Writing
Process Quiz
Part A
1.
Name the five steps of the writing process in
order.
2.
Explain the
difference between revising and editing in at least one complete sentence.
3.
Which of the
following is NOT a prewriting skill?
a. Decide on a topic to write about.
b. Rearrange words or sentences.
c. Brainstorm ideas.
d. Do your research.
4.
What is the purpose
of revising?
a. Put the information you researched into your own
words.
b. Fix conventional errors in your paragraphs.
c. Make your writing better.
d. Recopy your work correctly and neatly.
Part B
Directions: Choose the correct editing marks needed for
the following sentences.
5.
They lived
direkly across from Harvard University.
a. Lower case u on university.
b. Direkly is misspelled.
c. Comma after direkly.
d. No mistakes made.
6.
Sometimes
Winslows dad would suggest that the boy consider attending Harvard someday.
a. Dad capitalized only.
b. Dad capitalized and apostrophe s on Winslows.
c. Apostrophe s on Winslow only.
d. No mistakes made.
Part C Directions: Put the following events in the
BEST chronological order. Use numbers to
show which event happened first, second, third, and forth.
______ 1. Sammy tried on a blue sweater.
______ 2. With money in her pocket, she entered her
favorite store.
______ 3. Sammy looks through the pile of sweaters to
find a blue one.
______ After ringing up the purchase, the clerk
handed Sammy a receipt.
Part
D Directions: Draw a line or write the correct letter that
matches the key word or phrase to the
correct step of the writing process.
____Wrtie A. Editing
____Share the finished product B. Prewriting
____Make it correct C. Revising
____Think D. Drafting/Rough Draft
____Make it better E. Publishing/Final Draft
Part
E Directions: Mark T for true and F for false on the
following statements. Make false
statements true by changing or adding words.
_________
7. You should publish in an
appropriate format for the purpose and audience.
_________
8. Final drafts should be written
in pencil.
_________
9. Revising is when you fix
conventional errors: punctuation,
spelling, and capitalization.
_________
10. When revising you want to
rearrange words or sentences and replace overused words.
Part
F Directions: Read the following facts about Expository and
Narrative writing. Put an N on the line
if the fact is an aspect of Narrative writing and an E if it is a fact about
Expository writing.
________
21. This type of writing tells a
story.
________
22. In this type of writing you
use transition words.
________
23. This type of writing has an
introduction ----> body ------> conclusion.
________
24. You will always have a topic
sentence when writing this type of sentence.
________
25. This type of writing has a
beginning -------> middle ------>
end
6th Grade Activities
Maya Angelou
Essential Question: How is nonfiction modified and manipulated to produced fiction?
Tasks:
A. Go to the following website and create a timeline of the life of Maya Angelou. You must have at least 10 SIGNIFICANT events identified by date.
B. Go to the following website and create a timeline of African-American History. You must have at least 10 SIGNIFICANT events identified by date. Please take the time to read the information regarding each event. ***** Be sure to add Maya Angelou's birthday year to this timeline.
C. Answer the following questions in CORNELL style.
- How did African-American history play a role in the life and development of Maya Angelou?
- What obstacles were present in African-American history that Maya had to overcome?
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou (Modified)
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise.
Questions: Write the questions- in CORNELL style.
E. VOICE
Maya Angelou is one of the most influential voices of our time. However, she had a turbulent childhood. After her parents’ divorce, she was sent to live with her grandmother in racially divided Stamps, Arkansas, where she experienced the brutality of racial discrimination. She also absorbed the unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family, community and culture.
Questions: Write the questions- in CORNELL style.
- What do you think Angelou might mean in the opening line when she says that history tells lies about her?
- In the closing lines, who is Maya referring to as her 'ancestors' and why is this important?
- Angelou repeats the words "I rise" throughout the poem. What does she mean by this?
- Identity is an important idea in the poem. What impression do you get of Maya in the second, third, and fifth stanzas?
- What impression of herself does Maya definitely NOT want to convey in the fourth stanza?
- What impression does Maya leave us with at the end of the poem?
- Who is "I" in this poem? Who is "you" in this poem?
- What themes do you see in this poem?
- Angelou uses a lot of natural imagery in this poem. List all the metaphors and similes that relate to nature that you can find in this poem.
- What points do you think Maya Angelou is making in using this natural imagery. Comment on at least 3 image details.
- Find as many examples of alliteration that you can from the poem.
- Reread the poem to yourself. Imagine how it would sound if you read it aloud. How do you think the rhythm and rhyming of the poem affects your understanding of what Angelou is saying?
- What do you think Angelou is trying to achieve with the repetition in the poem?
- How would you describe the mood or atmosphere of the poem? Does the mood change through out the poem?
E. VOICE
Maya Angelou is one of the most influential voices of our time. However, she had a turbulent childhood. After her parents’ divorce, she was sent to live with her grandmother in racially divided Stamps, Arkansas, where she experienced the brutality of racial discrimination. She also absorbed the unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family, community and culture.
After being sent back to live with her mother, she was attacked at the age of eight by her mother’s friend. She confided the abuse to her brother, leading to the attacker’s arrest. Upon getting out of jail, the attacker was killed, many believe by Maya’s uncles. She believed her voice killed him since she told her brother of the crime. Subsequently she went mute for nearly six years. She was then sent back to live with her grandmother where a teacher helped her regain her voice, her confidence and her pride. She went on to become an author, actress, journalist, civil rights worker and teacher, using her voice for positive change.
Think about the following questions. Then write a letter, poem, blog, rap song or journal entry that answers them.
- From where does your voice come: your family, your culture, your beliefs, your friends, your experiences?
- For what would you like to use your voice, now and in the future?
- Read the following poem, "On the Pulse of the Morning" (See the following link.) How does the quote, "Sold, stolen, arriving on the nightmare; praying for a dream" in stanza 9 -lines 69-70 apply to the African-American community? Explain.
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