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Write Activity

Today’s Objective

• Students will write routinely over … shorter frame for a specific task or purpose.

Process:

• Take out your warm-up page.

• Turn it over to the back and answer the following questions:– How does the article we read today

connect to this class?– Compare how you read the article, the

website, and the policy handouts.

Writer’s Notebook Set-up

• Divide the spiral in half

• First half – Writing Rubric

• Back half – Vocabulary (we’ll do this tomorrow!)

Writing Rubric

• Homework is collected and graded on Mondays.

• You are responsible for 1 Writing Response and 2 Vocabulary words.

• Each section may earn up to 4 points.

• Let’s focus on the writing for today.

Blocks

• Take three post-it notes from the table.

• On each of the three, write ONE:– adverb or adjective– noun (this should be a common noun such as

“clown”, “box”, “painter”, etc.) – verb

Posters

• Place your post-it on the appropriate chart.

• We will call you by table to choose your new three post-its.

• Once you are seated, you can start writing.

• Directions will be on your table.

Noun Verb Adj/Adv

DirectionsIt’s time to think outside the box! Using the

words on your post-it notes, write a descriptive paragraph below. Remember that you cannot be wrong!

For example, if I choose:

N: frogA: lazy V: played

I could write about a “lazy frog that played” or a “frog that played lazily”

Homework

• Glue your BINGO board onto the back of the first page in your Writer’s Notebook.

• Choose one (OR more) of these activities for tonight.

• Remember to include all elements – including that artistic component!

Closure: Index Cards

• Write your name on the index card.

• On your index card, decide what score your descriptive paragraph should earn.

• Explain your thinking.