Writing

WRITING





Lesson Idea for Mighty Middle Mighty Middles: Tips- create a big heart. On the heart write The Heart of the Story- Should talk about the title, the main idea part of your story. The meat of the story. Should take up most of the space in your book, not just two lines. Model with one of my stories. The Xmas Jar. Have them find the middle part of my story. Put a heart above where the middle of the story begins. Read Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon and discuss when the middle begins. Revisit Riding the Rollar coaster.

Framework:
 * 1) mini-lesson
 * 2) 20 minutes of silent writing
 * 3) mid mini lesson if I am modeling writing- 2-3 times a week.
 * 4) 5-10 minutes of working with writing partner.
 * 5) sharing

Mini Lessons: one day a week for grammar: then they edit any story in their folder for 5 minutes. 2-3 days a week, read a story to model the trait 1 day a week for writing samples of kids

Beginning of unit: Lots of modeling with my writing; show rubric at beginning, middle, and end point of unit. Use this rubric as a guide when meeting with writing partners.

meet with students two times during a unit, focusing on the trait