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Written Expression

Writing Conventions

Producing Text

Ideation
Planning to write
Organization
Vocabulary
Transferring ideas from thinking to paper

Written Expression

Ideation	Images can often be helpful to support students thinking and ideation. Quick Guide: Images to Support Writing Building students background knowledge can also help them generate ideas Building Background Knowledge
Planning to write	Planning is more than just pre-writing. It is a multi-step process that involves contemplation of ideas, vocabulary, and language, activation of prior knowledge, organization of knowledge, and ongoing or recursive planning. Students ability to effectively plan is related to their developmental stage. There are many pre-writing tools that support the pre-writing planning process. Word banks can remind students of ideas and vocabulary. These can be paper of digital and can be pre-filled or created “on the fly” through whole group, small group or individual conferencing. Quick Guides: Creating Word Banks For students who benefit from a planning model the table to text strategy can be helpful. Table to Text Writing Planning Voice recording to plan writing Voice Notes
Organization	Many tools that support pre-writing and planning also support written organization. No Tech Sticky Note Strategy Chrome based Voice Notes Table to Text Writing Planning Check with your Media specialist for resources on NoodleTools
Vocabulary	Students who struggle with vocabulary benefit from word banks with targeted vocabulary words included. These can be with pre-filled or created “on the fly” through whole group, small group or individual conferencing. Quick Guides: Creating Word Banks Images can prompt students to find or remember vocabulary when writing. Images to support Writing Quick Quide: Supporting Vocabulary with Read&Write for Google 1. Vocabulary definitions 2. Images 3. Space for their own entry to support understanding of the word
Transferring ideas from thinking to paper	Speech to text is useful for students who can speak their ideas in an organized way, but struggle to write with the same clarity. Using an organizer prior to speaking is necessary for many students regardless of their writing format. Refer to the Planning and organizing sections of the toolfinder Quick Guide Speech to text in the Chrome Browser Students who forget their ideas in the process of writing them, but who don’t speak in an organized way, could record themselves speaking and then use the recordings as a bridge to writing the ideas down.