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LESSON ESSENTIALS

SESSION 2  |  Grades 3-12 / ELL Levels 3-5

[HANDOUT]

Target the essential skills per writing unit

Connect the standards to genres and skills

Tie the three major writing standards to the author’s purposes.

Launching the Writer’s Workshop
Grades K-2 | Grades 3-12

Recognize the essential skills per mode.

NARRATIVE: Emphasize the story structure

Define the shape of stories.

Ride the Story Plot
PDF | Jamboard

3-Box:  PDF Jamboard
5-Box:  PDF  |  Jamboard
9-Box:  PDF  |  Jamboard

Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then
PDF  | Google Slide

Start with the problem.

PERSUASIVE/ARGUMENTATIVE: Emphasize the What and Why

Identify the overall claim.

Trace author argument.
PDF  | Jamboard

Generate multiple reasons with coordinating support.

Identify the claim + 3 reasons.
PDF  | Jamboard

Identify the claim + 3 reasons
+ counterclaim.
PDF  | Jamboard

INFORMATIVE: Emphasize the organization of information

List, group, and label the information to fit the text structure.

3-Box:  PDF  | Jamboard
5-Box:  PDF  | Jamboard
9-Box:  PDF  | Jamboard

Web | PDF
Dissected Web | PDF
JamboardExample  |  Google Slide

T-Chart: PDF | Jamboard

Add specifics with examples, facts, and quotes.

Teach conventions within the writing units