READERS WRITE
about texts
Persuasive responses
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QUESTION: How does Grandma feel/respond to Tracy’s situation?
Tricking Tracy | S. Donovan & A. Butler
Pictorial
Response
Label
Writing
List
Writing
Sentence
Writing
Communicate inferences in what-and-why persuasive responses.
Young readers write out their thinking in pictures, words, and sentences.
Photocopy the bookmark sheets back to back and cut them individually. Students reference the FRONT side when they are writing in pictures and labels and the BACK side when writing in words and sentences. What & 3 Whys bookmark | What, Why, & How bookmark
Teach readers to explain inferences in writing.
Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources | Epic
Grades 2-3
Mini-Lesson Resources
Skills 1-2: Convert the last thought as a reader into the first thought as a writer.
Skills 3-4: Readers include evidence to support their thinking.
Examples of persuasive responses with text evidence
Read, infer, and write—all in one sitting.
Use the thinking from earlier in the week to model a written response.
Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources | Epic
Grades 2-3
Mini-Lesson Resources
What job does he do?
Writing sample | Chef
Is it a duck or a rabbit?
What animal am I?
Student Examples based on Chrystanthemum
