1) Model for students
The teacher:
- thinks aloud about possible ideas, draws a picture and orally discusses why certain elements are in the drawing (prewriting)
- decides what to write that corresponds to the picture
- does adult/book writing (with student assistance)
2) Student Writing
Students:
- get their writing notebooks/folders
- date their next clean page
- think about what they want to draw/write
- draw their picture
- write (with and with out assistance)