Schoolwide's Lesson of the Week: Drafting Using Mentor Texts (1/22/10)

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Subject: Schoolwide's Lesson of the Week: Drafting Using Mentor Texts (1/22/10)

How do your students structure their writing? What form works best for expressing unique ideas? A poem? A picture book? A list book? In this week's lesson, Schoolwide Educational Director Rory Cohen uses Valorie Fisher's My Big Brother to help teach organization and how to structure writing ideas.

Learn how to:

• Use a list book to help students organize their writing;
• Help students introduce their subjects in engaging ways; and
• Give students concrete methods for making an outline to help structure their ideas.
  
  CLICK HERE FOR THE LESSON OF THE WEEK.
  

To contact Rory Cohen about a professional development workshop for your school or district, please e-mail us at pd@schoolwide.com.

 

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Highlights

Lesson Title: Using a List Structure to Organize a Personal Narrative

Subject: Writing Workshop / Drafting (Organization)

Audience: Grades K-1

Description: Writers often use lists to structure their writing. Rory Cohen discusses what she looks for in mentor texts to help students organize their thoughts and ideas early on in the writing process and how to present them to their readers.

Share: Create a common tool for your entire school or school district by sharing the Lesson of the Week and using it to provide consistency. Please contact me at ldavies@schoolwide.com and I will be glad to assist you with this process.


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