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Beyond the Units

• f Study

Beth Moore, Instructor @BethMooreSchool

Day 1: Morning Breakout Session

How are nonfiction books different from fiction books?

Nonfiction Both Fiction

Genre Immersion: Read-Aloud

Read like a writer: Notice the way these texts are STRUCTURED.

What other text structures might we notice in nonfiction texts?

• Nonfiction Video Texts

◆ How Does it Grow? Oranges ◆ Chaser, the Border Collie ◆ John Green: Crash Course on American History

5th Grade Cyber Ninja

What strategies can we pull from this mentor text?

Day 1: Afternoon Breakout Session

Setting Up Writing Notebooks

• Personalize
• Create clear expectations
• Contract
• Do’s & Don’ts

Living Like Writers

• These Are A Few of My

Favorite Things (p. 105)

• Word Mapping (p. 119)

Planning/Structuring Opinion or Argument Writing ◆ Boxes and Bullets ◆ Writing Across the Pages ◆ Paragraphs ◆ Nonfiction Leads (p. 187)

Day 2: Morning Breakout Session

Day 2: Morning Breakout Session

Qualities of Strong Writing

• Meaning
• Organization/Structure
• Genre
• Detail
• Voice
• Conventions

The Sriracha Argument for Immigration

Written by David Sax, Published March 27, 2017 in The New Yorker

a teen just trying to figure it out

TED Talk by Tavi Gevinson, March 2012.

Taking Mitey Mites Has Changed Me

Student Writing from Jericho Elementary, Vermont

Day 2: Afternoon Breakout Session

Strategies for Generating Opinions and Arguments

• If it Could Go on Facebook, You Can Jot it in a

Notebook (p. 120)

• Ask Yourself Questions, Then Answer Them (p.

121)

• Craft a Thesis (p. 153)

Planning and Drafting

• Problem-Solution Structure

for Persuasive Writing (p.197)

• Writing Across Pages
• Flash-Drafting a Strong

Argument

• Use Imagery to MAke a Fact

Come Alive (p. 246)

(This would not be considered a strong argument, obvs.)

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