Writing on Demand课件.ppt

Activating Prior Knowledge 精品文档 Situation Purpose Audience Mode Skills Lesson 精品文档 Skills Lesson Your class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary. You may use other resources available, including people. You decide to ask your grandmother to help you with this assignment. Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates. 精品文档 Skill Lesson Your class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary. You may use other resources available, including people. You decide to ask your grandmother to help you with this assignment. Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates. 精品文档 Situation Situation is the setting. It’s usually located in the first part of the prompt. It’s a situation that hasn’t really happened to you (pretend). It creates a need to write. Situation: Your class is having a discussion on vocabulary and you have been asked to define Spam without the benefit of a dictionary. 精品文档 Purpose The writing prompt may ask you to Respond to the text using a main idea and supporting details. Persuade the audience as you solve problems and/or convince them. Use main ideas and supporting details. Narrate something you saw, heard, smelled, tasted, touched, said, thought, did…to make a point. 精品文档 Audience Locate the audience in the prompt. It might be an individual or a group. The prompt will state the purpose (i.e., to persuade, to inform, to describe). Consider what the audience knows, needs to know, and might want to know. Imagine what questions they might have for you. Answer them in your writing. Audience: Write a paragraph explaining the definition(s) to your classmates. 精品文档 Mode Look in the prompt for the mode: letter, feature article, editorial, speech. Follow the format, for example Letters have a date, a greeting, a body, a closing and a signature. Speeches have titles, l