Lesson6WritersWorkshop

ContinuingtoProduceBodyParagraphsOverview

TargetAudienceandContext:4thgradeESLclassroomLearnerLevel:WritingIntermediateHighClassSize:10studentsClassLength:50minutesTerminalObjectivesStudentswillbeableto:

• Writethebodyparagraphstotheiressayexplaininganddescribingthebeginning,middle,andendtotheirnarrative.

• Usedescriptiveadjectivestoenhancetheirwriting.• Writetheirbodyparagraphsinchronologicalorder.

EnablingObjectives:Studentswillbeableto:

• Writetheirownbodyparagraphsbasedonmymodeledinstruction.• Usetheir“WritingaNarrative”templateasatooltoguidewhattheywill

writeabout.• Writeforanextendedperiodoftime• Referenceclasswritingtoolstoassistintheirwritingprocess.

Materials:• PersonalNarrativePoster• “WritingaNarrative”template• LinedDraftingPaper• DescriptiveAdjectivePoster• DocumentCamera• Whiteboard• PersonalNarrativeChecklistAssessment

TimeandMaterials

Procedures

3minutes

AppendixAPersonalNarrativePoster

AppendixBAgendaand“Ican”statements

Introduction:• Welcomestudentstoclassatthecarpet• Reviewwhereweareatinthewritingprocessreferencing

ourPersonalNarrativePoster• Askstudentsquestions:“Whatpartofthenarrativearewe

currentlyworkingon?”“Whattoolscanweusetohelpusaswriters?”“Whatdoweneedtoaddintoourwritingtomakeitmoredescriptive?”

• Explainagendaforclassandreadthe“Ican”statements;mentionhowandwhytheyarethesameastheclassbefore

• Icanwritemybodyparagraphsusingmyoutline• Icanwritemyparagraphstellingmyreaderaboutwhat

I’mdoing.• Icanusedescriptiveadjectivesinmywriting.

7minutes

Whiteboard

AppendixCDescriptiveAdjectivesposter

PersonalNarrative

Checklistandrecordkeepingdocumentfoundin“AssessmentChecklist”

documentintheGooglefolder.

AddingAdjectivesMiniLesson• Writeasentenceontheboardwithoutanadjectiveora

sentencethatlacksdescription.Example:Itwasahotday.• AskstudentshowIcouldmakethissentencemore

interestingtomeasareader.Thinkaloud:Howdidtheauthorfeel?Wasitsohotshewasdrippingsweat?Wasthesunsizzling?Didshejumpinthewatertocooloff?

• Havestudentsanswerquestionsonhowtomakethesentencemoredescriptiveandrewriteit.

• Givetwotothreemoreexamplesandreferencethedescriptiveadjectiveposterforhelptomodelthatprocess.

• Tellstudentstodothisintheirownwritingtoremembertothinkoftheirscenesanddescribehowtheyfelt,whattheycouldsee,taste,touch,hear,andsmell.

• Dismissclasstogathertheirwritingjournalsandcontinuetowritewheretheyleftofffromthedaybefore.TellstudentsthatIwillconferencewithasmanyofthemaspossible.

• UsePersonalNarrativeChecklistduringconferenceswithstudentstotakenotesontheirwritingprocess.

30minutes

AppendixD“WritingaNarrativeTemplate”

AppendixELinedDrafting

Paper

WritingWorkshop• Studentswillcontinuetowritereferencingtheir“Writing

aNarrativeTemplate”• Iwillmovearoundtheroomtoconferenceandcheckin

withstudentsprovidingguidancewhereit’sneededaswellasassessingstudentprogress.

10minutes

AssessmentChecklistandrecordkeepingdocumentfoundin“Assessment

ClassClosure• Havestudentsturntoapartnerandshareoneortwo

sentencesfromtheirwritingthatusesdescriptiveadjectives.

• Thenhaveacouplestudentsshareoneoftheirdescriptivesentenceswiththeclass.

• Guidestudentsthroughaself-assessment.• Instructstudentstoclosetheireyesthenhavestudents

Checklist”documentintheGooglefolder.

signalwiththeirfingersshowinghowmanybodyparagraphstheyhavecompleted.

• Thenhavestudentsshowontheirhandshowchallengingoreasytheyfeelthistaskhasbeenforthem.(5=supereasyIfeelconfidentinmywriting;1=IhavenoideawhatI’mdoingIneedlotsofhelp!)

• Takeanecdotalnotesonstudentsresponsesandguidefuturelessonsandconferenceswhereneeded.

AppendixAPersonalNarrativePoster

McCoy,Rachel.“PersonalNarrativePoster.”Rachel'sReflections,Blogspot,8Aug.2014,rachelsrockinreflections.blogspot.com/2014/08/day-3-in-2nd-gradefantastic-friday.html.

AppendixBAgendaand“Ican”statements

Agenda

1. HelpMissFrankmakehersentencesmoredescriptive

2. Continuewritingbodyparagraphsreferencingouroutlinesandusingdescriptiveadjectives.

3. Shareadescriptivesentencewithapartnerandtheclass.Ican…

• Icanwritemybodyparagraphsusingmyoutline

• IcanwritemyparagraphstellingmyreaderaboutwhatI’mdoing.

• Icanusedescriptiveadjectivesinmywriting.

AppendixCDescriptiveAdjectivesPoster

TrendEnterprises.“DescriptiveWords.”SchoolSupplies,MPMSchoolSupplies,www.mpmschoolsupplies.com/p-16483-learning-chart-descriptive-words.aspx.

AppendixDWritingaNarrativeTemplate

Kuster,Lyndsey.“WritingaNarrative.”TeachersPayTeachers.

AppendixELinedDraftingPaper