C&C+Strategies

===**Compose** and **Create** Outcomes : While we are exploring what makes things funny and what does not, we are going to focus on a few important strategies to help us learn. We will together decide which strategies to use before, during, and after listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing. These skills will be explicitly taught and practiced throughout the unit.=== What do I know about my audience (e.g., age, interests, needs, gender, background)? What is my purpose (e.g., convince, persuade, defend)? What am I trying to do in this communication?Should I use a formal or informal stance?// || How will I end? How will I arrange my ideas to make sense?// || Pragmatic Cues (audience, purpose, situation) Textual Cues (genre and form) Syntactical (sentence) Cues Semantic/Lexical (word) Cues Graphophonic (sound-symbol) Cues || //For whom am I communicating this and for what purpose? What register and tone is appropriate? What form should this take? How should I arrange my ideas and sequence and connect them? Are all new paragraphs clearly identified? Are my sentences clear? Did I choose the right words? Did I use the words correctly? Did I spell each word correctly? Did I use punctuation to clarify meaning? How can I make this more interesting? More effective? More vivid? Are my accompanying visuals or multimedia choices appropriate? Did I use legible handwriting or appropriate fonts, formatting, or props?// || Do others have suggested ideas and sources of information that I can include?// || What are my strengths and what areas need improvement in this piece? What should I now add, change, delete, or rearrange?// || Are the ideas and details arranged in an effective order? Are the connections between ideas and sentences clear? Do I have a good ending?// || Is the layout clear?// || Does it make sense? Is it interesting? Does it give the intended reaction? Is it clear and easy to understand? Is it appropriate for my purpose and audience? How can it be improved? What could I do next?// || What lessons have I learned from this experience? How do I find opportunities to celebrate my achievements?// ||
 * ===**Before Strategies**=== || ===**Prompts (what does this strategy sound like?)**=== ||
 * Find a Topic and Activate Prior Knowledge || //What message do I want to communicate? What is my role or point of view?// ||
 * Consider Purpose and Audience || //For whom am I speaking, writing, or representing?
 * Consider and Choose/Adapt a Possible Form || //What form will appeal to my selected audience and best serve my purpose? What form will engage my audience? What shape will that form take?// ||
 * Plan and Organize Ideas for Drafting (mapping and authoring) || //What plan do I have? How will I begin? How will I make this interesting?
 * Consider Qualities of Effective Communication and the Language to Use || //What are the key ideas for this message? What is the best way to organize this message? What is the best and most appropriate language to use? What register and tone is appropriate?// ||
 * ===**During Strategies**=== || ===**Prompts (what does this strategy sound like?)**=== ||
 * Create Draft(s) and Experiment with Possible Product(s) || //What ways can I start? What do I need to add, expand, modify, change, condense, delete, or rearrange in my next draft? Is this the best approach for the chosen topic?// ||
 * Use Language and its Conventions to Construct Message:
 * Confer with Others || //How do my peers and others respond to my drafts? What suggestions for improvement do others have? What do I need to add or change to create a quality text?
 * Reflect, Clarify, Self-monitor, Self-correct, and Use a Variety of “Fix-up” Strategies || //Does this mean what I want it to mean? How clear is the meaning?
 * Experiment with Communication Features and Techniques || //How well do the communication variables (e.g., content, organization, purpose, audience, context) work together? How can I use different features to communicate my ideas more clearly and more effectively?// ||
 * ===**After Strategies**=== || ===**Prompts (what does this strategy sound like?)**=== ||
 * Revise for Content and Meaning (adding, deleting, substituting, and rethinking) || //Have I included everything I want to say? Do I need to add any other information? Are there enough details? Do I need to take anything out? Is the writing interesting? Does the writing achieve the purpose? Are there unrelated ideas that distract the listener, reader, or viewer?// ||
 * Revise for Organization (reordering) || //Do I have an introduction? Is my main idea clearly developed and supported? Is my order clear?
 * Revise for Sentence Structure and Flow || //Are my sentences clear and complete? Do my sentences read smoothly? Is the sentence structure varied? Do the subjects and verbs agree?// ||
 * Revise for Word Choice, Spelling, and Usage || //Does my language fit the audience and purpose? Have I used the best words? Have I used any words too many times? Have I left out any words? Are my words spelled correctly?// ||
 * Proofread for Mechanics and Appearance || //Did I proofread for capitalization and punctuation? Is it audible? Is my polished draft legible?
 * Confer with Peers, Teacher, or Others || //What is the part that I like best? Does it say what I wanted it to say? Does it have a clear form?
 * Polish, Practise, and Decide how the Work will be Shared and/or Published || //What does quality speaking, writing, and other forms of representing look and sound like? Is my presentation ready? In what context (situation) will my listeners, readers, or viewers engage with my text? How will this context affect its presentation?// ||
 * Share Final Product, Reflect and Consider Feedback, and Celebrate Learning || //What is the listeners’, readers’, or viewers’ response? What worked well? What would I try next time?