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Write From The Beginning: Writing The "Thinking Map" Way

This document provides guidance on the writing process for elementary school students. It outlines the key stages of writing: pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. For pre-writing, it recommends using thinking maps to generate and organize ideas. For drafting, it suggests first graders write 3 sentence paragraphs using a tree map, varying sentence structure. For second graders, it proposes using a flow/tree map hybrid to identify a topic, 3 supporting details, and elaborating on each detail with an introduction and conclusion. Sample student work and transitional phrases are also included.

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Write From The Beginning: Writing The "Thinking Map" Way

This document provides guidance on the writing process for elementary school students. It outlines the key stages of writing: pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. For pre-writing, it recommends using thinking maps to generate and organize ideas. For drafting, it suggests first graders write 3 sentence paragraphs using a tree map, varying sentence structure. For second graders, it proposes using a flow/tree map hybrid to identify a topic, 3 supporting details, and elaborating on each detail with an introduction and conclusion. Sample student work and transitional phrases are also included.

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Write From the Beginning

Writing the Thinking Map Way

WFTB: The Writing Process


Table of contents

The Writing Process3


Pre-Writing.......4-5
Drafting: 1st grade .. 7-9
Student example:10
Drafting: 2nd grade11-14
Student example:..15
Transitional Phrases..16

The Writing Process Flow Map


Pre-writing or
Brainstorming

Revising

Drafting

Editing

Publishing

What are my
ideas?

What details
can be added?

Pre-writing
What Thinking
Maps will help
me?

Who is my
audience?

Name:_________________

Date:______________________

Pre-writing Circle Map

Topic:
__________

What is my main
idea?

Do my details
support my
main idea?

Drafting
Does my writing
make sense?

What details
can be added?

Drafting for first graders


Using a tree map to write 3 sentences.
Vary sentence structure.

Use helping phrases to elongate sentences

Sentence Subject

expands upon
verb

expands upon
verb

expands upon
verb

Verbs like: can, has, likes, feels, wants, needs.

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Drafting for grade two


Using a flow/tree hybrid to:
Identify a subject
Identify 3 supporting details
Elaborate each supporting details
Opening and closing statements
Transitional phrases

Write from the beginning: How to

Main idea/Focus/Introduction/Thesis
Detail #1

Detail #2

Detail #3

Detail #1,

Detail #2,

Detail #3,

elaboration

elaboration

elaboration

Restatement of argument/closing

Name:_____________________

Date:____________________

WFTB: Flee Map

To begin,

Additionally,

In closing,

Name:_____________________

Date:____________________

WFTB: Flee Map

Only 2 details because it was early in the process

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