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Quick Write
The most important thing about writing is______.
It_____________________________.
It is _____________________ and ___________.
But the most important thing about writing is_______________________________.
“Writing helps students get more actively engaged in subject matter, understand information and concepts more deeply, make connections and raise questions more fluently, remember ideas longer, and apply learning in new situations” (Daniels, Zemelman & Steineke, 2007).
Let’s Start with KCAS
Three Modes of WritingLocated in Standards 1-3
Standards 4-10How students should do the work of Standards1-3
Writing Standards
Where is it addressed in the Standards?
3 Modes of Discourse
Opinion Informational Narrative
Jot a Top 3List
MENTOR TEXT
Mentor Texts
•Short pieces work best
•Use the text numerous times for different purposes
•Teaching Writer’s Craft not the book
Writing Standard 1
•Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Arguments: From…To…
Stating opinions Supporting
with evidence
Supporting with textual
evidence
16
voting
• Which is Better?
• _______________-is better because ____________________
Kay Winter
Quick Write: Things I Want to Change
Does Ike have a good argument?List some of his supporting evidence and with a friend decide if it is strongor weak support.
Things I want to Change
Changes Support/ So What?
•More recess Increased exercise, less fidgety in classFresh Air, think more clearly, concentrate
Get my own room
Get my ears pierced
Stay up later
No more uniforms
Hey, Little Antby Phillip and Hannah HooseIllustrated by Debbie Tilley
To squish or not to squish!Who has the strongest argument?
Boy Ant
Opinion*Supporting Details
Opinion*Supporting Details
HO
http://www.cmnonline.org/resource-results.aspx?CID=16
What are the facts?
Nonfiction books:
• Are You an Ant? by Judy Allen
• Time For Kids: Ants!
• The Life and Times of the Ant by Charles Micucci
• Inside an Ant Colony by Allan Fowler
• National Geographic Readers: Ants by Melissa Stewart
http://www.collier.k12.fl.us/weblessons/webquest/heylittleant/index.htm
Hey, Little Ant
http://www.cmnonline.org/resource-results.aspx?CID=16
Mentor Text for Informative/ Explanatory
Writing Anchor Std. 2
•Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Elements of Informational Texts
•Author’s purpose
•Major ideas
•Supporting details
•Visual support
•Vocabulary
What are you wondering?
•Start with what you don’t know.
•What questions do you have?
•Let questions drive the research.
Wonder Boards
Picture Prompts
No More Boring Animal Reports!Books That Make me Wonder
Steve Jenkins
Snapple Real Facts
Kindergarten -Second grade Research
www.commonsense.org
ABC BOOKS
How could you use this with different content areas?
Kentucky
Writing with a Narrative Voice
Seymour Simon
Stephen Kramer
Mentor text for Narrative Writing
Writing Anchor Std. 3
•Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured sequences.
People I Know, Places I Go and Things I do
Using Dialogue
Crafting a Great Lead
MENTOR TEXT BOOKPASS