Super Saturday
Writing Conference
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WRITE ABOUT THE TEXT
SESSION 1 | Grades K-12 / ELL All Levels
[HANDOUT]
Advance from retelling to summarizing to main idea
KEY DETAILS
Recognize & recall text details per story element.
RETELLING
Retell the story in order, providing key details for each story element.
Introduce Set-up, Mix-up, Fix-up and provide writing templates for primary students.
Rising action builds tension, making the problem bigger, harder, or more impossible to solve.
Connect the individual story elements to their placements within the Story Structure.
PRIZE: Google Slide | Jamboard | 8×11 Downloadable PDF
Purchase the 18″x 24″ Poster.
SUMMARY
Summarize only the most important details in order.
TRAITS
Clarify character description from character development.
Visualize a character’s development and evolution through a story.
Track a character from beginning to end to infer consistent traits.
Clarify character feelings versus character traits.
Provide synonyms and example to learn each trait term—Template.
Support a character trait with textual evidence on a Character Web.
THEME
Infer the author’s message through the changing of the character.
Identify significant choices or pivotal moments in a character’s life.
Define a “lesson.”
Introduce 3 types of lessons.
