA/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/RAFT.htm]__  How to use: Go to //Home > Work> Notes.//

"Look For's"
 * 1)  Accountability—kids actually use the prewrite/plan
 * 2)  Match structure to genre
 * 3)  //Teach// how to plan
 * 4)  Collect exemplars
 * 5)  Plans can/should be revised
 * 6)  Emphasize that prewrites/plans organize drafts


 * Drafting/Editing/Revision:**

 Turn off the tools! Get ideas, text and content down. 
 * Turning off the tools. Go to Tools>Spellcheck>Options>click “Check spelling as you type”

Challenge your students with word count.
 * Tools>Word Count


 * Organization: Color-coding the text**
 * //View>Toolbars>Formatting//
 * Develop common language—the pink = a topic sentence, blue is a supporting detail, etc

**Transitions:** __[]__ __[]__ __[]__ __[]__ [] []


 * Sentence fluency:**
 * Sentence combining:
 * [[file:sent-comb-practice.pdf]]

 Grade Level Analysis: __[]__
 * How did you do?: http://www.guilford.edu/about_guilford/services_and_administration/writing/style/syntax.html

**Word choice:**
 * []
 * [|www.wordle.net] (instructor–led)
 * Power words: color coding.
 * Dictionary/thesaurus
 * // CRTL + F7 //

**Voice:**

 * ====== Podcast your draft. Listen back to it and make notes on your hard copy about changes. ======
 * ====== Have a peer read it into the podcast recorder and listen to his/her audio file. ======
 * ====== Cut and paste your text into [|www.vozme.com.] The female voice is a bit more bearable. Two other sites (with better voices): [|AT&T Text-to-speech] | [|Expressivo] ======