write like a pro: kentucky reading conference 2014

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Quick Write

The most important thing about writing is______.

It_____________________________.

It is _____________________ and ___________.

But the most important thing about writing is_______________________________.

“Writing helps students get more actively engaged in subject matter, understand information and concepts more deeply, make connections and raise questions more fluently, remember ideas longer, and apply learning in new situations” (Daniels, Zemelman & Steineke, 2007).

Let’s Start with KCAS

Three Modes of WritingLocated in Standards 1-3

Standards 4-10How students should do the work of Standards1-3

Writing Standards

Where is it addressed in the Standards?

3 Modes of Discourse

Opinion Informational Narrative

Jot a Top 3List

MENTOR TEXT

Mentor Texts

•Short pieces work best

•Use the text numerous times for different purposes

•Teaching Writer’s Craft not the book

Writing Standard 1

•Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Arguments: From…To…

Stating opinions Supporting

with evidence

Supporting with textual

evidence

16

voting

• Which is Better?

• _______________-is better because ____________________

Kay Winter

Quick Write: Things I Want to Change

Does Ike have a good argument?List some of his supporting evidence and with a friend decide if it is strongor weak support.

Things I want to Change

Changes Support/ So What?

•More recess Increased exercise, less fidgety in classFresh Air, think more clearly, concentrate

Get my own room

Get my ears pierced

Stay up later

No more uniforms

Hey, Little Antby Phillip and Hannah HooseIllustrated by Debbie Tilley

To squish or not to squish!Who has the strongest argument?

Boy Ant

Opinion*Supporting Details

Opinion*Supporting Details

HO

http://www.cmnonline.org/resource-results.aspx?CID=16

What are the facts?

Nonfiction books:

• Are You an Ant? by Judy Allen

• Time For Kids: Ants!

• The Life and Times of the Ant by Charles Micucci

• Inside an Ant Colony by Allan Fowler

• National Geographic Readers: Ants by Melissa Stewart

http://www.collier.k12.fl.us/weblessons/webquest/heylittleant/index.htm

Hey, Little Ant

http://www.cmnonline.org/resource-results.aspx?CID=16

Mentor Text for Informative/ Explanatory

Writing Anchor Std. 2

•Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Elements of Informational Texts

•Author’s purpose

•Major ideas

•Supporting details

•Visual support

•Vocabulary

What are you wondering?

•Start with what you don’t know.

•What questions do you have?

•Let questions drive the research.

Wonder Boards

Picture Prompts

No More Boring Animal Reports!Books That Make me Wonder

Steve Jenkins

Snapple Real Facts

Kindergarten -Second grade Research

www.commonsense.org

ABC BOOKS

How could you use this with different content areas?

Kentucky

Writing with a Narrative Voice

Seymour Simon

Stephen Kramer

Mentor text for Narrative Writing

Writing Anchor Std. 3

•Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured sequences.

People I Know, Places I Go and Things I do

Using Dialogue

Crafting a Great Lead

MENTOR TEXT BOOKPASS