POW + WWW: LESSON # 4 Instructor:____________
Students:___________________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________________________
Purpose: Review POW & Story Parts Reminder; Support It; Review SIs
Objectives: review POW and story parts reminder; **reinforce transfer;
collaborative practice
Materials needed: Mnemonic chart, WWW graphic organizer, paper,
pencils, lined paper, student folders, practice picture: boy on alligator,
self-instructions sheets, each student's graph
_____I. Test to see if the students remember POW and
the story parts reminder: do it out loud to save time.
It is essential that each student memorize these. If students are having trouble with
this, spend a few minutes practicing it. Tell the students you will test them on it each
day to make sure they have it.
_____II. **Review the meaning of transfer briefly.
Ask students to report back on using all or parts of POW and/or WWW in
other classes or for other writing tasks. If necessary, brainstorm together again some
classes or other writing tasks they could use both POW and WWW for, being sure to note
that we should use POW with WWW whenever we use WWW. Other writing tasks
could be: book reports, letters to friends, reports on special topics, writing for
a school newsletter, writing about something that happened to you or a special event, and
so on. Briefly remind them that for some tasks, like writing a report, all
parts of the WWW trick might not be right to use - so what could we do? (Change
WWW to fit the kind of report we need to write). You fill in
their "I transferred my strategies"chart and then ask them to report on helping
their partner and fill in their "I helped my partner"chart. Put a star
next to each thing you record.
_____III. Collaborative writing - Support It. Give each student a
blank graphic organizer and ask each student to get out their self-statements list. Put
out practice picture: boy on alligator. This time, let the students lead as much as
possible, but prompt and help as much as needed. Go through each of the following
processes - students can share and use the same ideas, but each student should write their
own story using their own notes:
- "Remember that the first letter in POW is P - pick my idea." Refer students
to their self-statements for creativity or thinking free. Help each student get an idea.
-The second letter in POW is O- ORGANIZE my NOTES. I will use my story parts reminder
to help me. I will use this page to make my notes and organize my notes.
Review - what should my goal be? I want to write a good story - a good story has all seven
parts, makes sense, is fun for me to write and for others to read. After students have
generated notes for all the story parts say - remember to look back at my notes and see
if I can add more notes for my story parts - help them actually do this. Remind
them also to look for more ideas for good word choice or million dollar words -
help them do this.
-The last letter in POW is W - write and say more. Encourage and remind them to start
by saying "What is it I have to do here? I have to write a good story - a good story
has all 7 parts and makes sense." I can write my story and think of more good ideas
or million dollar words as I write. Help students as much as they need to do this, but try
to let them do as much as they can alone. Encourage them to use other self-statements of
their choice while they write. If students do not finish writing today, they can continue
at the next lesson.
_____IV. Have each student graph their story - Ask each student to
determine- does their story have all 7 parts - then fill in graph. Reinforce them for
reaching 7.
_____V. Lesson wrap-up:
A. Have each student put their work and charts in their folder.
B. Remind of POW and story parts reminder test again
next time.
C. Remind them that they will fill in the transfer chart again next time.