Why Do We Write?

1. Why Do We Write? P.I.E.D

2. Persuade • Some people write to persuade. • To persuade means to convince someone either to do something, believe something, or buy something. • Can you think of places where we see persuasive writing? • People who write commercials, billboard ads, etc, write to persuade.

3. Inform • When we learn facts about something, we are writing to inform. • Expository writing explains why or how. • Facts and details are included in an informational piece. • The non-fiction informational book you are reading is written to inform. • What have you learned about your topic?

4. Entertain • When we write stories, we write to entertain. • Narrative writing is entertaining writing. • Fictional stories are usually written to entertain. • What has been your most entertaining book? Why?

5. Describe • Writers something want to describe something. • They can describe a person, place, or object. • Using your 5 senses, helps describe things in detail. • Can you describe an autumn day?

6. 6 Traits • Even though we write for many different purposes, we use 6 traits in ALL our writing. • We use Ideas • Organization has a beginning, middle, and end. • Strong word choice is essential! • Sentence Fluency makes your writing easy to read. • Voice is your personality • Conventions is critical so we can understand what you are trying to say.

7. As You Can See… • We all write for many different reasons. • We write to persuade, inform, entertain, and describe. • Whatever the purpose, we need to have… • Great ideas, organization, great word choice, voice, sentence fluency, and conventions. (spelling, grammar, etc.) • Now let’s start writing!!!!!