Writing Workshop: Writing Sample #2
Writing a report!
Please do your audio wizard
Give me a green check when you have a piece of paper or notebook, your “Writing in Action:
Level C” book, and a pencil!
Vision Class Promise Objective What lessons will we cover today? Mini-lessons Our Plan Your next steps Questions?
Agenda
Our vision is that Michigan Great Lakes
Virtual Academy (MGLVA) will be a true “school of excellence”: a high-performing school that produces exemplary levels of student achievement, equips every student with the foundation they need to graduate, and prepares students for any post-secondary opportunity they wish to pursue.
Vision of MGLVA
Today I will be able to….
Learn about drafting a body, introduction, and conclusion of a paper
Learn about how good writers keep fragments and run on sentences OUT of their writing!
Objective: Our Goal Today!
We will go through lessons 5-7 in unit 3
in composition!
You’ll be able to work with your learning coach later and mark these lessons complete! I will have next steps for
you at the end of our lesson!
Lesson 5: Drafting the Body of a Report
(Page 43)
Lesson 5: Drafting the Body of a Report
(Page 43)
The beginning a report is called it’s introduction.
This is a very important part of the report! It also must announce the topic of your report. You want to draw your readers in! Ways to draw readers in with your introduction: 1. Ask a Question: “Have you ever wondered
about…..?”2. Tell an amazing fact! 3. Use sounds and effects: “WHAM! The basketball
slammed into the hoop!” 4. Use a quote you found while researching
Lesson 6: Drafting the introduction of a
report
Take 3 minutes and try to think of a GREAT
way to start your introduction to your own report….
3 kids will get to share on the microphone! 1. 2. 3.
**Quick note, your introduction also briefly tells the readers of your subtopics!***
Let’s try that with our own topics…
Finally, we get to wrap up our writing with an
amazing conclusion! This comes at the end your report:
Let’s check out one…..
Lesson 7: Drafting the Conclusion of a
report
Lesson 7: Drafting the conclusion of a
report
As you begin drafting your report, there are two
things we want you to keep in mind as you write: 1. Good writers do not write in FRAGMENTS:
example: In the field. 2. Good writers do not write RUN ON SENTENCES: Example:
To practice these, we are going to have you work in study island and complete a topic. Let’s try a few from the island…
A few more things to consider…from Study Island!
Fragment…
Fragment…
Run on sentence…
Run on sentence…
Our plan for this writing sample:
Go through lessons 5-7 in Unit 3 of composition on
your plan. Mark them all complete. Have your draft written by our Dec. 10th class. Come to class December 10th and learn how edit and
revise our report! Also complete your study topic: Fragments and Run
on’s
Nothing has to be turned into us until January 9th remember, but we are going through the writing process with you on this assignment!
Next steps for you…