ACRONYMS

The acronym PENS helps the student remember the steps to sentence writing: P- Pick a sentence type and formula E- Explore words to fit the formula. N- Note the words. S- Search for verbs and subjects, and check.

PLEASE-The use of a first letter mnemonic cues the student how to complete the writing task independently: P- Pick L- List E- Evaluate A- Activate S- Supply E- End and evaluate.

COPS- To cue the student to detect four kinds of common errors the teacher can introduce COPS questions to be used as an error-monitoring strategy: C- Have I capitalized the first word and proper nouns? O-How is the overall appearance?(Look at spacing, legibility, indention of paragraphs, neatness and complete sentences.) P- Have I put in commas, semicolons, and end punctuation? <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">S- Have I spelled all the words correctly?

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">DARE is a strategy to help students compose apporopriate opinion papers, while SPACE assists students in creating narratives. DARE is a first letter mnemonic: <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">D- Develop a position statement. <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">A- Add supporting arguments. <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">R- Report and refute arguements. <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">E- End with a strong conclusion

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">SPACE, which is also a first letter mnemonic, prompts students to remember the elements necessary in a fictional narrative: <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">S-Setting elements <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">P- Problems <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">A- Actions <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">C- Consequences <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">E- Emotions

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">Teaching theme writing through th use of the acronym TOWER provides a structured approach <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">T- Think <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">O- Organize <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">W- Write a draft <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">E- Evaluate it (i.e. look for errors by using COPS) <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">R- Refine it

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">Strategy using the acronynm HOW to improve the appearance of written work and remind the tudent how the paper should look: <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">H- Heading <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">O- Organized <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">W- Written Neatly