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What Can Writers Add? Poster
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CongratulationsonyourpurchaseofthisReallyGoodStuff®What Can Writers Add? Poster—ahandyresourceforshowingstudentswhattheycanaddtotheirwritingtomakeapiecemoreexcitingtoread.
Meeting Common Core State StandardsThisReallyGoodStuff®What Can Writers Add? PosterisalignedwiththefollowingCommonCoreStateStandardsforEnglishLanguageArts:
Text Types and PurposesW.K.3 Useacombinationofdrawing,dictating,and
writingtonarrateasingleeventorseverallooselylinkedevents,tellabouttheeventsintheorderinwhichtheyoccurred,andprovideareactiontowhathappened.
W.1.3 Writenarrativesinwhichtheyrecounttwoormoreappropriatelysequencedevents,includesomedetailsregardingwhathappened,usetemporalwordstosignaleventorder,andprovidesomesenseofclosure.
W.2.3 Writenarrativesinwhichtheyrecountawell-elaboratedeventorshortsequenceofevents,includedetailstodescribeactions,thoughts,andfeelings,usetemporalwordstosignaleventorder,andprovideasenseofclosure.
W.3.3 Writenarrativestodeveloprealorimaginedexperiencesoreventsusingeffectivetechnique,descriptivedetails,andcleareventsequences.
Production and Distribution of WritingW.K.5 Withguidanceandsupportfromadults,respond
toquestionsandsuggestionsfrompeersandadddetailstostrengthenwritingasneeded.
W.1.5 Withguidanceandsupportfromadults,focusonatopic,respondtoquestionsandsuggestionsfrompeers,andadddetailstostrengthenwritingasneeded.
W.2.5 Withguidanceandsupportfromadultsandpeers,focusonatopicandstrengthenwritingasneededbyrevisingandediting.
W.3.5 Withguidanceandsupportfrompeersandadults,developandstrengthenwritingasneededbyplanning,revising,andediting.
Displaying the What Can Writers Add? PosterBeforedisplayingtheWhat Can Writers Add? Poster,makecopiesofthisReallyGoodStuff®ActivityGuide,andfilethepagesforfutureuse.OrdownloadanothercopyofitfromourWebsiteatwww.reallygoodstuff.com.HangthePosterwherestudentswillbeabletoseeiteasily.
Introducing the What Can Writers Add? PosterGatherstudentsaroundthePoster.Onapieceofchartpaperoronawhiteboard,writeseveralsimplesentences.(Forexample,Sam left the house.)ThenadditemsfromthePoster.(Forexample,Sam left the small, red house and met Chris at the candy store down the street.)Askthestudentstoidentifywhichsentencesaremoreinteresting.
WhilepointingtothePoster,explainthatwritersaddthesedetailstomaketheirwritingmoreengagingtoreaders.GiveabriefdefinitionandexampleforeachadditiononthePoster.(Forexample,Memories are thoughts about things that have happened already. Jamie remembered learning to tie his shoe in preschool.)Elicitfromstudentvolunteersadditionalexamplesofeachadd-on.CopyanddistributetheWhat Can Writers Add? Poster Reproducibleforstudentstoputintheirwritingjournalsasareferencetool.Havethemcompletethethoughtbubbles(withwordsorpictures)thenexttimetheyhavetowriteorrevisetheirstories.
Guess the Additions CopyanddistributetheGuess the Additions Fill-in Reproducible.AskstudentstousethePostertofillintheblanklines.Studentsshoulduseeachwordorphraseonlyonce.
Answers:1)asignofthingstocome,2)facts,3)dialogue,4)asurpriseending,5)memories,6)whoelsewasthere,7)thoughts,8)describingwords,9)details,10)alessonlearned,11)action,12)questions
What Can Writers Add? Poster
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What Did the Writer Add?GatherstudentsaroundthePosteralongwithastoryorbook.Beforereadingthestoryorbook,askstudentstofocusonwhatthewriteraddstothestorytomakeitmoreinteresting.Afterreadingthestory,pointtoeachthoughtbubble,oneatatime,andaskstudentvolunteerstoascertainifthewriterhasincludedthatdetail.Discussanswerswiththeclass.
Extension:Keeparunningtallyofadditionsinthestoriesorbooksreadintheclassroom.Weresomeadd-onsmorepopularthanothers?Ifso,why?Discussanswerswiththeclass.
Tell Me More—Peer ReviewAssignatopicorallowthestudentstowriteastoryoftheirchoosing.Whentheyarefinished,dividetheclassintogroups.UsingthePosterorWhat Can Writers Add? Poster Reproducible,askeachstudenttoexchangehisorherstorywithsomeoneinthegrouptocritiqueandthenreturntotheauthorforrevisions.
Variations:Forthosestudentswhohavetroublecomposinganentirestory,askthemwriteafewsentencesordrawapicture.Forstudentswhohavefinishedtheirinitialcritiques,askthemtoexchangetheirworkwithotheravailableclassmates.
Add-onMakecopiesoftheWhat Can Writers Add? Poster Reproducibleandcutoutthethoughtbubbles.Putallthethoughtbubbles,withthe
exceptionofASurpriseEnding,upsidedowninapile.Gatherstudentsaroundthepile.Suggestastorystartertothegroup.Havestudentstaketurnspickingoneofthethoughtbubblesfromthepileandaddingittothestory.Transcribethestoryontoapieceofchartpapertohangintheclassroom.
Variations: Forthosestudentswhomayhavedifficultyaddingtothestoryonthespot,sharethestorystarteranddistributethethoughtbubblesbeforetheactivitysothattheycanthinkaboutwhatdetailstoaddinadvance.
Same Subject, Different DetailsOnapieceofchartpaperoronawhiteboard,writeastorystarterortopic.AssignorallowstudentstochooseoneormoreoftheadditionsfromthePoster.Instructstudentstowriteaboutthegivenstorystarterortopicusingtheselecteddetail(s).Whentheyarefinished,askstudentstocompareandcontraststoriestofindsimilaritiesand/ordifferences.
School/Home Connection:Stories from HomeRequestthatstudentscollectstoriesathome.Theycanchoosetheirfavoritebookorsearchnewspapers,magazines,ortheInternetforstoriestocopy,cutout,orprintinordertosharewiththeirclassmates.UsingthePoster,havestudentsdiscusswhatadd-onstheauthorincludedandwhatdetailsweremissing.Encouragestudentstowritetotheauthorsforanswerstotheirquestions.
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