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Share Your Writer’s Profile

• Objective: Students will write online profiles and share them in the Online Classroom.

• Focusing Question:How can online profiles help you learn more about each other and yourself as people and writers?

• Strategy:To communicate about ourselves as writers by posting and commenting on our profiles online.

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Mini Lesson • Writers can learn about one another by reading their online profiles.

• Create an online profile using the Writer’s Profile (Handout 1.3a) in the Online Classroom.

• When ready, read your classmates’ online profiles and comment on what you find interesting, and what you have in common.

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Writer’s Work Time

1. Take out Writer’s Profile (Handout 1.3a).

2. Log in to www.writingmatters.org.

3. Select your classroom.4. Go to the Build Your Profile

activity in Step 1 of the Online Classroom.

5. Use information from Writer’s Profile (Handout 1.3a) to create your online profile.

6. Click the Save and View button.

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Midworkshop Interruption

• Students read and comment on each others’ profiles.

• Sample prompts to start comments:- One thing I have in common

with your profile is…- One thing I do not have in

common with your profile is…

- One interest or skill you have that I’d like to know more about is…

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Lesson Summary

What good ideas do you have to write about?

Writers’ Practices• Use your notebook to save ideas for

future writing. • Develop stamina—when one idea is

used up, start writing about a new idea. • Use several approaches to find writing

ideas.• Take risks to get to know yourself and

each other.• Show respect for peers and teachers

when working independently, sharing, and commenting.