Using Fun-Size Academic Writing
January 11, 2016
Nancy Hudson - Literacy Specialist
2016 Writing Blueprint
2016 Writing Test Design
2016 Weighting
3rd Grading Period Planning Chart for 4th Grade Teachers
Writing Instructional Focus
District wide for STAAR 2015
Conventions
- 4.22A Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules (irregular plural, double consonants, other ways to spell sh)
- 4.22B Spell base words and root words with affixes (-ion, -ment, -dis, pre-)
- 4.22C Spell commonly used homophones (there, they're, their; two, too, to
Craft
- Transitions
- Strong leads and conclusions
- Adding details
Comparing Narrative to Expository Writing
- Difference
- Statistically (# of 8's for PN compared to Expository)
What is your campus focus? Before/After February 10?
What will YOUR plan be?
Writing Resources
Using Fun-Sized Academic Writing for Serious Writing (Gretchen Bernabei)
- Finding Kernel Essays for Narrative and Expository
- Color It Up for Personal Narrative
- Pitchforking
- Gallery Walk
- Finding Kernel Essays on Expository Writing Mentor Text
- Color It Up for Expository Mentor Text
- Gallery Walk using Mentor Text
Using Other Craft Lessons from Fun-Size
- Color It Up - Lesson 1 (Personal Narrative) pg. 14 - 15
- Kernel Essay are throughout the book
- Pitchforking - Lesson 35, pg. 82 - 83
- Developing Sentence Variety - Lesson 72, pg. 162 - 163
- Name and Renaming - Lesson 78, pg. 174 - 175
Resources from Professional Development
- Website: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NzYzNjk1NDMx
- Class Code: yse6zx
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