Day 1: Morning Breakout Session Beyond the Units of Study Beth Moore, Instructor @BethMooreSchool How are nonfiction books different from fiction books? Genre Immersion: Read-Aloud Nonfiction Both Fiction Read like a writer: Notice the way these texts are STRUCTURED.
What other text structures might we notice in Nonfiction Video Texts nonfiction texts? ◆ How Does it Grow? Oranges ◆ Chaser, the Border Collie ● ◆ John Green: Crash Course on American History Day 1: Afternoon 5th Grade Cyber Ninja Breakout Session What strategies can we pull from this mentor text?
Setting Up Writing Notebooks Living Like Writers ● Personalize ● These Are A Few of My ● Create clear expectations Favorite Things (p. 105) ● Contract ● Word Mapping (p. 119) ● Do’s & Don’ts Planning/Structuring Opinion or Argument Writing ◆ Boxes and Bullets Day 2: Morning ◆ Writing Across the Pages ◆ Paragraphs Breakout Session ◆ Nonfiction Leads (p. 187)
Qualities of Strong Writing Day 2: Morning Breakout Session ● Meaning ● Organization/Structure ● Genre ● Detail ● Voice ● Conventions The Sriracha Argument a teen just trying to for Immigration figure it out Written by David Sax, Published March 27, 2017 TED Talk by Tavi Gevinson, March 2012. in The New Yorker
Day 2: Afternoon Breakout Session Taking Mitey Mites Has Changed Me Student Writing from Jericho Elementary, Vermont Strategies for Generating Opinions and Arguments Planning and Drafting ● Problem-Solution Structure ● If it Could Go on Facebook, You Can Jot it in a for Persuasive Writing (p.197) Notebook (p. 120) ● Writing Across Pages ● Ask Yourself Questions, Then Answer Them (p. ● Flash-Drafting a Strong 121) Argument ● Craft a Thesis (p. 153) ● Use Imagery to MAke a Fact Come Alive (p. 246) (This would not be considered a strong argument, obvs.)
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