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Reminders, Quickwrites, & Examples

2014 – 2015

Q1, Weeks 4 - 6

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“Without struggle there can be no progress.” ~ Frederick Douglass

Condie, Ally. Matched. New York: Scho0lastic, 2010. 4. Print. “It hushes through the night, its sound a background for the low rain of our parents’ voices, the lightening-quick beats of my heart.” I haven’t read very much, but the setting of Matched seems to be in a futuristic society with “air train[s]” (4) and old fashioned notions of someone else selecting marriage partners instead of letting people find love for themselves. The main character, Cassia, narrates the story in 1st person and is with her best friend, Xander, on an air train on their way to get “matched.” I chose the sentence above because I liked the sound of it. The air train that “hushes through the night” must make a soft murmuring sound. It seems significant to the futuristic setting and the “lightening-quick beats” of Cassia’s heart tell me that she might be feeling nervous or excited. This reminds me of the excitement I feel the night before the first day of school.

Plan your PRESENTATION I. Introduction: “My name is _____ and this is my Literacy

Notebook

II. Body A. One affinity is _________, because ________. B. One challenge is _________, because ________. C. One strength is _________, because. D. A goal I wrote on my STAR is _________. And it’s

hanging [point to its place on the ceiling].

III. Conclusion: “Thank you.” or “I’m looking forward to working with ___ Hour.”

7th-Graders:

Do you have all your

RN inserts?

Genre Chart, p1;

p.2; p.3; p.160;

p.161; p.190; p.191;

p.192; p.193; p.194;

p.195; p. 196; p.197

Rambling Autobiography I was born at the height of World War II just as

Anne Frank was forced into Bergen-Belsen by the

Nazis. I adore Brigham’s vanilla ice cream in a

sugar cone and dipped in chocolate jimmies. I

bought my favorite jacket for a dime at the

Methodist Church rummage sale. I have lied to my

parents. I never read a book for pleasure until I

was 38 years old. One of my students once leaned

in to me in an interview and said, “My mother’s

having a baby; this is the one she wants.” When I

was 12 I set the organdy curtains in our bathroom

on fire, playing with matches. My favorite place to

hide was high in the maple tree in our front yard

where I could spy on neighbors. I can still smell

wet white sheets pulled through the ringer washer

when I think of Grammy Mac. I dated Edmundo in

high school because it angered my father. I fainted

when I heard the sound of the zipper as the

mortician closed the body bag holding my mother.

I gave birth to twin sons. I once had dinner with

Judy Blume. I am a teacher who writes. I want to

be a writer who teaches….

Linda Rief

Try this:

• For 2-3 minutes, write as quickly as you

can your own “rambling auto biography.”

• For 2-3 minutes, write as quickly and as

specifically as you can about any one thing

this brought to mind for you.

• If you’re stuck for starters, borrow any

phrase and write off that, such as

“I was born at…during…when…”

“…playing with matches…”

“I can still smell…”

Rief, Linda. 100 Quickwrites. New York: Scholastic, 2003. 30. Print.

9/15/2014 – Show vs. Tell

Show vs Tell = Take a “telling” sentence and revise it with

descriptive elaboration or “showing details.”

Telling: He went away.

Example Showing:

“Billy walked far away from his hometown, his brown hair

blowing in the wind. As he ambled down the highway, cars

speeding by, a rough looking semi screamed past at 70 miles per

hour.”

~ Nathan W., 8th-grader 2007

Sketch a Place, D1

color temperature number texture sound smell taste shape looks like / sight size how you felt distance (close/far) brightness animals? people? significance / connections / memories

Name, Hour 9/24/2014

ACTIVITY: Literacy Notebook Inserts

1.You need a packet of Literacy Notebook

inserts. The top pages are #s 2 and 3 with the

heading: “Expectations for Keeping a

Literacy Notebook.”

2.You will cut each page into half-sized pages.

3.Then, using scotch tape, tape each half-page

onto the corresponding page in your Literacy

Notebook.

4.While sharing the tape, you may snip several

pieces before taping. If you finish before

your tablemates, consider helping them out.

Characterization: The development of a character through actions and dialogue. Authors use two methods: 1. direct – author is “directly” telling audience

information about character 2. indirect – reader must infer character traits

through speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks

Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things not using “like” or “as.” Ex: “Time is money.”

Simile: Comparison of two unlike things/ideas using “like” or “as”. Ex: the classroom was like a warzone.

Insanity

Hit!

Smash

Guts,

Butts,

Crush heads.

Break

Legs,

Arms,

Backs.

Men

In stacks,

All

After a ball. Gaston Dubois from American Sports Poems

Selected by R.R. Kundson & May Swenson

Try this:

• For 2-3 minutes, write as quickly as you

can all that this poem brings to mind.

• Write as quickly and as specifically as you

can about any activity, trying this list

technique.

• Write as quickly and as specifically as you

can about whether you agree or disagree

with the title as a description of football.

Rief, Linda. 100 Quickwrites. New York: Scholastic, 2003. 29. Print.

Why I Read

by Richard Peck

I read because one life isn’t enough,

and in the pages of a book I can be anybody;

I read because the words that build the story

become mine, to build my life;

I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings,

I’m just beginning to run out of material;

I read because every journey begins at the library,

and it’s time for me to start packing;

I read because one of these days I may want to leave

this town,

and I’m going to go everywhere and meet everybody,

and I want to be READY!

Try this:

Write

about why

YOU read.

Write why

about you

don’t read.

What is

your

resistance

about?

Write

about why

you wish

you read

more.

Heart Map: Find a person or pet who thinks you are awesome. 9/22/2014: Show vs. Tell Telling: He/she thinks I’m awesome. Showing:

Condie, Ally. Matched. New York: Scholastic. 2010. Print

“When I fall asleep I dream that Grandfather has given me a bouquet

of roses. ‘Take these instead of the tablet,’ he tells me” (119).

This quote is significant to Cassia’s story. In her community, every

citizen carries three tablets, one blue, one red, and one green. Before

his life ended, Cassia’s grandfather encouraged Cassia to never take

the green tablet. Then he revealed a secret hiding place inside the

compact she carried as her “artifact.” Inside the compact, Cassia

found two poems, poems that had been banned from being read by

the community. The bouquet of roses becomes symbolic of the

words Cassia is trying to memorize and hold on to. I think this

foretells of danger to come and other big decisions Callie will have

to make. This book reminds me of Jonas in The Giver. He too had to

take a pill and ended up rebelling against his community. I think

Callie will be the same kind of rebel.

Time Somebody Told Me Quantedius Hall, from You Hear Me?

Time Somebody Told Me

That I am lovely, good and real

That I am beautiful inside

If they only knew

How that would make me feel.


That my mind is quick, sharp

and full of wit

That I should keep on trying

and never quit.


How they loved and needed me

How my smile is filled with hope

and my spirit sets them free

How my eyes shine, full of light

How good they feel when they

hug me tight.


So, I had a talk with myself

Just me, nobody else

'cause it was time Somebody Told Me.

Try this: •For 2-3 minutes, write as quickly as you can all

that this poem brings to mind for you.

•Borrow any line and write as quickly and as

specifically as you can all that comes to mind,

letting the line lead your thinking.

•Borrow the line “Time Somebody Told Me…”

and write as quickly and as specifically as you

can, letting the line lead your thinking, or write

about all that you wish someone did tell you.

Your Name, D6E Descriptive Paragraph, Dr. 1 9/26/2014

Sketch a Place

Quickwrite Rules:

1.Write the entire time – as quickly as

you can – anything the text brings to

mind.

2.Writing time is sacred time. Ssshhh!

3.If you’re stuck, copy any phrase and

write from that, wherever it may lead.

This Session:

eAgenda: All-in-

One agenda for

scaffolding literacy

and Delivering

Instruction

Presented by

Shelly Unsicker-

Durham

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