Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Persuasive:
Persuade someone why or why not they should . . .
3 gray whales- Should we save or not save the whalesDay One:
Steps to Understanding Organizer
Soviet Union tie to US
1. Cold War
2. Learn from
3. share resources
Titles become
the part of your
intro paragraph
Humane
1. respect
2. get along
3. learning to cooperate
Endangered
1. Loose species
2. learn from species
3. food chain
Titles also
should be
referred to in
your conclusion
Day Two:
Make a balloon model- on one topic to organize a paragraph
After you fill in general details- expand with style and elaboration to
provide the necessary information to make it an interesting paragraph.
(Style-names, dates, faces, places, colors, numbers) Then have
students write a
draft- by popping the balloons!
Soviet
Union
Tie to US
Share
Resource
s
Tech.
Knowledg
e
Crude
Oil
End of
the Cold
War
Wastin
g
billions
of $ on
defens
e
Threat of
nuclear
war
killing
millions
Narrative
the circle (kind of like a clock) with the time order transitions
Before 6 oclock dinner
One hour later
When you discovered
Later that night
Day Five- Fill in the details with each transition- each transition is a new
paragraph. Start putting in events- write the when
Day Six- Writing/Illustrating
Day Seven/Eight- Looking for the right word
Steps
1. circle 3 words that are not exactly the right words
2. Pass the paper to 3 people- NO TALKING- pencil in another word
choice
1. Erase the rest and fill in the one you like
Could do Read around Group (RAG) to help check spelling/punctuation
or have writers conferences- someone needs to be the EDITOR
Re-write- recopy draft and publish!!
Now spend the next 2 weeks- writing another narrative to practice
these skills!
Expository
Elements of an Expository piece
Provides information, presents facts in a clear manner.
(commonly found in science, social studies, newspapers and
magazines)
Contains specialized and technical vocabulary
Uses graphs, pictures, charts, tables, and maps
Requires slower reading rate
Usually more difficult to read