Mini Lesson 4--Frame Story, Tall Tales, and Mark Twain

Mini Lesson 3--Letters

Wednesday, 10 November

Writer's Workshop Day
Mini-Lesson 7: Development

Development is how you flesh out the body of your paper.

Idea development refers to the details, examples, or images that develop and support the main idea (focus).    

Choose examples, details, quotations, explanations, elaborations that capture and maintain the reader’s attention

Refer to your FODP handout for examples of each of the above listed.

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Writer's Workshop Day
Mini Lesson 6: Organization

Organization: The internal structure of ideas. Effective organization begins with a purposeful lead and moves toward a logical, thoughtful ending. 

Order compels, enhances, and moves ideas

•    INTRODUCTION Intrigues, invites; conclusion resolves
•    Thoughtful TRANSITIONS show how ideas connect
•    SEQUENCING is logical and effective
•    PACING is well controlled and purposeful
•    Organization flows smoothly; matches purpose

STANDARD ORGANIZATION

•   Introduction (Focus) 
•   Body (Organization and Development)
•  Conclusion (Purpose)

Wednesday, November 3

Writer's Workshop

Mini-Lesson 5 Purpose
Be sure you have your FODP handout from Mini-Lesson 3

Look at the purpose column of your handout for specific questions to guide thinking for writing

Autobiography: Narration,  Description, Illustration

Persuasive Essay/ Editorial: Persuasion

Tuesday, November 2

Writer's Workshop Day
Mini-Lesson 4 Focus

Topic Selection: Student's have one chance to change their topic now. After today they need to settle and stay with one topic for their Second quarter paper.

Student's also have time to work on revising their Editorials.
The FINAL copies of their Editorials are due on Friday, November 5.